Hasta La Gadget!

I’m not sure what’s up with these expensive car kits for iPhone GPS apps, but it looks like Magellan wants in on the action. The Magellan Premium GPS Car Kit works with the iPhone and any GPS app–including, of course, Magellan’s brand new RoadMate app.

The car kit mounts to the windshield, charges the iPhone while mounted, and includes a noise-canceling, hands-free speakerphone with a powerful amplifier. It rotates for use in both portrait and landscape modes. And interestingly, it features a built-in GPS receiver that enhances performance or adds it to an iPod Touch.

None of this comes cheap, though. The kit costs a whopping $130–more than some solid Garmin and TomTom standalone devices, I might add–and doesn’t come with the app either (same as with the TomTom kit). In other words, either one could put your iPhone GPS solution over the $200 mark in total. Despite the cost, Magellan’s kit looks good, and the iPod touch compatibility is a unique twist.