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Navigon 7100 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator Overviews

Amazon.com Product Description In the U.S., German-based Navigon may be the biggest name in gps you’venever 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.

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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.

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Navigon 2100 max 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech Specifications

Manufacturer’s Description–May 3, 2008 Ultra-slim and with a stunning 4.3-inch touchscreen display, theNavigon 2100 Max earns its name with a long list of advanced features. Spoken driving direction in real street names via text-to-speech capability let you keep your eyes on the road. Exclusive Reality View provides extra 3D guidance when you need it most.  Lane Assistant alerts you to oncoming lane changes. DirectHelp helps you find emergency and roadside services—and helpsthem find you. Add FreshMaps as an accessory to get up to 12 regular, trusted map updates for three years. Other accessories include Lifetime TrafficSM,2 and ZAGAT® Ratings and Reviews.

Navigon has long been a major provider of navigation software to automotive manufacturers for in-dash gps navigation devices, but only last year did they introduce portable navigation devices under their own name (learn more about Navigon). What they offer up, however, demonstrates immediately that this is a company that knows navigation inside and out. Navigon focuses features that directly empower navigation and on sleek form factors.

Key Features

• Reality View: 3D images of highway interchanges with actual road sign text so you’ll never miss your exit again. (Learn more)
• Lane Assistant:. Icons alert you to the optimal lane to be in.(Learn more)
• Widescreen: See the big picture with a stunning, easy-to-read, 4.3-inch widescreen format.
• Spoken Directions with Text-to-Speech: keep your eyes on the road with spoken turn-by-turn directions and real street names. 
• Points Of Interest: Reach gas stations, hotels, restaurants, transportation hubs, and more with millions of points of interest that will help you find your way.
• Branded icons: places are so easy to find that everywhere will feel like home.
• DirectHelp: At-a-glance information helps you find emergency and roadside services—and helps them find you. Just push a button and get instant directions and phone numbers to the nearest hospitals, police stations, roadside assistance companies and pharmacies.

Easy Add-Ons

Navigon offers some unique services that are easy to add to your Navigator with a simple activation code.

• FreshMaps gives you up to 12 regular, trusted map updates for three years.
• Lifetime Traffic gives you traffic flow and incident information and alternate route suggestion for the life of your unit (included free on the 5100 and 7100 models).
• ZAGAT Ratings and Reviews Service gives you over 21,000 ZAGAT ratings and reviews covering more than 70 cities in the U.S. and Canada (included free on the 5100 and 7100 models).

Which Navigon is Right for You?

• Click here to see a chart comparing features on the entire family of Navigon portable GPS navigators

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Superior Software and Hardware

The features and functions of the Navigon’s portable GPS navigators 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 elegant, high-contrast, full-color touch-screen displays. Navigon portable GPS navigators run on 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 housing.

Reality View

Reality View™ provides 3D images and actual road sign text when approaching complex interchanges — so you’ll never miss your exit again.

Lane Assist

No more wondering what lane you need to be in to stay on course. Your NAVIGON will guide you with simple to follow lane guidance with arrows so you can make your turn and stay on track.

Zagat Ratings (Requires Purchase of Activation Code)

Now you can enjoy the world’s most comprehensive restaurant and entertainment guide — right on your NAVIGON GPS device. With ZAGAT’s trusted Ratings and Reviews, you will know exactly where to stay and play during your travels and, with NAVIGON’s guidance you will know exactly how to get there. The guide includes over 21,000 entries covering a variety of categories, including restaurants, hotels, golf courses, nightclubs and attractions in over 70 cities in the U.S. and Canada. ZAGAT SURVEY Ratings and Reviews is a standard feature on both the 7100 and 5100 models. An additional accessory purchase is required to activate the service on the 2100 model.

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What’s in the Box

• NAVIGON 2100 max GPS Navigator
• SD card preloaded with software and maps of the continental US
• Rechargeable 1150 mAH lithium ion battery (rated for up to 4.5 hours)
• Car Charger
• Car Mount
• Quickstart Guide
• Limited Warranty

Note: All Navigon GPS Navigators run 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.

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The Navigon Family of Portable Navigators

	Screen Size (diagonally)	Maps	Reality View	Real Street Names	Lane Assistant	Bluetooth	POIs	Lifetime Traffic Data Service	Zagat Ratings	FreshMaps 3-Year Map Update Service
2100	3.5 inches	continental U.S.					1.3 million	Requires Activation	Requires Activation	Requires Activation
2120	3.5 inches	U.S and Canada					1.3 million	Requires Activation	Requires Activation	Requires Activation
2100 Max	4.3 inches	continental U.S.					1.3 million	Requires Activation	Requires Activation	Requires Activation
5100	3.5 inches	U.S and Canada					millions	Included	Included	Requires Activation
7100	4.3 inches	U.S and Canada					millions	Included	Included	Requires Activation

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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.

