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What do you know about the Maxx Digital PN3000 Explorer I for $99 at Office Depot?

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Sorry - not familiar with it.

-Scott

Do you have any opinion of the Pharos 150 on sale at New Egg? It is $149 with a $50 rebate. I am traveling to Europe next spring and being able to affordably add those maps to my GPS is important to me.
Thanks.

I just picked up the Pharos 150 at Fry's Electronics for $149 and a $50 MIR. I live about 20 miles away from the store. It got me home with the best route I usually take (there's really just 2 possibilities) and I found the spoken voice navigation worked just fine. So, far, I've added a few addresses and the interface seems fairly intutive. In fact, I made my choice after browsing through the manual online and getting a good idea of how it worked. So far, so good. I'm not sure about the European maps though, you should contact pharos at www.pharosgps.com, either write them or call them. I called today and tech support answered the phone after being on hold about 3 minutes.

One thing that I don't like.... the SD card slot is covered with a sticker that says Warranty Void if Removed.

It's a windows 4.2 device (which I like), although my 64 bit vista laptop wouldn't recognize it. I'll have to do some more playing with it. At any rate, I took a quick look at the sticker and it wasn't on too well. A few seconds under the blow dryer and it came off without complaint. Under the sticker was a small metal cover for the SD slot. Once in my laptop, I could get into some configuration files and possibly tweak some settings. It's interesting that there is a folder for the TMC service, but I don't know if it will work if turned on or not. Another question for pharos tech.

At any rate, those are the open box/first 20 miles driving impression. I'm happy. I should add this is my first car based GPS. Also, I live in a fairly new subdivision and the map had my address, looking into the config files, the NAVTEQ(another plus in my book) based maps look like they came from Q4 2006. Since this is a recent device, I was hoping they would be more current. Also, I don't know if it's possible to update the maps in place, that would a) probably be pretty easy, and b) pharos may have to do it/support it.

I know your post was a month ago, but I hope this helps you or another possible new user.

Cordially,

Glenn

How would you compare Magellan Maestro 4250 to Garmin nuvi 680 ?