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Affordable, thin, and amazingly easy to use, the Magellan RoadMate 1212 enables you to find virtually anywhere in seconds without reading the instructions. The sharp 3.5-inch color touchscreen adds pleasure to driving. See your position on the interactive map, plus distance to the next turn, distance to destination, estimated time of arrival, street names and more, all at a glance. The simple touch-screen menu presents easy options! Voice guidance offers worry-free driving with spoken turn-by-turn directions so you can keep your eyes on the road.  Clear 3.5-inch QVGA color touchscreen shows your position, POIs, route, ETA and more on the interactive map | Easily find your way around town with built-in maps of two North American countries and Puerto Rico. 6 million pre-programmed Points of Interest (POI) enable you to search and select nearby services, and recreation and business locations. Find gas stations, restaurants, hotels, ATMs and more. Phone numbers are included (when available) so you can call ahead for information and reservations. The Centrality Atlas III processor and built-in high-sensitivity antenna provide the fastest position acquisition in the industry for reliable navigation. QuickSpellTM intelligently searches and checks spelling so you can enter your destination with just a few touches of the screen. SmartDetour prompts you to route around sudden slow traffic. The integrated rechargeable battery provides navigation for up to3 hours when power is unavailable. Thin, elegant and completely mobile; take your Magellan RoadMate anywhere for easy, accurate navigation.  Innovative easy-to-use interface makes it a breeze to find the route to your destination in seconds--without even needing to read the instructions.
Click to enlarge. |  Adjustable mount for your windshield or dashboard. | Key Features Include
- SayWhere Text-to-Speech that clearly announces the street name of your next turn.
- 3.5-inch QVGA color touchscreen that shows your position, points of interest, route, estimated time of arrival and more on the interactive map.
- Built-in pre-loaded maps enable you to navigate the Unites States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
- 6 Pre-programmed million of Points of Interest (POIs) make it easy to find gas stations, restaurants, ATMs and more. Search by name or category near your position or near any city.
- Thin and stylish--Combines style and functionality in a pocket-sized design.
- Innovative and amazingly easy-to-use, route to your destination in seconds without even needing to read the instructions.
- Touch an onscreen interactive POI icon for a nearby destination to see name, address, phone number (when available), and get an instant route.
- QuickSpell, predictive spelling, guides in you address entry by eliminating irrelevant characters as you type.
- SmartDetour automatically prompts you to route around sudden slow traffic.
- Centrality Atlas III Processor provides superior GPS performance and navigation.
- Rechargeable battery lets you navigate for up to 3 hours when power is unavailable. Recharges while driving via the included vehicle power adapter.
- Automatic re-route never lets you miss a turn and quickly get back on track whenever you take a detour.
- Customizable route method help you select Fastest Time, Shortest Distance, Least or Most Use of Motorways, and Avoid Toll Roads.
- Create and store personal Points of Interest for easy reoccurring trips.
- Auto night view adjusts color and contrast for easy night viewing.
- SD-card compatibility so you can back up your address book.
What's in the Box
Magellan RoadMate 1212 receiver, vehicle power adapter, adhesive disk for dash mounting, windshield mount, basic cradle, preloaded map on SD card, user manual on CD-ROM, quick-start guide, reference manual
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 Does amazing things for such a low price, and VERY easy to use |
| Review Date: December 1, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Spiro Apostolopoulos, Raleigh, NC USA |
I'm not a GPS expert (this is my first one), but from what I have read in reviews and seen at stores, the Roadmate 1212 is awesome, especially for the price ($80 at BestBuy on Black Friday). It's hard to find a GPS that speaks street names for under $200 (most in this $ range only speak the turns - I found a Garmin 260WT for $189 that did this, but that was on a super sale). Don't be fooled by the specs on the Roadmate 1200 - it does not have spoken street names, just turns. The 1212 is the least expensive model that calls out the street names. The touch screen is very responsive, menus are easy and intuitive, and the features for this price range are great (points of interest mapping, POI off of highway exits, auto-rerouting if you miss a turn, accurate routing, easy detour and rerouting during current trip plan, etc.). 3.5" is plenty big so don't be fooled into thinking you need 4.3". In fact, bigger is not better, especially if you mount on your windshield - you want to be able to view the road.
