Magellan SmartGPS review: further proof your phone is the only navigator you need

Hardware and user interface. The SmartGPS is actually kind of difficult to wrap one's noodle around. You can use it as a dedicated PND, without any assistance from a smartphone app, but its functionality increases significantly when it has access to an internet connection - either coming from a MiFi in your vehicle, or via a shared connection over Bluetooth with your phone. The hardware itself is comically large. There's a 5-inch display (with a lowly 800 x 480 resolution), which is wrapped inside of a 3.5- x 6.4-inch housing. What you're left with is something that looks like a slightly shrunken Nexus 7.







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