Pharos 150 3.5-Inch Widescreen Portable Drive GPS Navigator with Text-To-Speech (Black)
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Product Description:
Getting lost is easy. Pharos helps make finding your way even easier. Using intuitive text-to-speech technology, the Pharos Drive GPS 150 makes it easy to keep your eyes on the road when looking for a specific address. It will help you find you way with voice prompts and turn-by-turn spoken instructions that include name of the street or highway. The large 3.5" color touch screen LCD clearly displays the preloaded U.S. street level maps and navigation routing.
"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 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 black, but it's also available in pink and blue.
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 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:
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
Getting lost is easy. Pharos helps make finding your way even easier. Using intuitive text-to-speech technology, the Pharos Drive GPS 150 makes it easy to keep your eyes on the road when looking for a specific address. It will help you find you way with voice prompts and turn-by-turn spoken instructions that include name of the street or highway. The large 3.5" color touch screen LCD clearly displays the preloaded U.S. street level maps and navigation routing.
"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 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 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
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
- Built-in ultra sensitive 20-channel SiRFStarII GPS for fast and accurate positioning
Accessories:
- GGI International Universal Dashboard Bean Bag Mount for GPS, Cell Phones, etc.
- Bracketron UFM-300-BX Nav-Pack Weighted GPS Dash Mount/Carrying Case
- SanDisk SDSDRH-008G-A11 8GB/15MB Ultra II SDHC Card
- SanDisk Ultra II 16 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card SDSDRH-016G-A11
- Dane-Elec 4GB High Capacity Secure Digital SDHC Memory Card
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Piece of crap, don't bother!
I bought this for my boyfriend for Christmas. He had been asking for a GPS for awhile after using my Garmin Nuvi 360(amazing GPS). I started looking into different brands because of the wide price difference figuring, hey, they all just give you directions, right? I was completely wrong, and I'm so sorry I bought this for him. It makes me feel guilty every time he tries to use it and it doesn't work.
I picked this particular one because it states that it: speaks street name, had POI's(points ... Read More
Rating: 
- GOOD GPS BUT DON'T BUY !!!
Well, this is a good GPS. The software is Destinator version 7.0, it's solid performer. However, the manufacturer of this GPS hasn't been looking serious to release any new map releases. I purchased this unit on July 11th, 2008 and I got the maps of 2006 Q2. Till then, I had been asking them many times when will be the new maps be available, but they are just beating about the bush. They always gave a "pre-written" answer that "Map creation is a long task and developers are working on it!" Well, Now, its almost ... Read More
Rating: 
- Great GPS and you can't beat the price!
It worked great, takes a couple of minutes to find GPS Signal,so I suggest turning it on two to three minutes before you start driving. Besides that it is a great GPS unit.
Rating: - Over a Year Now - Mixed Results
I bought two units in Dec 2007 and have been using one for over a year now. These are the issues I have had:
1. The charger on one unit quit working. The mini USB port on the GPS has shorted out not allowing the unit to charge anymore so this GPS is useless.
2. On the second unit satellite acquisition takes FOREVER and only when you are sitting still. Rarely acquires when you're moving. This is a major flaw in my opinion.
3. Navigate goes into calc mode and never comes out so now no route ... Read More
Rating: - Pharoah Leads the People
The Pharos GPS is a great bargain priced device.We are a little disappointed that a "Take Me Home" button is not included.The touchscreen is quite sensitive, but does require the stylus if you are ham-fisted like me.It can't find the local Wal-Mart, but hey, I know where the local Wal-Mart is.Nice package, sturdy mount, intuitive and easy to use.Good value for a first GPS.
- Piece of crap, don't bother!I bought this for my boyfriend for Christmas. He had been asking for a GPS for awhile after using my Garmin Nuvi 360(amazing GPS). I started looking into different brands because of the wide price difference figuring, hey, they all just give you directions, right? I was completely wrong, and I'm so sorry I bought this for him. It makes me feel guilty every time he tries to use it and it doesn't work.
I picked this particular one because it states that it: speaks street name, had POI's(points ... Read More
- GOOD GPS BUT DON'T BUY !!!Well, this is a good GPS. The software is Destinator version 7.0, it's solid performer. However, the manufacturer of this GPS hasn't been looking serious to release any new map releases. I purchased this unit on July 11th, 2008 and I got the maps of 2006 Q2. Till then, I had been asking them many times when will be the new maps be available, but they are just beating about the bush. They always gave a "pre-written" answer that "Map creation is a long task and developers are working on it!" Well, Now, its almost ... Read More
- Great GPS and you can't beat the price!It worked great, takes a couple of minutes to find GPS Signal,so I suggest turning it on two to three minutes before you start driving. Besides that it is a great GPS unit.
- Over a Year Now - Mixed ResultsI bought two units in Dec 2007 and have been using one for over a year now. These are the issues I have had:
1. The charger on one unit quit working. The mini USB port on the GPS has shorted out not allowing the unit to charge anymore so this GPS is useless.
2. On the second unit satellite acquisition takes FOREVER and only when you are sitting still. Rarely acquires when you're moving. This is a major flaw in my opinion.
3. Navigate goes into calc mode and never comes out so now no route ... Read More
- Pharoah Leads the PeopleThe Pharos GPS is a great bargain priced device.We are a little disappointed that a "Take Me Home" button is not included.The touchscreen is quite sensitive, but does require the stylus if you are ham-fisted like me.It can't find the local Wal-Mart, but hey, I know where the local Wal-Mart is.Nice package, sturdy mount, intuitive and easy to use.Good value for a first GPS.
