The Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System is strictly not just a GPS Navigation System. Designed to be capable of handing various digital multimedia files, the Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System is also a portable entertainment device, ideal for keeping one, or one’s road trip buddies, entertained through those long driving trips.

The Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System takes after its predecessor, the Magellan Roadmate 760, picking up where the Magellan GPS Navigation System left off. The item comes with preloaded maps, stored in its internal hard drive, and could be used on foot, as well as mounted on the dashboard, or windshield, on a vehicle.

As a GPS Navigation system, the Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System is quite impressive. Boasting the same basic design elements of all Magellan’s Navigation Systems, the Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System comes with touch screen features on a 3.5 inch wide color display, which is built with a sensor, enabling it to adjust to various ambient lighting conditions. Viewing the screen in direct sunlight is no problem, as the Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System’s screen sensors compensates, fast.

Zooming in to maps and zooming out could never be easier with the Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System’s user friendly user interface system. It features SD/MMC card slot, which could be loaded with a Magellan SD Map Card, which are known to boast full detailed maps.

The Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System boasts a 4.5 gigabyte storage capacity, enabling users to view BMP and/or JPEG files, using the Roadmate Photo Viewer. WMA and MP3 audio files could be easily played, either loaded into the device’s built-in hard drive or through the Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System’s SD/MMC Card slot. Its integrated speakers are quite loud, and is designed for driving alerts, as well as for voice commands.

The Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System comes with a pair of earphones, should there be a need for them during a driving trip.

Accurate with entertainment features, the Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System’s GPS receiver is known for being steadfast, providing accurate relevant information which users should be informed about. Its SmartDetour feature provides the perfect alternative routes should there be traffic induced problems. All in all, The Magellan Roadmate 800 GPS Navigation System is simply the GPS Navigation system one would want from an “entertainment capable” GPS Navigation system.