Navigon 2100 max 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech Overviews

Ultra-slim and with a stunning 4.3-inch touchscreen display, the NAVIGON 2100 Max earns its name with a long list of advanced features. Exclusive Reality View provides extra 3D guidance when you need it most at complex interchanges, exits and entryways. Spoken driving directions and street names let you keep your eyes on the road. Lane Assistant alerts you to oncoming lane changes. DirectHelp helps you find emergency and roadside services—and helps them find you. Navigon also let’s you seamlessly purchase and activate a number of optional services as accessories that can save you time and money. FreshMaps gives you up to 12 regular, trusted map updates for three years. Lifetime Traffic gives you traffic flow and incident information and alternate route suggestion for the life of your unit. ZAGAT Ratings and Reviews Service gives you over 21,000 ZAGAT ratings and reviews covering more than 70 cities in the U.S. and Canada.

[if Initially I was doubtful about the quality, but it is amazing. I really liked it. recently I had long drive OK to MI and MI to OK, it was very useful, never got any problem.]

Customer Review

Initially I was doubtful about the quality, but it is amazing. I really liked it. recently I had long drive OK to MI and MI to OK, it was very useful, never got any problem.

Careful if you are in Europe!!! – Thomas Darrohn – Phoenix, AZ
Be careful!!!! If you purchase the United States version of this device, you CANNOT purchase and download European maps for it! The US site doesn’t have the maps available for download and the European site’s software isn’t compatible with the US version. After hours of frustration, 3 long conversations with UK customer support, no answer to email only available customer support with the US, and googling solutions to this, we found at long last that European maps are not available for US versions of this device! All our friends that have Tom-Toms had no problems using their US bought GPS in Europe and were able to download European maps without any trouble. We find it very frustrating that you would have to buy an entirely different device to use European maps. Bad Navigon!!!

Great GPS – No Map Updates – Lee B – Franklin, TN United States
Don’t buy this GPS. Navigon has withdrawn from the US market and new maps are sparse and likely to become completely unavailable.

It’s a shame because its a very good GPS and I would otherwise rate it 4 stars. It’s been reliable and the traffic feature is inexpensive and has kept me out of trouble more than once.

As of Jan 2010 NO more Customer Support. – R. Moreno – Whittier, Ca
I purchased the 2100 max in Jan 2009 it has worked ok. I finally decided to update the map. After having trouble backing up my Sd card for my 2100 Max so that I could update my maps, I decided to contact Navigon support and the following is our correspondence:

I am having trouble backing up my sd card in the fresh program. I am
afraid of updating the maps before a backup is done. I get to 30%
backup and it will not move from there. I waited about a half an hour
and nothing changed. I have the 2100max and am running windows 7 with a
DSL line. If I can’t backup how do I download the operating system onto
a new sd card to use as a backup. It sends me to a download manager
screen that has not been updated for a couple of years and I am worried
that it will not be compatible with Windows 7. If map update corrupts my
only sd card can I get a replacement??
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Dear Valued NAVIGON Customer
Thank you for your inquiry.
In order to create an backup of your original sd card, please do these steps:
* insert the original sd card in your device
* plug the device to your computer and turn on the device
* open the workplace and open the “removable disk”
* mark all files and folders (CTRL & A) and copy this (CTRL & C)
* create a folder “NAVIGON” on your desktop or in “My Documents”
* paste all files and folders in the created folder “NAVIGON” (CTRL & V)
* turn off your device and plugin the new sd card
* turn on your device, klick right on “removable disk” and klick “reformat”
* reformat your new sd card in FAT32
* go in your created folder “NAVIGON”
* mark all files and folders (CTRL & A) and copy this (CTRL & C)
* go to your reformated “removable disk” and paste all data (CTRL & V)
* now you can open NAVIGON Fresh and install the new map updates on your new sd card
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I have tried this on both my desktop (windows 7) and my laptop (windows XP) and I get the same result on both, the copy locks up about a 1/3 of the way thru the USA 48 Contiguous Map file.
Is there any way of getting another SD card from you for the 2100 max? I am worried that the update will corrupt or damage my only (original) SD card.
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Dear Valued NAVIGON Customer
Has someone of your friends Vista on his computer? Maybe it works with Vista.
Accessories, map material and content are not available in North America through NAVIGON.
Unfortunately we don’t have information concerning the availability of these products at other major retail shops.
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So what you are telling me is that if my original SD card with the 2100max operating system and map program gets damaged or corrupted I might as well throw the 2100max device in the TRASH CAN because you cannot replace the SD card! That is terrible customer service! I will be sure to stay away from all Navigon products and programs in the future and I will be sure to post this information on any reviews that I can!

That was the end of our communication.

Judge for yourself. I will NEVER deal with this company again. I understand that they are trying to break into the Iphone market with map software. BEWARE!
Feel free to use this correspondence on any other reviews.

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Navigon 2200T 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-To-Speech and Free Traffic Alerts Overviews

Both portable and stylish, NAVIGON 2200T delivers a superior navigation experience unlike any other with features that are both useful and exclusive. Route around traffic jams with Free Real-Time Traffic Updates, alerting you to traffic issues ahead and providing alternative routes ¿ all free for the life of your 2200T. Never miss your exit again with Reality View Pro ¿ which automatically displays photo-realistic images of virtually every highway intersection and exit complete with sign text and lane guidance. Plus, the 2200T includes a host of other features that make navigating the road ahead easier, such as Advanced Text-to-Speech Voice Guidance, Lane Assistant Pro, Multi-Destination Trip Planning and DirectHelp.

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