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Magellan Premium Car Kit for iPhone and iPod touch
RatingCustomer rating is 3 of 5
BrandMagellan
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Features
  • Compatibility: iPod touch 2G, 3G; iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4
  • Transform your iPhone or iPod touch into a complete in-car solution for GPS navigation
  • Charge your device while mounted; built-in GPS receiver enhances performance
  • Noise-cancelling, hands-free speakerphone with powerful amplified speaker
  • Works with any navigation or location-based app, including Magellan's RoadMate app
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Description
The Magellan AP0300SGXXX Premium Car Kit Together with GPS effortlessly turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a GPS navigator! Attach the Magellan iPhone Premium Car Kit together with GPS to your windshield and instantly, you can find the way utilizing the various GPS functions of your iPhone or iPod Touch.
The Magellan Premium Car Kit converts your iPhone into a complete in-car answer for GPS navigation. Just situate your iPhone in the cradle and connect the power. There's no want to shunt your protective case--the cradle adjusts to your needs.

Convert your iPhone into a complete in-car answer for GPS navigation. Click to enlarge.

Secure, adjustable vehicle mounting.

Works together with any navigation or setting-based app.

Magellan Premium Car Kit for iPhone / iPod Touch

Requires buy of a navigation app. Sold separately.

The Premium Car Kit lets you use excellent navigation apps like the Magellan RoadMate App for iPhone and iPod touch (2nd generation) and instantly increases your navigation experience.

This great, built-in receiver boosts GPS reception, ensuring accurate directions. Just situate your iPhone or iPod touch into the cradle and connect the power. The cradle even works together with much turn- by-turn routing applications available today, counting the Magellan RoadMate App for iPhone (sold separately).

The Premium Car Kit connects via Bluetooth (iPhone only) to bring a enhanced hands-free calling experience. The great, amplified speaker brings crystal clear calls and turn-by-turn directions. No want to even shunt your protective cover--the cradle adjusts to contain much cases or skins.

Find the way in confidence together with the Magellan Premium Car Kit!

Features

  • Built-in GPS receiver increases performance
    A great, sensitive built-in GPS receiver offers faster and extra accurate setting information to your iPhone or iPod touch

  • Turns your iPod touch into a GPS navigator
    The built-in GPS receiver adds GPS ability to your iPod touch (2nd generation)

  • Fits hard shell cases or silicon skins
    Accommodates much cases or skins for maximum flexibility when inserting into the cradle

  • Works together with much navigation or setting-based apps
    While optimized for the Magellan RoadMate app for iPhone, the cradle is compatible together with much GPS navigation apps

  • In-car charging
    The cradle automatically powers and charges when connected. No want to worry concerning running out of battery.

  • Noise-canceling, hands-free speakerphone
    Full duplex speakerphone for crystal clear calls

  • Great, amplified speaker
    Use the volume control for loud and clear voice guidance

  • Secure, adjustable vehicle mounting
    Shortly secure the cradle to your windshield or dashboard and effortlessly change for portrait or landscape viewing

  • Audio line out for music playback on your car stereo
    Pay attention to your favorite tunes throughout your car's audio system

Car Kit Compatibility

  • iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4
  • iPod touch 2G, 3G
  • Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later and buy of navigation app (sold separately).

What's in the Box
Premium GPS Car Kit, Vehicle Mount, Adhesive Disc, Vehicle Power Adapter, Getting Initiated Guide

