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Navigon 7100 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Navigon
Category: CE
List Price: $649.00
Buy New: $149.97
You Save: $499.03 (77%)
New (8) Used (8) Refurbished (3) from $174.99
Rating:  225 reviews
Sales Rank: 807
Color: Piano Black
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 1 x 5 x 4
nv:Type: Receiver
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Type: Rechargeable 1200 mAh lithium ion battery
Battery Life: 4.5 hours
Antenna: SIRF-GPS antenna
Special Features: Bluetooth
MPN: 10000140
Model: 10000140
UPC: 898110001051
EAN: 0898110001051
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Precise turn-by-turn directions, including spoken road names via text-to-speech | | • | Lane assistant recommends the best lane for you to be in relative to the proposed route | | • | Photo-realistic 3D images of junctions, complete with actual sign text and exit ramp guidance | | • | Free real-time traffic information via the integrated traffic receiver | | • | High-contrast, wide-format 4.3-inch, full-color touch-screen display; unit measures 5.1 x 3.5 x 0.9 inches (W x H x D) |
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Amazon.com Product Description
In the U.S., German-based Navigon may be the biggest name in gps you've never heard. Navigon has long been a major provider of navigation software to automotive manufacturers for in-dash gps navigation devices, but only recently did they introduce portable navigation devices under their own name. What they offer up, however, demonstrates immediately that this is a company that knows navigation inside and out.
Navigon...James Navigon
The first thing you notice about the Navigon 7100 GPS Navigator is, well, the Navigon 7100 GPS Navigator. It's beautiful. It's the kind of device you'd expect an international spy to have in their rocket car. It's less than an inch thick, and its shiny black casing will go well with just about any car interior. Paying the same attention to every detail, Navigon's included car mount raises the bar even higher, with a design that is not only easy to use, but echoes the 7100's in a way that makes device and accessory become one, adding a touch of style and elegance to any vehicle's interior.
The Navigon 7100 offers a premium navigation experience in a sleek package. View larger. | 
Intuitive, animated menus offer predictive text input, helping you select your destination quickly. View larger. | 
The lane assistant provides guidance to the optimal lane for your route. View larger. | 
The reality view guides you with photo-realistic 3D images of junctions. View larger. |
Packed with Features
When you stop ogling the outside and really start using the 7100, what you notice is that Navigon has decided to avoid media support and instead has focused on navigation-based features. This means the 7100 is packed, offering an array of features that are, at the time of this writing, unmatched at this price point. It provides you with turn-by-turn directions, including actual road names via text-to-speech. It includes built-in Bluetooth technology that enables hands-free mobile phone integration, which not only increases driver safety, but is fast becoming a necessity as states pass laws against talking on a cell phone hand set while driving. It warns you when you are exceeding the speed limit. It offers 2D and 3D map views with incredibly precise road visualizations (more on that below). Its Navteq data contains millions Points of Interest (POIs) such as restaurants, hotels, golf courses, gas stations, banks, etc.
Reality View and Lane Assistant
The 7100 has two features that are a great help in negotiating unfamiliar or complicated road systems. Lane Assistant recommends the best lane for you to be in relative to the proposed route, so you won't find yourself trying to move over three lanes when the freeway splits.
Reality view guides you with photo-realistic 3D images of junctions, complete with actual sign text and exit ramp guidance. This makes translating what the navigator is telling you to what you see on the road instantaneous. Free Traffic for Life
This is a biggie. The Navigon 7100 comes is the first GPS device to offer subscription-free, real-time traffic information via the integrated traffic receiver with no additional fees or setup for the life of the product. Be advised on traffic flow and incidents, as well as the best alternate routes. The traffic info starts working as soon as you get the 7100 out of the box.
Zagat Ratings and Branded Icons for POIs
All of Navigon's gps navigators offer Zagat ratings and reviews for their POIs, so while this device may not get you a beer, it can tell you where to find the best one. Branded icons displayed on your map make it easier to navigate to a familiar location of your choice. Superior Software and Hardware
The features and functions of the Navigon 7100 are controlled via intuitive, easy-to-use animated menus that use predictive text input to quickly and easily select your city, state and address. Maps and menus appear on its extra-large and elegant, high-contrast 4.3-inch, full-color touch-screen display with an easy-to-read 16:9 aspect ratio for an exceptional view of the road. The Navigon 7100 includes a powerful Samsung 400 MHz processor, a fully integrated SiRF Star III GPS chip, 64 MBs of both RAM and ROM built in, and a rechargeable 1,200 mAh lithium ion battery that is rated for 4.5 hours of continuous use. All this is housed in an ultra-thin, sleek piano black housing that weighs only seven ounces, and measures just 5.1 x 3.5 x 0.9 inches (W x H x D). The Navigon 7100 even comes pre-loaded with complete maps of the U.S. and Canada, providing you with superbly accurate, seamless door-to-door directions wherever your vehicular travels might take you. Note that the 7100 runs on the Microsoft Windows CD Net 5.0 operating system. A PC is required to use additional map data, and in such cases users require Windows 2000, ME, XP or higher, as well as a CD ROM drive and a USB port. An SD/MMC card reader is recommended as the 7100 not only uses SD cards, but also comes with a 2 GB SD card in the package. What's in the Box
The Navigon 7100 preloaded with North American maps, 2 GB SD card, car charger, wall charger, car mount, USB cable, CD and user manual on DVD, quick installation guide, and warranty information.
About Navigon
NAVIGON has been a leader of GPS navigation since 1991, and has a long history of industry innovations. NAVIGON created the world's first dynamic personal GPS product in 1996, launched the industry's first navigation software for the Pocket PC in 2000, and unveiled the first Traffic Message Channel-based (TMC) avoidance feature on mobile navigation product in 2002.
