Magellan Maestro 5310 – North America

The Magellan Maestro 5310 – North America is a multi-purpose global positioning device designed high-impact plastic combined with an extra wide 5.0-inch full colour touch screen LCD, enhanced GUI (Graphic User Interface) display, plus 6 million preprogrammed and searchable Points of Interest (POI) that uses the QuickSpell feature to help you do your navigation with turn-by-turn voice instructions, along with spelling checker capability. This GPS gadget is fitted with 30 channel receiver, equipped with Centrality Atlas III that has WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) technology in order for it to achieve an accuracy margin of at least 3 meters or up to 5 meters, a SmartDetour system that enables you to re-route your journey if there are any major traffic congestion along the road, and also the SayWhere text-to-speech feature that enables users to hear the name of the street in any direction thus giving you advanced reaction on when to make the next turn.
Features
The Magellan Maestro 5310 offers a large widescreen display for showing the location, route, distances to the next turn, arrival time to the specific destination, and surrounding Points of Interest feature. Along with its easy to use menu options and user interface, it also comes with the advanced QuickSpell feature that can provide users with an intelligent search addresses and Points of Interest, plus displaying a simple list of available locations through the system. It even doubles up as spell checker for any destination name that you type with a just a few wording on the screen. Besides that, it also has a SmartDetour function that provides you with an alternative route to use if there is a sudden slow or congested traffic along the highway. There is also the SayWhere text-to-speech feature which enables users to hear a voice calling out the street names along the journey enabling you to know when to make the next turn and stay focus on your driving.
This device enables users to enter a required destination through its wide variety of methods, while frequently used destination or destination search will be saved as One Touch favourite in the system. Some of the commonly one touched used in the system include selecting your home address, Typing of addresses using the QuickSpell that can provides a quick auto-complete feature, selecting an entry through the address book, searching for previous destination selected, nominate a street intersection, search for selected POI by just tapping on the screen, using the Exit POI function for viewing POI’s who are in front of you, plus using the Trip Planner for creating a multiple destination route. The system also able to support customized route calculation which can handle most of the freeways, least freeways, to check the fastest time to a specific destination, shortest distance and also to avoid toll roads. Apart from that, the system also comes with a built-in FM traffic receiver that provides users with a 3 month Live Traffic Service trial and followed by its minimal annual subscription cost. With easy to use user interface, this feature enables users to have incident reports or traffic information and allow you to request the system to automatically provide an alternative route around congested traffic. In addition, the FM transmitter also allows its voice guidance function to be channeled through the vehicle’s FM stereo.
Other features include an integrated multi-directional patch antenna type, and it is also compatible with Secure Digital (SD) card where it can be used to store destination maps. The GPS is also equipped with Magellan Maestro AAA Tourbook Guide where this integrated tour book guide is one of the standard features from the 6 million entry POI database that provides navigation information such as, Diamond ratings for accommodation and restaurants, tourist attractions, plus for AAA registered members will be able to access the AAA roadside assistance information, AAA member discounts and AAA approved auto repairers. It is powered by a 1200mA Li-Ion integrated rechargeable battery with 12V vehicle power adapter and its battery life can support the usage of up to 3 hours. The Magellan Maestro 5310 has a dimension of 5.64-inch in width, 0.79-inch in depth and 3.61-inch in height.
Along with all those extra features made to the device, it definitely represents value for money of having the Magellan Maestro 5310 equipped in your vehicle which can help you navigate your journey through any of your required destination.
Reviews:

“The only frills with the Magellan Maestro 5310 are its 5-inch screen and traffic antenna; take them away, and it’s the same as the 3.5-inch, $199 Maestro 3210. While we prefer the specs of the Garmin nüvi 5000, its price is definitely a deterrent; however, that $800 comes with multimedia features and the ability to connect to a rearview camera. The 5310 is the better choice for budget-minded buyers who want a large display and aren’t concerned with extras.” (Laptopmag, 2008)