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Pros

• Portrait / Landscape twist assisted
• Loud speaker
• Easy Bluetooth pairing
• GPS antenna works on GPS software
• Works with most skins and case while on iPhone
• Mount should work on iPhone 4

Cons

• Mount is awkward and difficult
• Footprint a big large
• Mount blocks camera
• Mic quality issue

The Bottom Line
The Magellan Premium Car Kit secures your iPhone in a grip-type fashion which requires two hands to safely attach and remove your iPhone from the mount. Most may not even find this a concern and outside of the back plate blocking your cameras view, really this is one strong mount for your iPhone or iPod touch. With compatibility for skins and cases, a good sounding speaker and the easy twist orientation, this may be your mount for your car, if you can find it under three figures.

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Full Review
Magellan is well known for its car all-in-one units and thus has had some experience with mounting these units. Magellan has taken that engineering thinking and know how and come up with a mount for the iPhone 3G/S and iPod touch. Enhancing GPS with a built-in antenna and placing a loud speaker into the car kit, Magellan hopes you’ll over look, um, Tom’s mount for the Premium Car Kit. But should you?

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• Pleasant looking interface
• Excellent iPod player
• Google Maps integration for POIs
• On-screen speed limit indicator
• Logo-based POIs for easy identification
• Superb traffic alerts and up-to-date information

Cons

• Pop-up notifications takes GPS off-line
• No Google or Internet search integration
• Lack of podcast support in Music Player
• Does not support suite numbers in Contacts and mis-routes

The Bottom Line
Magellan RoadMate ignores the iPhones sleek user interface in favor of its own look-and-feel which will help owners of Magellan’s dash mount PNDs jump right into the iPhone application. For first time Magellan users, the simply layout will be a quick learn for any experienced GPS user. Once on the road, RoadMate wraps up its well defined experience into a tightly knit package that will get your to your destination quickly, easily, and accurately.

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Magellan went a, um excuse the pun, different route with its iPhone navigation application. Instead of using many of the familiar iPhone menu items and other common iPhone attributes, Magellan stuck with its interface from its Personal Navigation Device (PND) units found on the windshields of thousands of vehicles across America. This twist helps those going from the PND to the iPhone to minimize the learning curve while keeping the user experience satisfying.
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