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Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Recommend buying from different merchant!   2010-09-03
By Nunya999
Product works as advertised. Very disappointed with Amazon's customer service experience. Recommend buying from one of many other merchants that sell the same item; hopefully you will enjoy the product without having to worry that the price will be changed under your nose with no recourse other than returning the item and repurchasing it at the lower price. Silly policies that lead to additional work for everyone.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Great addition for my IPhone   2010-08-29
By James G. Call
I looked at the Tom Tom version of the car kit and I didn't like it because you couldn't use it with a case and you can't use it with an IPhone 4. This car kit rocks I love it. I wish I would have got one sooner. It will not work though with an Apple bumper on your IPhone 4. That was the only problem I saw but not that big of a deal. I got a new case today and it works well with the IPhone 4 with a case on it.
I am a huge Tom Tom guy but the Magellan car kit beats Tom Toms and I would highly recommend this if you have any IPhone of IPod touch!
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Excellent piece of equipment   2010-08-25
By J. Marx (Eastsound, WA USA)
Only Car kit to fit iPhone 4 with the Otter-box Defender case. Not only does the case fit into kit, the Kit operates beautifully (increased signal). It is well constructed, external speaker works great & has plenty of volume. I have been through so many windshield mounts for my phones (3gs & iPhone 4) to use my GPS program (Navigon, excellent program too) where I have had to take my case off. What a hassle @ leaves my phone unprotected. The Otter-Box Defender case is also excellent. Best case I have ever had and I have tried many.
Customer rating is 3 of 5  Great for iPod touch, not so much for iPhone   2010-08-18
By esanta (San Jose, CA USA)
The Magellan Premium Car Kit for iPhone and iPod is a windshield-attachable charging unit with built-in speakerphone and GPS receiver. It communicates with the iPhone or iPod by bluetooth.
The bundled cigarette lighter adapter connects to the stand via a standard mini USB connector.
The main unit features a volume control wheel for the speakerphone, and a stereo minijack to connect to your car stereo.
The car kit provides the following features:
- charging
- speakerphone
- speaker for navigation guidance prompts
- audio output

I used the car kit in conjunction with Magellan's navigation software on my iPhone 3Gs and my new iPhone 4. It's adjustable and the phone fits without having to take it out of its case -- with the exception of the Otterbox case, which is too thick at the bottom and prevented proper dock connection.

Results are a mixed bag. I didn't find the supposedly better built-in GPS receiver to be a marked improvement over the GPS chip inside the iPhone 3Gs. The iPhone 4 was actually more accurate in my very informal tests.
The bluetooth pairing was frustrating. The minute the kit is powered, it's constantly trying to take over your phone, even if you're on another bluetooth connection. You could be in the middle of a call on your iPhone or a bluetooth headset, and suddenly the Car Kit kicks in. It wouldn't be so bad if the speaker was loud enough (it isn't) and the microphone decent (it isn't either, and people I was talking to complained about the sound quality).
I also had a problem with the arm design: it's very short, which is probably perfectly adequate in a small sedan but completely useless in an SUV or minivan where you're sitting a mile away from the windshield. At this price, Magellan could have included a few attachment options (short neck arm, long neck arm, air vent hooks).

In the end, the limitations make it difficult to recommend: if you have an iPhone, the Car Kit will add more frustration than function. However, it is a good complement to turn an iPod touch into a navigation system since the touch lacks the iPhone's built-in GPS, so I would still recommend it to sedan-driving iPod touch users.

I should also add that the Magellan navigation app for the iPhone/iPod touch is really stellar, particularly when running on the iPhone 4's superfast hardware. Screen refreshes fast, graphics are gorgeous, the POI list is extensive and the user interface very pleasant to use. I tried the Navigon and Tom Tom apps and so far Magellan is the clear winner of the three in my opinion.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Works surprisingly well   2010-08-15
By Christopher J. Shaker (Bend, OR United States)
First off, to get the benefit of the external GPS in this mount, you actually have to plug it into power in your car, and then bind the phone to the magellan GPS in the Bluetooth config on the iPhone settings (no bluetooth passcode needed for binding). There is a volume control wheel on the left side of the unit.

I just drove a 3 1/2 hr trip through the mountains of Oregon with this iPhone holder and bluetooth GPS, using the Navigon iPhone turn by turn nav app on my iPhone 3G, and it worked fantastically. No GPS signal drops reported by the App. Without the Magellan external bluetooth GPS and mount, I got lots of GPS signal drops.

Plus it charges your phone while you are driving.

Highly recommended.



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