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| Navigon 5100 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech and Lifetime Traffic | 
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| Brand: Navigon
Category: CE
List Price: $499.00
Buy New: $119.95
You Save: $379.05 (76%)
New (23) Used (3) Refurbished (5)
Avg. Customer Rating:  129 reviews
Sales Rank: 318
Color: Chrome
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 1 x 4 x 3
nv:Type: Receiver
Display: Color
Touch Screen: Yes
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Type: 1200mAh Lithium Ion
Battery Life: 4.5 hours
Antenna: SIRF-GPS antenna
MPN: 10000130
Model: 10000130
UPC: 898110001044
EAN: 0898110001044
ASIN: B000U5W4R2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Just looks good ...thats all December 22, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The only good thing about this unit is that it looks good.
Here are the problems.
- Speaker volume:
Extremely low quality speakers are used in this unit. i bought this unit because of voice guidance and text to speech and completely disappointed on what i got. Its very hard to hear the speaker while you are on the road driving. the speaker volume is so low (even at the highest point)that you will not be able to hear it correctly while driving. The volume amplification doesn't even increase the volume. i called the Navigon on this issue and they dont want to listen about this issue. They don't want to accept that there is a problem in this unit even though they know about it very well.
- The Directions.
The directions are good overall but some time if you are on the highway, the unit thinks that you are on the side road and starts telling you to turn left, right or even take U turn while you are on the highway. i hope this issue will at least be resolved in the upcoming map updates at least.
- My Suggestion:
After paying about 3 time of the cost of similar units with basic functionalities, my expectations were that this unit will be great. That didn't happen and the speaker issue and response from the Navigon completely disappointed me. if you want to buy this unit, make sure you are happy with its volume, you can only tell the speaker problem while driving on highway with a engine noise.
 very reliable product December 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is a good product it is very accurate. unless you live around a major us city or travel through one you dont really need it for the free traffic updates seeing that it only gives you information around the large citys other than that it is a very relaiable product
Great looks but that's all December 20, 2007
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
After trying the product I'm returning it and getting a TomTom or a Garmin. The interface is not clear and it will continously try to find streets only in your city, after you finally get it to recognize the destination you want then it wants to take you around some weird route, not the best one. I'm sure there are ways around it but if I have to spend more time trying to learn the unit quirks than reading a map I get back to the map. I have used GPS units extensively before ( had one of the Garmin PDA units besides what I use in rental cars and this was the only unit that it took me over 15 min just to try to enter the destination to find the route.) The two stars are mainly because of the look which is very slick. I'm sure it will be great in europe but not in the states. Stick to Garmin or TomTom.
 A good navigation device, but not good enough December 16, 2007
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this device after comparing many units and looking at the decent Cnet online review. I tested the device for two weeks and did a side by side comparison with the Magellan 3250. While I would recommend this device for its decent navigating abilities, I give it a mediocre score for its traffic features and for its point of interest database. In terms of navigating, it fares as good as most top of the line Garmins that I have tried out. It does take awhile for the unit to recalculate if you miss a turn. Also, the unit does have wonderful graphics and is very helpful when navigating on and off of complicated highway exits...On the flip side, I purchased this unit primarily for the free traffic feature. After I did a side by side comparison of the Magellan and Navigon, I concluded that the Navigon's traffic updates are highly inaccurate. The Magellan was far better at ideintifying traffic and accidents that the Navigon did not even detect. Therefore, the free traffic subscription was useless to me....
In terms of points of interest...it seems to have all gas stations and restaurants, but was severely lacking retail stores.... Also, the graphic interface is not as user friendly as most Garmin devices or the Magellan that I compared it to....I would recommend that the company improve the interface in future models...
This item is recommended if you are only going to use for basic navigation. However, if points of interest or the "free" traffic feauture is important to you...I would suggest lookign at the Garmin units or higher end Magellan units like the 3250 or 4250..I will be returning my Navigon 5100.
Navigon GPS December 14, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Used locally and am satisfied so far. The real test will come in a few days when heading to Arizona. Easy to read and graphics are good.
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