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Magellan RoadMate 2000 is cheap

Sep 14, 2006 gps navigation, magellan

The new RoadMate 2000 is the cheapest and simplest of the three new models Magellan announced this week. Unlike 2500T and 2200T it does not come ‘traffic’ ready so don’t expect any live traffic updates while using this. However RoadMate 2000 will only cost $400, $150 cheaper than 2500T and $100 cheaper than 2200T.

Just like the others RoadMate 2000 also uses the highly accurate SiRF Star III GPS receiver chipset and also features the SmartDetour function. With this navigation system you only get the 48 contiguous states and a searchable database of 1.3 million points of interest pre-installed on the memory. Thats 700,000 POI’s less than 2500T! We’ll let you decide if the extra several hundred thousand ATM locations and maps of Puerto Rico and Hawaii are worth the extra $150 :)

Before we forget there’s no MP3 player or photo viewer on this basic 2000 model also. On the bright side RoadMate is lighther than its more expensive brothers at only 7.9 ounces and probably just a hair smaller in size.

Magellan RoadMate 2000 will be availabe as early as this month in the US at a corporate electronics store near you.