Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
- 4.3-inch WQVGA, full-color, anti-glare, touchscreen display
- 6 million searchable points of interest: Customers can easily search for restaurants, hotels, airports, gas stations, and more.
- SayWhere: Text-to-speech tells drivers the street name of their next turn.
- Widescreen, ultra-thin form factor with the functionality and navigation features that GPS consumers expect
- SmartDetour: Prompts drivers to route around heavy or stopped freeway traffic
The Magellan RoadMate 1412 is pocket-sized, ultra-thin, and stylish, and features an extra large 4.3-inch wide-format, full color interactive touchscreen. The expanded Points of Interest database offers 6 million built-in destinations for an incredible value. Find fuel, food, lodging, ATMs and hundreds of other businesses and services with a few touches of the screen. Plus, it includes built-in maps of the entire United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Clear 4.3-inch WQVGA touchscreen shows
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Review by B. nguyen for Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
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Pros:
4.3 screen, slim design, good build quality, nice screen, nice graphics, text-to-speech works well, acquire signal fast, uses Navteq map and routing works the way you would expect if you didn’t have a GPS and had to map the route yoursself, no round-around routing, has 4 routing options, fastest, shortest, maximum freeway, minimum freeway, a compass is built-in and shown in the upper left corner, plenty of POIs, 6 million of them, good quality windshield mount
This model locks in signal EXTREMELY FAST and it works indoors too
The first time you use you may notice some screen sluggishness but after that it’s very responsive, my take is that it might have to do with some kind of first-time initialization
Cons:
No home AC adapter, only car adapter, windshield mount arm is a little short, a bit heavier than most other GPS but probably due to the case but this should not be viewed as a negative
I picked this up at Costco with a $50 off coupon and at $150 this is one of the few GPS on the market that offer text-to-speech, Navteq map and 6 mil POIs. This model uses the Centrality Atlas III GPS chipset which is considered to be even better than the SIRF III chipset
Review by V. St Angelo for Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
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This is my first GPS. Given the number of options available and brands, I could not decide so I have been shopping for many months. I decided on the Magellan since this is the brand provided by Hertz (neverlost) and I had success with these units in the rentals. What sold me was:
The feature where the unit will complete the spelling for you of objects being searched;
The 4.3″ screen;
The huge POI library.
I compared to a Garmin NUVI 260 at Best Buy and it seemed the Garmin spent a lot more time thinking than did the 1412.
The huge POI library was also a plus. I entered many known POI’s and the 1412 always displayed them accurately. Finally the 4.3″ screen was a seller.
No complaints here and I would recommend it.
Review by C. Anderson for Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
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We first saw this GPS at Costco for $[...]. Then, we saw the Coupon. Even without the coupon it is a heck of a deal. I would go so far as to say it is a steal! We’ve considered a GPS for our car for some time. We looked at Tom-Tom’s, Magellans, Garmins and Navigon. Magellan just came out with a new line of hand helds and they have had a bit of a rocky start. So, we were initially a little leary of this new addition to the Magellan Auto GPS line. But, Costco had them as part of a working display and my wife and I got a chance to try the unit out in demo mode in the store. The unit was quick and flawless.
Though the unit has 6 Million points of interest, not every gas station, store and Resturaunt is in there. We find the problems to be with the establishments that are 10 or more years old. We also found this problem with the other brands as well. We actually liked the Tom Tom better than the garmin as well. Garmin is mighty proud of their units and need to figure out that they need to bring down the price point if they are going to stay competitive. The Navigon and it’s 1 million POI’s is a little limited based on it’s competition. We have a Magellan 210 Explorist that we use for Geocaching, and we love it. So, we were willing to give this unit a try and we love it!
For the money, the Magellan 1412 is the way to go for a complete Navigation unit. We didn’t want one to Play MP3′s or have blue tooth or do traffic stuff. This unit is perfect for us and we look forward to using it a lot.
We found that the unit was very quick to re-route us when we missed a turn. The Text to speech pronounciation is very good. The unit comes with a built in battery so you can do routing in the comfort of your Home or RV and then move it to the dash and ‘Away you go’. The unit changes to a black screen automatically, when it gets dark out to make it more comfortable for night driving. We find the user interface to be very intuitive. We would highly recommend this unit to anyone considering a GPS for the vehicle.
