Pharos 150 Drive 3.5 Inch Touchscreen TTS Portable GPS Unit, Black
Normal Price:$149.99
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Manufacturer: Pharos
Model: PDR150
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: Pharos
Label: Pharos
Features for Pharos 150 Drive 3.5 Inch Touchscreen TTS Portable GPS Unit, Black:
- 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
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Customer Reviews
Very Disappointing 
2008-08-15
I guess you get what you pay for. The map database is quite outdated for central Texas Pharos doesn't plan an update until late 08' or early 09. The stored points of interest don't contain the most common or prevalent retail, commercial or recreational destinations. It is intuitive and easy to use, but that's because the destination options are limited. It will get you to an exact address or you can point on the map for an approx location. But often the quickest or shortest routes selected are not practical, quite often ignoring freeways altogether. Can't imagine where all the good reviews came from but I am sincerely disappointed.
5 tumbs down 
2008-08-13
I bought it because of the good reviews on amazone.
( probably left by manufacturer agents)
First one arived DOA, Could not find gps signal. Recived the replacement rather quick from amazon but replacement was not much better. Unit have difficult time finding satelite. If I needed this machine to find a hospital in case of emergancy I would be dead before it would take me anywhere. G A R B A G E .
too slow to pickup GPS signals 2008-08-05
The one I ordered from Amazon takes 6 to 15 minutes to acquire the GPS signal.
Called the tech-support and was told to take the unit to an open field. Went to the open backyard, it still took 10 minutes to pickup the signal.
This means that the unit needs to be turned on 10-minute before each trip; or if in a hurry, you need to start the trip without the GPS; and then setting it up 10 minutes later while driving. In case of navigating in an unfamiliar city, 10-minute would go through many streets/blocks.
Once acquires signals, it work fine. but the slow start is a major blow.
Review of Pharos 150 GPS 
2008-08-05
The Pharos 150 is easy to use and works well and is a far better bargin to comporable units
Does the job 
2008-08-03
As a person who is known for getting lost I really appreciate my Pharos GPS unit. It gets me where I'm going and even if I change routes it quickly adapts and changes the directions it gives me. For the price it is well worth it.
Does the job 2008-07-31
The Pharos Drive GPS 150 makes it easy to keep your eyes on the road when looking for a specific address with voice prompts and turn-by-turn spoken instructions that include name of the street or highway (Text-to-Speech technology). The large 3.5" color touch screen LCD clearly displays the preloaded U.S. street level maps and navigation routing.preferences in mind.
Wow! 2008-07-30
I have been looking at GPS Units for several months. My only hesitation was that $300 seemed like a lot of money for a convenience. First, to a degree I never appreiated until using a GPS Unit, the wow is $300 is a bargain when you travel at all, especially if you use the places I've to before function. If you are covering a lot of ground in a new community GPS Units get you back to the starting point (your hotel, for example) from any point by just saying "take me there". Second the Pharos GPS Unit is so simple to use that I was navigating and completely on top of all functions in 10 minutes. This may be true of all GPS Units, but wow, anyway. Finally, wow, I only paid $106 delivered. The size, which concered me, actually turns out to be a major feature, since it is a constant companion in my brief case, which has my laptop, which I am never without, either. Screensize is perfect for me.
Great GPS 2008-07-30
I bought this GPS unit for my daughter. She absolutely loves it. Works the same as higher priced brand name GPS units. Buy it you will be satisfied. Excellent value.
well worth the money 2008-07-28
this gps is well worth the money and I have told all my friends how great it works. i use it for my business and this saves me time and money it gives great directions and the screen is big enough to where I can see it while driving thank you so much for having this at a reasonable price love it !!!
Good entry level GPS 2008-07-27
It's not a tomtom but works quite well. For the price you can't beat it. The gail talks a little too much but once you get the settings to where you like it a nice cheap GPS
