![]() ![]() You can purchase maps for Mexico, but if Mexican maps are important to you, the TomTom XL and XXL products include them. Navteq maps for the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico are included. The RoadMate 5045 shares the same user interface and feature set as virtually all other RoadMate products except entry-level models. ![]() Both of the top-end models include lifetime live traffic and map updates. The top-of-the-line RoadMate 5045-LM has a list price of $250 and is $10 cheaper than the corresponding TomTom XXL 550-TM. Although TomTom’s similarly-featured 5.0-inch XXL 550-T, which also includes lifetime traffic, sells for a $10 premium over the RoadMate 5045, the base model XXL 550 that lacks traffic is $20 cheaper. The base RoadMate 5045 includes lifetime subscription-free, advertising-supported traffic alerts and sells for a list price of $220. The current trend in GPS marketing is for a manufacturer to create a base model, and to populate the product line with slight variations on the base model. The new RoadMate 5045 series features such a 5.0-inch screen and most, but not all, of the features needed to make it an ideal navigation companion. But for my driving, I prefer a GPS unit with a 5.0-inch (dia.) screen. Magellan launched a limited number of devices with 4.7-inch screens last year and expanded the number of different RoadMate 4.7-inch devices to seven, including the RoadMate 3065. While the standard screen size for GPS navigation devices is 4.3 inches (diagonal), a number of devices now have larger screens. ![]()
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