I am considering purchasing a portable navigation unit. The following is what I consider to be my priority:

1. portability
2. price
3. user-friendliness

Does anyone have experience with Magellan RoadMate 700? I'd like to hear what you guys think about this unit. Appreciate your inputs.

 

SHO:

Hang loose for a couple of weeks. Clarion has a new portable nav unit coming out.

Specs:
7" color touch screen
20gig hard drive
10gigs for preloaded maps of entire USA including Alaska and Hawaii and
southern Canada,
10 gigs for loading MP3's, drag and drop files/folders via USB connection
voice prompting for turn by turn instructions
Play MP3's while navigating
Built-in GPS antenna
Automatic route recalculation
Built-in speakers
FM transmitter for transmitting audio to a factory radio
line level audio outputs
Audio/Video inputs for DVD/games
Rear vision camera input
Controls optional Sirius Satellite Radio receiver
2 million points of interest
4000 address book memory
IR remote control
Lots of other features

Suggested price is $1299, includes carry bag, DC power cord, AC power transformer, Panavise window mount, and cleaning cloth.

Very cool unit...called NICE (Navigation and In Car Entertainment)

 

oh oh oh... where can i find this info?? sounds real cool!

 

okay... I supposed this is what you are referring to.

http://www.cardomain.com/item/CLANICE



I'm not sure how "bulky" that is going to be on the dash. Since it is portable, I'd like it to be somewhat small but not too small. Is 7 inch screen a good size to be carried around? Like for eg., would we be able to place that somewhat large unit on my Z's dahs? I'm sure it will b okay in my Altima though....