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| Navigon N100 LOOX Portable GPS Navigator | 
 enlarge | Brand: Navigon
Category: CE
List Price: $499.00
Buy New: $149.99
You Save: $349.01 (70%)
New (4) Used (1) Refurbished (4) from $99.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 5568
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 4 x 2 x 1
MPN: 10000100
Model: 10000100
UPC: 898110001006
EAN: 0898110001006
ASIN: B000OLO9B6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
The smallest gps i,ve ever got... May 12, 2008
Well i gotta say this GPS works and well i got impressed for the size of the item even when i whent to retail stores to see if i can get a c ase that fits this product i coudnt and i try to compare with the rest of GPS on the market but this one gets all credits just for the size, the only con of this GPS its kind of slow loading the maps and recalculating a new route when you dont follow the commands, and the time to conecct to the satellite takes a little bit longer that others but at the end will work, u can even transfer music files into the memory card that comes with the gps and lisen music while you are going somewhere u can watch pictures, videos and got some games, so i got to say for the price i payed really good stuff to get in your car...
it rocks! March 18, 2008
It is small, cheap, reliable...
you can play mp3, videos etc using software beside using is as a car GPS.
But, if you are a computer geek, you can do more with it. Just install Windows CE and use it as a PDA... You can still use it as a Car GPS though. Updating software make it out of warranty, but who cares? it is not that expensive and you may turn back to the factory defaults anytime.
More, Using free softwares coded for Windows CE, you can use it as a handhold GPS saving your tracks, best for geocaching(long battery life), you can install dictionaries, you can play games..
If you are going to use it as a car GPS, it is still great, i liked the GUI they designed, the only drawback is the maps are obsolete , you may have problems finding stores just behind you.
Nice for travel March 18, 2008
I got this at a great price. I throw it in the carryon bag for travel, as it does photo viewing and mp3 files (if you get a bigger mini SD card). I had some trouble with it in crowded cities and had to reset to get satellites. Who cares for the price I paid? One for the car and one for travel! Navigon's other GPS units are great too - have all the features of the higher-priced units, good displays, and lifetime traffic reporting if you buy higher into their product line.
Good piece of electronics March 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not the best GPS on the market, but what you pay for it, it is the best value. I have riden in a new chevrolet with the manufactures GPS, and this one does not compare. I only paid $100.00 for mine vs. $3000.00 in the new vehicles, and it has not failed to take me to any address thus far. The maps could be updated, any new road in the past two years has failed to show up, in this situation the thing constantly demands you to make a u-turn. It doesn't always take you the shortest rout if you are familiar with an area, but if unfamiliar it has gotten me to every destination without fail. This is the reason I bought it. Well worth the money.
 Good looking / Borders on unusable March 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
PROS
* Good looking hardware
* Small size ideally suited for travel and handheld use
* Unique turn exclusion screen allows you to select multiple roads you want to avoid with ease
* Lots of routing options (including fast car, slow car, pedestrian, & scenic route)
* POI brand icons displays company logos on the map instead of generic POI category icons
* Music player supports MP3, AAC, and WMA audio formats
* Relatively long (5 hour) battery life
* Includes swappable white and black faceplates
* NAVTEQ mapping data (2006 maps)
* SiRF's high performance StarIII indoor GPS receiver
* Light weight (3.9 oz)
* Nicely designed map screen
CONS
* Poor documentation
* Cluttered, complex UI
* Very sluggish / slow. Borders on unusable
* When entering an address, pressing the "Back" icon takes you back to the main menu rather than the previous menu, and you have to start entering the address all over again
* Couldn't find some addresses -- quirky address entry system
* Small screen size and small text combined with general slowness makes the Pocket LOOX N100 all but impossible to use while driving
* Highly reflective screen difficult to see in many lighting conditions
* No Text-to-Speech (GPS doesn't announce actual street names)
* Voice prompts sound strange - like a drunk woman reading a seductive romance novel (seriously)
* When using the MP3 player while navigating, audio prompts are announced over the music, making them difficult to hear. Some other GPS units pause the music for audio navigation prompts, and then resume music playback.
* User interface needs refinement - some tasks are especially frustrating, such as entering a destination address
* Voice Regocnition feature more gimmick than useful feature
* No Bluetooth
Conclusion
I had hoped the Pocket LOOX would become the GPS I travel with - it's good loox (sorry, I couldn't help it) and small size would have made it ideal for bringing it with me on trips and carrying it around in my pocket. Plus, the mp3 player, video player, and video games would have made it an even better travel companion.
Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX N100
Unfortunately, the Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX N100 (seriosuly, not only is this the least catchy product name ever, but the unit I reviewed actually included a legal requirement that I refer to the product by it's full, un-marketing firendly, name in this review) is ruined by poor performance and its unpolished user interface.
The single biggest problem with the Pocket LOOX is the overall slowness of the unit. Using this frustratingly sluggish GPS for any length of time is an exercise in patience. For example, it takes a full minute for the navigation application to load. Entering text is so slow that you constantly double-hit letters because your not sure if the unit registered the first tap. It's not that any one aspect of using the Pocket LOOX is slow -- it's that EVERY aspect of the Pocket LOOX is slow, from navigating menus to redrawing maps. Performance is so poor that the Pocket LOOX is almost unusable.
Then there's the size issue - the Pocket LOOX has a small screen, so it's all the more essential that software engineers make intelligent use of the screen. Instead, it feels like Navigon's software was designed for larger display GPS devices and simply transferred onto the palm-sized Pocket LOOX without any adjustments. The small text is unreadable from the drivers seat (and almost unreadable even at arms length), and the menus feel cluttered. The on-screen keyboard is much too small, and almost impossible to use with normal sized fingers. The screen is also highly reflective, making it difficult to see in many situations.
I also had difficulty entering in addresses. Frequently the Pocket LOOX would be unable to find an address until I found an alternate input method, such as entering the street name first, or using a zip code or cross street. Browsing through street names is tedious as you have to scroll one line at a time and wait for the small text box to scroll for each line before you can see the entire street name (assuming you can find the destination street at all). Pocket LOOX ships with NAVTEQ mapping data, but was unable to find addresses or POIs that other NAVTEQ-powered GPS devices find without issue.
Pocket LOOX does manage to squeeze in some innovative features, such as Brand Icons, displaying highway road signs, speed limit notification, and many vehicle profile options (there's even a "scenic route" profile). However, overall the Pocket LOOX is too slow, too complicated, and the text layout is too small. Given the relatively high $500 price tag, I also felt the Pocket LOOX should have included Bluetooth and Text-to-Speech. Oh, and did I mention it was slow?
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