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| Pharos 150 Drive 3.5-Inch Touchscreen TTS Portable GPS Unit, Blue | 
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| Brand: Pharos
Category: CE
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $129.14
You Save: $20.85 (14%)
New (10) from $129.14
Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 13329
Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 6.5 x 3.5
MPN: PDR150BLU
Model: PDR150BLU
UPC: 818948002808
EAN: 0818948002808
ASIN: B00151HBA0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new in sealed packaging! Most orders will be shipped out within two business days; however, some shipments may take up to 3-4 days to process.
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| Features:
| • | Large 3.5" TFT LCD with 16.7 million colors | | • | Fast route calculation by 32-bit CPU processor | | • | Text-To-Speech; turn-by-turn directions with voice prompts announcing the street name | | • | Entire US maps; NAVTEQ ON BOARD Millions of POI's; search nearby, near destination, or in a city | | • | Built-in ultra sensitive 20-channel SiRFStarII GPS for fast and accurate positioning |
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| Editorial Reviews:
"From the Manufacturer (June 19, 2008)"
Designed for portability, the Pharos Drive GPS 150 offers just the right balance of power, portability and price for newcomers to GPS receivers. Measuring less than an inch thin and under 4 inches wide, the compact Drive GPS 150 is great for driving with the included car mount and it can be easily slipped into a purse, briefcase, or backpack for usage while on foot. 
The Pharos Drive GPS 150 in blue. |
The Drive GPS 150 features a 3.5-inch color screen, quick route calculation, and turn-by-turn directions with voice prompts. It comes with everything needed to use the unit, including both car and AC power cords and a 1 GB Secure Digital (SD) memory card that's pre-loaded with street level maps of the United States. This model comes in blue, but it's also available in pink and black.The Drive GPS 150's intuitive navigation software offers text-to-speech functionality that guides you with turn-by-turn, voice-prompted directions. If you miss a turn along the route, the Drive GPS 150 automatically recalculates a route and gets you back on track, pronouncing the names of the streets along the way. If you're on foot, the Drive GPS 150 provides a pedestrian mode that plots routes with pedestrian options and preferences in mind. 
The Drive GPS measures less than 1 inch thin and weighs 6.4 ounces (black model shown). | 
The 3.5-inch color LCD clearly indicates your route. |
The highly sensitive, 20-channel SiRFStarIII GPS receiver provides a rapid time-to-first-fix positioning and can acquire a signal even in urban canyons and under dense foliage. It's matched with a 32-bit CPU processor for quick recalculation of your route should you get off the original course. The 3.5-inch color touchscreen LCD has a 320 x 240-pixel resolution and a color depth of 16.7 million colors for a clear display of the preloaded U.S. street level maps and navigation routing. You can choose to see a two-dimensional or three-dimensional map adjusted specifically for day time or night time conditions. When you begin a selected journey, the Drive GPS 150 provides an overview of your complete route, the total driving distance to your destination, the estimated travel time, and the complete destination address. If you don't have a street address, you can simply navigate to a point on the map by manipulating the touchscreen and selecting it as your destination--the Drive GPS 150 will then calculate your route. The Drive GPS 150 also comes with a Points of Interest (POI) list that collects thousands of interesting or useful places organized by easy-to-find categories, from shopping centers to restaurants to gas stations. And many of the categories have subcategories to help narrow the choices--for example, under gas stations you'll find names of particular brands. Other features include: - Save favorite addresses and points of interest to the Address Book
- Your most recent 64 locations are saved in the Recent Places menu for easy access
- Specify certain types of roads that you want to exclude from route calculations
- Internal speaker with 3.5mm stereo earphone jack
- Mini USB connector
- 1200 mAh rechargeable lithium-polymer batter with 5 to 7 hours of continuous operation; 4-hour recharging tiem
- Dimensions: 3.94 x 3.31 x 0.95 inches (WxHxD)
- Weight: 6.4 ounces
What's in the Box
Pharos 150 GPS device, 1 GB SD memory card, USB cable, car mount, car charger, AC adapter, travel bag, printed quick-start guide, CD with manual
Product Description
The Pharos Drive GPS 150 makes it easy to keep your eyes on the road when looking for a specific address with voice prompts and turn-by-turn spoken instructions that include name of the street or highway (Text-to-Speech technology). The large 3.5" color touch screen LCD clearly displays the preloaded U.S. street level maps and navigation routing.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 A bargain July 19, 2008
A very versatile gps tool, with potential beyond its advertised capabilities. a very functional interface. It could be improved with additional map resources and upgradability, but its well worth the price as is.
 OK for the price July 17, 2008
I paid $70 after the $30 Amazon card deal so I can't complain too much. I like the text-to-speech function. That and the price is probably the pros I can say about this unit.
Here are the cons:
* Takes forever to get a signal. Sometimes up to 7 or 8 minutes.
* The mount is terrible. Very difficult to take the unit out.
* My unit does not give a warning when the battery is low. It just shuts the unit off.
* Battery life is TERRIBLE. I get about 1 1/2 hrs.
* I had to reset it twice in the past 10 usage.
But I can live with it since I got it for cheap.
great GPS July 17, 2008
This was a wonderful purchase-it is everything I wanted in a GPS. Very easy to use even for a female. The price was great. Love it and would recommend for all.
 Bad Start-Good Finish Thanks To Amazon July 9, 2008
I took a chance and ordered this GPS even though I didn't recognize the name, because of the reviews here. I am in outside construction sales and travel all of Central Virginia and many times off the beaten path as you can imagine. Although I carry a laptop with MSN Streets & Trips loaded on it I really wanted a GPS especially with "text to speech" so I could keep my eyes on the road. I am an Amazon Prime member and as usual Amazon had this at my door the next day. Much to my disappointment, though it would never get a gps signal. I waited for hours and it never happened. I finally called Pharos customer support and after trying a reset and waiting it still said "no GPS antenna found". Kudos to their cs as they answered quickly and suggested I wait for a return shipping label to come and then send it to them at their expense. Though they were helpful, I contacted Amazon and asked to return it for exchange and they had a new one here this morning. I plugged it in and boy what fun, quick start up and extremely accurate. Made my day a whole lot easier. The 150 is a great unit so far and Amazon once again made a potentially bad situation good!
A good budget unit July 5, 2008
This is a good budget GPS. I used it to discover a couple of short cuts to work already. I modified it to support calculator, notepad, photo viewer, word/excel/ppt/pdf viewers, and mp3/video players, etc. in additional to the Destinator GPS program (Thanks daniel53 and others). It's a very nice toy especially for tech-savvy users (5 stars for being able to modify it).
The user interface may not be super intuitive as some high-priced units.
BTW, make sure to try the "avoid roads" feature under the "Manage Route." You can create one or more sets of roads to avoid (or not to avoid).
If Pharos can provide free map updates, as the previous reviewer mentioned, then I'll give it a 6-star rating. :-)
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