Happy camping. – Eric -
Review by iggydarsa for Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
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I used to have Magellan Roadmate 800 and a few weeks ago I purchased Magellan Roadmate 1412 then I found a coupon for Navigon 2100 max. And here is the comparison chart; some of the entires are my personal opinions and might not reflect everyone’s opinion… here it is:
M08- Magellan Roadmate 800
M14- Magellan Roadmate 1412
N21- Navigon 2100 max
Device specific features
M08- Heavy; can play mp3s; can store JPGs
M14- Slim and light
N21- Slim and light (not as light as Mag 1412 tho)
User Friendliness
M08- Yes
M14- Yes
N21- Not as good as Magellan – buttons can be too close to each other depeding on the menu and the screen
Volume
M08- Can set up the volume manually with a control on the edge of the device; Volume increases at certain speed
M14- Can set up the volume through the touch screen; Has only 5 settings; Volume doesn’t increase over certain speed which can be hard to hear
N21- Could not find the volume settings; Volume setting for over a speed can be set (No increase / Low increase / High Increase); Voice can be staticy
Text-to-speech
M08- No
M14- Funny pronounciations on certain words; “in” sounds like “an” … “Turn Left in 2 miles” sounds like “Turn Left then 2 miles” – “Freeway entrance” sounds like “Freeway an trans”
N21- Pronounciation is more accurate then Magellan 1412
Live Traffic
M08- No
M14- No
N21- Yes – Might have to be purchased seperately; reroutes based on the traffic
Zagat – Restaurant Ratings
M08- No
M14- No
N21- Yes – Might have to be purchased seperately
POI
M08- ~1 million POIs
M14- ~6 million POIs with wide range of categories
N21- ~1 million POIs with limited range categories; shows actual brand logo on the map
Lane Assistance
M08- No
M14- No
N21- Yes
Mount
M08- Easy to mount
M14- Easy to mount
N21- Hard to mount, hard to take it off
Password protection
M08- Yes
M14- No
N21- Yes
Compass
M08- Yes
M14- Yes
N21- Not by default, has to be modifed in settings
Recalculation
M08- Screen goes blue with a progress bar until the calculation is over
M14- Immediately
N21- Immediately
Vehicle Type
M08- Car only
M14- Car only
N21- Car / Bicycle / Pedestrian
Arrival Time
M08- Display approximate number of minutes the route will take
M14- Displays the arrival time
N21- Displays the arrival time and the minutes it takes to the destination
Distance left
M08- Shows the miles left until the next move; Shows the miles left until the destination
M14- Shows the miles left until the next move
N21- Shows the miles left until the next move; Shows the miles left until the destination
Turn by turn view
M08- Yes
M14- Yes
N21- Yes
Better for
M08- Within the city travel
M14- Within the city travel with better POI options
N21- Long distance travel with live traffic and lane assistance
Sluggy
M08- Smooth menu items, sluggy map over time
M14- Not sluggy
N21- Sluggy menu items, smooth map
Route options
M08- Fastest Route; Shortest Route; Most use of Freeway; Less use of Freeway
M14- Fastest Route; Shortest Route; Most use of Freeway; Less use of Freeway
N21- Fastest route; Optimum route; Shortest route; Scenic route
Tollway option
M08- Can not avoid
M14- Can avoid
N21- Can avoid or forbid
Allowing U-Turn (or not)
M08- Not modifiable (Allows)
M14- Not modifiable (Allows)
N21- Can allow or forbid U-Turns
Review by John T. Starr for Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
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I extensively used my companies pricier Garmin a few years ago, then bought this for myself after I changed jobs.
Two features I really miss, and feel they are not exclusive to high end models; the old Garmin said “arriving at destination ON RIGHT” (or left). This one just says “arriving at destination”, so I spend more time swiveling my head around looking.
The Garmin also allowed me to program stops along the way during a route execution. The Magellan 1412 will only allow you to divert to “exit points of interests” and only along a freeway. Otherwise, if you’re enroute, you have to cancel the route, search for what it is your looking for, then activate that route, then re-start your original route after. Or you can preplan it all — as if you know ahead of time where you’ll be needing to find a coffe shop on an old state road.
The “Exit POI” feature is very nice, however. How many times have you been on a long road trip and flown past an exit you thought was devoid of gas stations or restaurants because there were no signs ahead? This prevents that nicely and lets you see within 15 or so miles what is coming up along a freeway.
The POIs in the database are also pretty good– lots more categories than I had on the older Garmin.
The battery is puny, and won’t hold much of a charge. Keep the power cord close by.
The window mount is excellent — better than the Garmin I had.
The speaker is small, and a bit hard to hear if you have a noisy car.
This one does say the name of the street– a minimum standard in all GPS in my opinion.