Navigon 5100 Review
CNet has a review up on the Navigon 5100 that is worth reading if you are interested in the Navigon line. Recently PCMag reviewed the Navigon 7100 and gave it good, not great marks. Overall, CNet appears to have liked the standard 3.5-inch screen Navigon 5100 as it represents a formidable entry by a challenger, and gives it top markets for navigation as well as some of its new features. Those features include a photo realistic view of complex intersections so that you know which lane to be in. Let's face it sometimes "Keep left" isn't enough on some of these highway interchanges that civil engineers dream up.
The unit also comes with Zagat information on top markets, to bolster the regular address/phone information that usually comes with POI's. The Navigon 5100 also comes with TMC traffic standard, and includes a lifetime subscription. I love the fact that they do this, but am a bit concerned that this is a poor business move. Everyone, including CNet, will look at the price of the unit and think that it's overpriced, not immediately realizing that the lifetime TMC subscription adds quite a bit of value (and cost) to the unit.
The Navigon 5100 is available at Amazon.
Teh Navigon 2100 is essentially the Navigon 5100 but without the TMC traffic and the Zagat's. See my Full Review of the Navigon 2100.
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Posted by Scott Martin at September 25, 2007 6:49 AM
Cool looking device but imagine your were somewhere and wanted to buy a gift, or your wanted to go to a bike shop or you wanted to go shopping at macy's. i hope you can call someone and ask them for the address because this GPS will not tell you. thats right.. there are NO retail outlets AT ALL!! I had a garmin 330C from about 3 yrs ago and I wanted to upgrade but that old machine was so much better in that it had retail stores and also the ability for a intersection search.
So If I tell you I'll meet you at the coner of Smith and 7th, guess what.....you'll be late...because this device lacks that feature as well. Look for something that has retail outlets, intersections and spell by name..Do yourself a favor and Save your Money.. there are better machines
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