| | |  | GPS & Navigation | Home » » » Magellan Maestro 3250 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic and Voice Command | | | | | | | Description: | | The Magellan Maestro 3250 provides the best navigation experience possible at a highly affordable price. It features a new ultra-thin design and a highly intuitive user interface that guides drivers to their destination via voice and on-screen prompts. Advanced, easy-to-use features include voice command and control, live traffi c reports, built-in AAA travel information, and much more. | | | Features: | |
• 3.5-inch QVGA full-color, anti-glare, touch-screen display
• 6 Million Searcheable Points of Interest:
• AAA TourBook guide travel information
• SmartDetour prompts drivers to route around heavy or stopped freeway traffic
• Newly designed, intuitive user interface makes the Maestro series the easiest to use
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.13 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.1 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.6 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 130 reviews |
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0 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Read the fine print.Oct 09, 2009
Don't try to compare items or may end up with all of them. That's right, I was comparing the prices of 3 different GPS systems when, after advancing to the next screen i realized that I had just purchased all of them. One of the items was actually doubled. I immediately set about cancelling the order which, Amazon informed me, was successful. I then set about ordering the actual item I wanted. When i checked my email for verification purposes I came across the cancellation verification email and the confirmation email for my actual order.
Several later my item arrived and I was pleased. Several days after that however, my cancelled order arrived as well and I was not pleased. When I again went back to verify my email cancellation verification I found that Amazon had cancelled the order for the item I wanted (which happened to be one of the items on the Canceled order). Now I have to pay to have the cancelled items returned. Way to go Amazon! You are obviously well-endowed with members of the shallow end of the gene pool.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Decent, but what a shame!Sep 25, 2009
Not a bad unit, but for the hundreds I spent I'm disappointed.
It was purchased from a TV shopping channel that promised something like 6 to 12 months of updates including live traffic. At the time I put the unit straight to use while I drove to jobs all over the country. Months later I finally had a little time to try the updates, but the website only mentioned 90 days of free ones. I tried to register many times but kept getting kicked back to the first page. I sent them an email about the problem, and mentioned how I DON'T use Internet Explorer for security reasons. Weeks later I got home and found they responded by telling me that I have to use IE.
I didn't even bother trying again because everything on their site told me I'll need to bend over and shell out $80 for newer maps. I refuse to be robbed after spending over 200, I could buy other brands (refurbished units) for less than they want for maps.
So I'm dealing with maps that could be 3 to 5 years old. I've driven miles where no road exists in Arkansas, invisible interstate entrances in Milwaukee, non-existing exits in Florida, etc. Oh, and 8 hours oddly added to a trip from SD to ND.
But my biggest recent frustration is the 3250's POI's (points of interest). After driving many miles to a store only to see it doesn't exist, I searched the internet for resolve. It's AMAZING what's out there, even the locations of all the red light cameras in the 48 states. BUT!....
DON'T BOTHER DOWNLOADING POI's OFF THE INTERNET! The 3250 appears to only accept .poi files, which are completely non-existent. All over the net people are having good luck with Magellan's POI Editor, which comes on the disc. That's because many models use the .mgln format, BUT NOT THE 3250! I spent hours with the software to confirm that it won't do anything with the .poi format. So, even the software that CAME with the 3250 won't work with the 3250!
I even found someone's newer .poi folder on the internet. He claimed it was for a different model, but should work on many. Of course it didn't work for mine.
Go ahead and spend the hours researching, I only wish you could prove me wrong. I finally found some guy's report about the obscure .poi format and the company that may have developed it. It sounds like he spent weeks trying everything to update or edit .poi's, including many messages back and forth with Magellan. His conclusion was a profound "No go, don't waste your time".
So, it's a nice unit. But you better buy it for cheap and keep your wallet open for expensive new maps and POI's. If I ever get totally fed up I'll simply spend $50-$70 on the latest refurb unit from Nextar or whatever.
 Better than my GarminSep 15, 2009
This is way better than my Garmin. It gets a signal instantly, and no more than a minute when it is miles away from its last use! I love it! My Garmin was new about 2 years ago, and I paid about the same for both. My Garmin was stolen, but I'm glad I ended up with a better product!
 Confusing and Barely AcceptableSep 13, 2009
I had a Garmin that worked like a charm for 3 years and then went dead. Looking for a replacement, I wanted a slim GPS that I could fit in my shirt pocket and still had all the functions of my old one. This one seemed to fit the bill and more. Well, the size is fine, but it has a lot of quirks and problems. For one, when you shut it off because you've either reached your destination or know you are close enough so you don't need it, the next time you turn it on, regardless of where you are, it assumes you are in the location you turned it off. We used it for a trip to Pa., and when we next used it in NC, it gave us directions as if we were still in Philadelphia. It needs to be reset each time. Also, the voice recognition doesn't work at all. Other than SOMETIMES understanding the word "Magellan" to give the next prompt, it doesn't recognize any other voice command i.e. it's as bad as those voice recognition programs used by our cable company that drive me nuts. So, overall, it's decent, but I'd never have chosen it knowing what I know now.
working okSep 11, 2009
I have had times where it took me what I would consider the long way on routes I know. I also just noticed it seems to be speaking left turn, but it shows right turn (the right turn isw correct). Other thaqn that it's extremely easy to use & set up
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