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| Pharos 150 Drive 3.5-Inch Touchscreen TTS Portable GPS Unit, Blue | 
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| Brand: Pharos
Category: CE
Buy New: $149.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 21680
Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
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
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 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
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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. :-)
Added: 7/20/08:
* Flaw found: two instances of endless-route-recalculation bug; my new rating is 4-star.
Good enough for me :) July 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I must admit I had my reservations purchasing this item, as the Pharos brand is not as well known as some of the others, and I could only find few comprehensive reviews on the unit. However, I simply could not argue with all the features that were being offered for such a low price... so I took the chance, and I am glad that I did. The performance was peppy, LCD was bright and easy to read, text-to-speech was clear, GPS tracking functioned smoothly as expected, the interface was reasonable intuitive. The point of interest and the maps seemed a little outdated, but the customer support told me that a new version should be available early next year on their website, free of charge.
All in all, although it may lack the "sophistication" in build/software quality of the bigger companies, I'm very happy with my purchase.
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