All-in-all, if you haven't had a GPS, or even if you have and you just want something relatively simple and that works, I highly recommend the Magellan Roadmate 1212. The 1212 is a great value, nice features for this price range (e.g., spoken street names), and very easy to use. |
Magellan RoadMate 1212
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| Review Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Reviewer: applebees, Los Angeles, CA. |
| I purchased Magellan RoadMate 1212 for a late Christmas gift for my husband. It works well for him. He is happy with this item as it makes his day at work really productive. It calculates alternative route when the traffic slows down. Pronunciation of some streets are not that accurate, but overall function is satisfactory and well worth than the price I paid for. |
Best driving tool Ever
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| Review Date: January 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: L. Pinzow, NY, USA |
| This is he best ever. Easy to follow directions, ample warning before turns. My only complaint is when going off track by taking an exit on the highway just to get gas, it directs you via local streets to the next exit instead of back to the exit you used previously. |
"Maggie" gets you there!
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| Review Date: March 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Joe F, Concord NC |
I must say that I really had my doubts about this little wonder simply due to the low cost. With a MFR instant rebate of 30.00, it came to just 89.99 stacked up against Garmins to the left and Garmins to the right all sporting prices in the near 200.00 range and higher. It was the ONLY one in this price range with such high end features as Text To Speech, trip planner, and automatic detour.
If you think you don't really need the Text To Speech feature, think again! After using two Garmins in the past that did not have this feature, I would never be without it after trying it. You don't even have to look at the device. Instead of just generic instructions like "Turn right in .2 miles", it says something really useful like "Turn slight right in .2 miles on Hawthorne Street". That removes all doubt as to whether the right turn in .2 miles is this road, or the one right next to it at a slight angle.
The trip planner works great. My family and I took a vacation from Charlotte to Colonial Williamsburg Va, Yorktown Va and Jamestown Va. Before we left, I setup a Trip and put in every address we would need for the entire week. Whenever we were ready for the next adventure, I just pulled up that Trip, selected the pre-built address, and we were off. It even has the option to "Optimize" your trip so you can go from here, to the next closest place, to the next closest place and so on. When we got home, I just deleted the trip and all of these no longer needed addresses were gone. No muss no fuss.
We also used it to decide where to eat every day. It is loaded with Points of Interest of all kinds. I typed in "Ben" and it even found us a nice Ben & Jerry's to have an ice cream celebration before we hit the road home guided all the way by "Maggie". We came up with "Maggie" to call it(her) by. That's short for Magellan.
If I had to find one thing to complain about, it's that the screen does not seem to like it when you press the letters and numbers. Sometimes it would not do anything, or I would have to press it multiple times to get the selection to take. What I found however is that it really likes light quick taps on the numbers and letters. Once I got the hang of this, the problem completely dissapeared. The selection rate with quick taps instead of pressing against the screen took my success rate to 99.9% on the first tap. Just quick fast taps and she takes you where you want to go. Wherever you are, whenever you are ready to go home, just tap the little picture of the house and you're on your way.
This GPS would be a good deal at twice the price I think and the lowest priced Garmin I was looking at that did have the same features like text to speech was over twice the price. Sorry to repeat myself, but Text to Speech for the upcoming street names you're going to turn on is simply the bomb. I forgot to mention it has a nice little "Where am I?" feature too so if you break down or have an accident, you can tell the tow truck or police/ambulance exactly where to come.
I am very pleased with this little wonder and while the MFR instant rebate is going on, I am thinking about buying a few of them to give as Christmas presents later this year.
Well done Magellan! |
We love this thing!
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| Review Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Nell, New Jersey |
Life just got a whole lot easier! I am told this is basic but if you are not an expert on the ways of GPS tools and you want a product that is user friendly and will get you there-this is your product. That being said-it still has many newer functions that many of it's predecessors do not have. For instance, it will list many of the main streets within a town for you to choose from if you are not familiar with a particular area or are a new comer. Older models would have you insert an exact address each time. Also, although perhaps a funny detail-if you get off track, the female voice reroutes you without getting annoyed and announcing that it is "recalculating"! This model does not get annoyed at you for going off track and she seems to reroute quite a bit faster-but I have to admit I miss the good laugh that it would produce each time-lol! Also missing on some older models was the split screen with both a bird's eye view as well as a street level view. Helps if you are the type of person who needs to see where you are in relation to a paricular region of the state as opposed to just rudimentary turn by turns.
The only downside is that she will proclaim that you have arrived at a destination a tad bit too early sometimes which is particularly annoying if you visually have no idea what your destination looks like, where your destination is or it is dark outside and you are unable to see house numbers. However, this is a minor problem and did not prevent me from giving this a five star rating.
Highly recommend this product! The price per feature ratio is really high on this little gem. |
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