Magellan Maestro 5310 Review

Magellan has been one of the top manufacturers of GPS devices and the Magellan Maestro 5310 is one of the latest portable GPS navigators in the market. It is priced well at around $500, you can get it cheaper if you scout around well, and offers all the standard features but cuts down on the frills.

Magellan Maestro 5310 Specs:

Features: LIVE Traffic tracking, AAA TourBook, SayWhere text-to-speech, Voice guidance, Built-in NAVTEQ maps, 6 million Points of Interest, Interactive POI icons, Exit POIs, Roadside Assistance, QuickSpell, SmartDetour, Birds eye 3D view, Auto re-route, Auto NightView, Customizable route methods, Multi-destination routing, Address Book

Review:

The Magellan Maestro 5310 sports a stylish design composed mainly of black and silver. It is very thin at just 0.79 inches while the other dimensions are 5.64 inch W x 3.61 inches, will fit easily in your car. It weighs just less than around 200 gms. The build quality is nice and should last for more than a couple of years.

It sports a 5 inch WQVGA display which is quite spacious. The interface is very simple and easy to use. You can easily figure out how to find out a navigation route to any particular address without referring to the manual. The interface has large fonts which improves usability for elder people. The maps are completely detailed. The turn by turn navigation works great and provides directions well in advance. You can also search for landmarks in a huge database which responds fast enough. It comes with a feature called Smart Detour which can help you navigate around traffic jams dynamically.

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The Magellan Maestro 5310 is an upgrade to the Magellan Maestro 4370. It is a nice device with all the standard features you would expect in a GPS unit and skips all the frills to give you a lower price.

Our Rating: 3 / 5.