AMCOR 3900 3.5" PROTABLE GPS

by Amcor

Product Features

• Full-color, 3.5-inch touch-screen navigator with maps of Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Canada, and the contiguous 48 states.
• Features turn-by-turn voice prompts, automatic route re-calculation, and more than 1 million Points of Interest
• Samsung 400Mhz Processor
• Includes windshield mounting bracket, 12-volt car power adapter and Comes with a handy carrying case
• Comes with 1 GB SD Card, secure digital card slot, USB cable, and rechargeable lithium-ion battery

Product Description

AMCOR 3900 3.5" PROTABLE GPS

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B0017I1LXE
• Item model number: 3900
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,526 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheap but Effective!, April 20, 2008

By 

Mike (Cupertino, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AMCOR 3900 3.5" PROTABLE GPS (Electronics)

It's the first GPS I've owned, but I quite like it. Initial impression was nice. Route mapping seems to work very logically. I input some places I drive everyday, and the route it gave me was the exact route I take. Physically, it's very small, fitting perfectly in the palm of my hand (though my hands are a little big). It's very lightweight. The software side seems pretty straightforward, too. However, for anyone who's owned a GPS before, this unit is probably very similar. And, as a bonus, it does have the female British voice. I just completed a trip to NY and relied exclusively on the 3900 to get from point to point and have no complaints.

For a compact navigation unit it seems fairly well conceived and laid out. The stylus has an integrated hidey-hole and with a little practice can be flicked out with the finger quite easily, but it is secure enough not to fall out of its own accord. It's small enough that if you put it in, say, an Otter Box, you could easily use this unit outdoors or on the water (sailing, canoeing, kayaking, rafting).

As for the number of POI, that does leave a bit to be desired. For example, we have a super wal-mart right down the street from me, yet it's not in the POI database for this device. I read somewhere that you can add POI's through a piece of software, which I'm looking into now.

After doing some research about the 'net, it appears that this unit is comparable with the Mio Digiwalker c310, Navigon 2100 and probably a rebranded or cloned Jensen NVX225. The carrying "bag" that came with it is truly the cheese. It took longer to stuff the unit into the bag than it did to open the original package, get a charge in it and start navigating. Speaking of navigating... even inside my office it locked in quickly and correctly established my location. The SiRFstarIII chip in this unit provides accuracy similar to older units with WAAS enabled... 3-5 meters, generally. BTW, thats 9.8-16.4 feet, for those countries not yet using metric (namely, the United States).

With a little intuition and some patience, it appears that this unit is quite customizable and could even be used as a PDA. No map updates are currently available from Amcor.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not so good...., May 4, 2009

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Mabuti M. Ngandu "92354" (Loma Linda, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AMCOR 3900 3.5" PROTABLE GPS (Electronics)

I've owned this unit for about 4 months now. Unfortunately, I have to agree with the negative reviews here. This unit does have a very low battery life and is practically unusable without direct power plugin to your cigarette lighter connector. It is also unfortunate that AMCOR provides no map updates. Multiple times, I've been unable to find destination addresses on the unit, even for areas that have been around for more than 3 years. I would not buy this brand again.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars ABOUT AMCOR, February 10, 2010

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Jose Mangasha - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AMCOR 3900 3.5" PROTABLE GPS (Electronics)

The product is in ok. condition. I was not too happy with the purchase: it came without charger or plug. I had to spend 40 dollars extra in buying a cable in order to be able to use it at Radio Shack. Now, when i use it the power goes off constantly, or the GPS signal is lost most of the time. The mentioned store has new GPSs under 70 dollars. Unfortuantelly, i had thrown the receipt away , if not i would be happy to return it.

Thanks