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Delphi NAV300 December 27th, 2007 | by Josh Norem

Extras

Sadly, the extra features are largely worthless. You can play MP3s, watch videos, and have pictures displayed, but we didn’t enjoy these features at all. Listening to music on it is like listening to the radio on your alarm clock, and the screen is way too small to enjoy movies or music. The calculator may come in handy we suppose, but the card-matching game is simply lame. 

Conclusion

We’re willing to cut the Nav300 a bit of slack due to its low price of just $399 USD, but it’s still a flawed product. It’s very ponderous and slow, and due to this you would not be able to quickly dial in an address while driving. You would have to either pull over and do it, or go through the motions before driving, which can take several minutes. We were also annoyed that this GPS could never figure out which state it was in, and that there’s no place to keep the stylus when not in use. In the end, if you have the patience and are looking for an affordable GPS unit, the Nav300 might be worth a look, albeit a quick glance.

Pros:

• Accurate navigation
• Lots of features
• Can find points of interest

Cons:

• Slow
• Extra features are useless
• Screen is too small
• Orphaned stylus