Magellan is back with Triton

Published on August 7th, 2007 in gps navigation, magellan

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It is good to have Magellan back in the handheld GPS receiver business - with the completely redesigned Triton series. At the top of the series you’ll find Triton 2000 (pictured) which features a 2.7-inch QVGA touch screen, SD card slot, 2MP camera, a voice recorder, speaker, LED flashlight, electronic compass and barometer, and the ability to upload National Geographic maps.

Triton 2000, which complies with IPX7 standards, will be available in North America in September and in Europe in October for about $500.

Other models in the new series will be Triton 1500, Triton 500, Triton 400, Triton 300, and the most basic Triton 200.

Triton 1500 $400

  • 2.7-inch QVGA color touch screen
  • built-in base maps
  • uploadable maps using VantagePoint software
  • SD card slot
  • speaker and microphone
  • flashlight
  • waterproof to IPX-7 standards

Triton 500 $250

  • more compact-sized
  • 2.2-inch QVGA color screen
  • SD card slot
  • uploadable maps using VantagePoint software
  • built-in base maps
  • electronic compass and barometer
  • waterproof to IPX-7 standards

Triton 400 $200

  • 2.2-inch QVGA color screen
  • SD card slot
  • built-in base maps
  • pointer and compass screen
  • waterproof to IPX-7 standards
  • uploadable maps using VantagePoint software

Triton 300 $150

  • 2.2-inch QVGA color screen
  • built-in base maps
  • waterproof to IPX-7 design
  • pointer and compass screen
  • uploadable maps using VantagePoint software
  • 10 MB of memory for map storage

Triton 200 $130

  • 2.2-inch QVGA color screen
  • built-in base maps
  • waterproof to IPX-7 design
  • pointer and compass screen
  • runs on two AA batteries
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6 Responses to “Magellan is back with Triton”

  1. Magellan Triton GPS Says:
    August 7th, 2007 at 11:38 pm

    [...] Vía | Navigadget. [...]

  2. Magellan Triton - nu är Magellan tillbaka! at gpskoll.se Says:
    August 12th, 2007 at 11:47 pm

    [...] Via Navigadget (som har en riktigt stor bild!). [...]

  3. Richard Zmasek Says:
    December 11th, 2007 at 1:34 pm

    Magellan Triton 1500 GPS:

    It looks like a very nice GPS, the only problem is:one cannot buy it !

  4. John Corey Says:
    January 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 am

    I just purchased the Magellan Triton 1500 but have never used one. It would be nice to have some instruction.

  5. Stu Norris Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    Navigadet - It’s time to actually put the Triton thru it’s paces so to speak. I believe that when you do, you will reconsider the title of this review. Try calling Magellan tech support for starters. You won’t be talking about Magellan’s comeback after that.

  6. Eric Ray Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    I purchased the Triton 500 prior to going on vacation in Kauai, HI. I wanted to go hiking on some of the many trails. After I purchased it, I found out that it had no topos pre-loaded. Why would one buy a handheld GPS without topos. I live in the SouthEast, so I purchased a Southeast set and a West set of maps found out that they were keyed only to that unit S/N). I downloaded the maps to the Triton and it worked for the first day (of 9 days). The next day, during a hike, the Triton lost the maps including the street maps that were preloaded. That night, I attempted unsuccessfully to re-load, then to get help from tech support, but no response. It was useless the rest of the vacation. My son had a Garmin and we used it. When I got home, I returned the unit for a refund and attempted to get a refund on the map packages. Magellan refused, even though it could only be used on that unit. I did not trust the unit, so I didn’t exchange it for another Triton. I finally did what I should have done in the beginning. Do a cost comparison and check the ratings. I found out that the Delorme PN-20 bundle had topos for the whole US for about the same price as just the naked Triton. If I got the equivalent topos for Triton it would have cost me 5 times the cost of the Triton. I decided to take the loss on the Magellan software and purchase a Delorme. In summary, someone would be crazy or down-right stupid (like I was) to have purchased a Triton. I won’t purchase another Magellan product. There is too much quality competition out there.

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