NAVIGON has helped revolutionize how consumers get from place to place with software products for practically any navigation-ready hardware. Personal navigation devices (PND), smartphones, and in-dash navigation systems directed by NAVIGON's award-winning MobileNavigator (MN) software delivers reliable information on millions of destinations in an intuitive, easy to use format. NAVIGON is a valued partner to the automotive industry, and in 2006 strengthened its category competency by acquiring NAVTEQ's navigation software business.
NAVIGON is a privately-held software company based in Hamburg, Germany, with NAVIGON USA headquarters in Chicago, IL.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 220 more reviews...
 Slow, bad routing January 7, 2009
Jeffrey Kaplan (Boston, MA)
First, the good: Large, bright and crisp display. I like how it's easy to toggle between 3D and Track Up views, and easy to toggle Night Mode on/off. The lifetime free traffic data is a good bonus. But...
It's a good thing that it's easy to toggle Night Mode because this unit does not do so automatically (like a Garmin does). The bright screen is too bright at night, the backlighting doesn't dim enough, it's actually bright enough even with the light all the way down as far as it will go to ruin my night vision. I had to velcro a photographic lighting gel over it to reduce the brightness to where it was usable at night. The touch screen pretty much requires the use of a stylus, because when using a finger, it gets "confused" as to where I'm poking it, which causes something other than what I'm poking to be selected.
The "Reality View" is useless. Aside from the fact that it's in no way "real", it's a static image meaning when it's on, it's not showing you where you are.
For a wide screen display, it should be putting more of the secondary info bits on the sides, not along the top or bottom where it obscures or compresses the map almost to the point of unusability.
The info bit that shows you your current speed is way to small to be usable.
It stores all of its map data on an SD card, which contributes to the overall slowness of the thing to load and calculate routes.
You can store addresses/favorites, but not any database of custom POIs.
The built-in POI database is impossible to use, partly because of the overall slowness of the unit in reading and searching its data, and partly because its organization appears to be random. I eventually gave up trying to find any stores with it, instead using Google Maps to locate a store address and then manually entering the address into the Navigon.
And, the final fatal flaw: Bad routing. It has the same map data as Garmin, Google, Magellin, and others (NavTeq), but their routing alogrythms are junk. The final straw for me was when it routed me to turn right out of my driveway, go a mile up the road, cloverleaf around the highway and come back down my street PAST MY HOME, and keep going, when it could have routed me to just turn left out of my driveway.
Get a Garmin. You'll pay more for it, but you'll be happier with the better product.
 Awesome GPS Navigator December 12, 2008
F. Soliman (Corona, Ca. USA)
This model offers high performance at a reasonable price. Great Satellite reception even on a cloudy day. The vehicle I used in had metalized heat reflective windshild and this units built-in antenna had no problem with reception where other types of GPS models had trouble finding positioning satellites. I did'nt experince drop outs or losing position even while driving though bridges. However, an external antenna port is available.
The unit provides realtime directions on a sharp, bright, color wide touch screen display, easy to read and use. This model makes driving on a freeway with multiple lanes and ramps easy to follow. Display updates quickly with freeway overhead signs. If you miss a turn the unit will recalculate direction in real time. Voice directions are clear. This model does not require you to plug into a lighter port making this very portable. The built-in battery lasts 4 hours before requiring a recharge. Rugged lightweight case with chrome edging. Disply provides speed, altitude , ETA, read out. A great feature of this unit is the real time traffic updates, this feature allows you to recalculate alternate routes if required. I travel through metropolitan routes and my experience is it does fairly good job, but traffic information updates may lag in reporting. This feature is provided at no additional subcription charge. Unit provides 3d, 2d views, find point of interest and find address. A unique feature of this unit is icons of gas stations, resturants etc... and city scapes on the display.
Awesome GPS Navigator!
 Navigation could use improvement December 7, 2008
Frank L (Montclair, NJ)
Pros: Reality view, lane assist, mounting bracket
Cons: Navigation, battery life, some displayed text is too small, tech support
Overall: Google Maps and Mapquest provide better routing. Navigon tends to make you get off a highway, detour through town, then get back on the highway again. If you already know where you're going, you won't follow its instructions. If you don't know where you're going, it will eventually get you to your destination, but you'll wonder why it chose the route it did.
Battery life is only about 30 minutes on a full charge, even after following tech support's bizarre instructions for several cycles of charging the battery. (Apparently turning the unit off isn't enough... you are supposed to hold the power button down for 10 seconds every time you shut it off. Gee, that's a great design!)
But it really comes down to poor navigation performance. I would not recommend Navigon to a friend, nor would I buy another.
 Extreme Disappointment December 1, 2008
Cash Money (Texas)
I don't even know where to begin with how unsatisfied I was with this product. Gave it one week prior to returning it. Impossible to enter data- very small keys and hard to touch. Inaccurate directions, very slow, terrible speaker, etc. etc, etc. Steer clear of this GPS unit.
Nice Stylish Unit, Too Slow Mount Breaks November 29, 2008
Tony Cai (NYC, US)
Unit looks better than any other unit, however, navi is slow and sluggish, it is not sensitive to the touch at all, u have to use your nails or else you'll never get it. I find myself pressing buttons a couple of times before it process it.
The free traffic is okay. I turned the device to not use tolls and U turns but it does it anyway. Whats that setting do if it does it anyway? It routes me the worst way possible for some trips.
The mount is garbage, it breaks all the time, i'm on my 3rd one! Navigon keeps replacing it free though.
It is a sleek stylish system with many features, reality view is okay but not always accurate.
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