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| Navigon 2100 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Navigon
Category: CE
List Price: $249.00
Buy Refurbished: $84.65
You Save: $164.35 (66%)
New (22) Used (8) Refurbished (12) from $84.65
Avg. Customer Rating:  158 reviews
Sales Rank: 1181
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 1 x 4 x 3
nv:Type: Receiver
Touch Screen: Yes
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Type: 1100 mAh lithium ion battery
Battery Life: 3.5 hours
MPN: 10000170
Model: 10000170
UPC: 898110001105
EAN: 0898110001105
ASIN: B000W6EUOE
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: FActory refurbished with a 90 Day Factory warranty, all accessories are included, Sorry but NO APO, FPO shipping
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Product I'd be lost without it January 28, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this GPS system because of the price and I needed it for my job. I am always traveling to areas I don't know. It works great. i haven't gotten lost since I bought it. Easy to use and great settings, such as avoid toll roads. But definately buy the traffic with it, extremely useful.
 Streetnames Vs good GPS January 27, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I did compare this side by side with Megallen and another very high end GPS.
Good things first
1) Virtual reallity view helps a lot.
2) Free Traffic info - provides the constructions going on but yet to check the real time traffic information.
3) Got it for $100 at Staples.
Negatives
1)Antenna takes time to connect with the satellite. None of the other GPSs I know of have this issue. I had to go around the airport one more time when it was searching for signal since I did not know which road to take.It is painful since sometime this device will be searching for the signal for about a mile of more.
2)Does not announce the "recalculating" distance and you would not know whether it has already recalculated the distance or not. You have to know that from the change is distance.
3)Too many "make a U turn" prompts when there is alternative roads available. Side by side with Megallen low end one (149 or 129 in radio shack) purposely I drove on wrong roads,when Megallen immediately figured out the alternate roads,this kept screaming " make a U turn" . Not acceptable.
4) No "alternate road for the next 3 miles". Important when you are struck in a traffic jam and want to avoid the road for the next few miles and looking for alternative directions. When they claim to provide real time traffic,this should have been there.... Missing.
5) I dont know what type of route to choose since all the types sometime or the other seem to be putting me through small roads when there is another better approach to the destination.
6) There are times I have driven just watching the route line not since it did not announce when needed.
7) The announcement could be made a little earlier. Sometime it will ask you to take the exit when you are passing it.
I bought this for the price,Street name announcements and the life time real time traffic info. Seriously thinking whether I made a mistake.
Navigon Success January 24, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'am both impressed and satisfied with this unit. The graphics use is impressive and the directions are on the mark.
navigation system made easy January 22, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love this navigation system it is easy, simple and the instuctions are perfect what else can i say. My chocolate lab chewed up my first one and i ordered one the next day same kind
 100% GPS January 18, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
First of all this is my first GPS, so I'm not comparing it to any other. I'm just rating it based on it fulfilling my needs and the reasons I bought a GPS. I am one of those people that lack a natural sense of direction. For instance even if I have traveled to a place before I may not be able to find it again on my own...especially if time has passed since I have been there( example a resturant, night club, mall or your house).
Some people speak of their GPS unit as if they are kids with toys..."it has a MP3 player, plays pac man games, and plays MP4's"....does it come with a finger nail clipper too!?! All that is great but I have already invested in portable equipment that does all of those...so I'm in no rush to make my other investments obsolete. This GPS does none of the things mentioned. It simply navigates. Very effectively i might add.
Most people who gave this GPS a 1 rating recieved a deffective unit. That is a hazard of buying any electronics. So I would take them with a grain of salt. And if you chose to buy this unit cross your finger and just hope you aren't another statistic of mass production.
As far as navigation I can't imagine right now how you can get much better. This speaks street names as it tells you to turn. The turn now notications are damn accurate; you can almost be a blind person and get in a car with this. The reality view is a picture of the highway/freeway signs with "Large Orange" arrows in the lanes you should be traveling. It comes in handy and helps you from jumping on the incorrect highway/freeway when they intersect.
Points of interest show most of the majors...I even seen some hole in the wall Chinese resturants listed. The unit also allows you to add up to 300 customer points of interest. So if you are like me and often take the incorrect exits or turn down incorrect streets to places you have even been before; You could just program your unit to take you there smoothly with a press of a button. Or even type in a place you want to go but haven't been and reference it later no matter where you are.
If there is something blocking the street or the freeway(mainly freeway because even I know how to drive around an accident or road block in the street) You can tap route blocked from 5 to 25 miles and it will take you an alternate route for the 5 to 25 miles and then put you back on track. You also can set it to alert you if you are traveling 5 to 25 miles over the speed limit. Which then it will shout warning! with the speed limit of the road you are traveling displayed.
The unit looks like a little big screen TV. The things light night view aren't automatic, but just tap the screen(even in the middle of it navigating) and the menu pop ups then tap night view... it take 2.2 seconds to do, really. It does not replace common sense....that's what everyone seems to be looking for when they become obsessed with which GPS is better then that GPS...but if you have used other units you may be trained to type in an address or look up a POI a certain way...but if this is your first or you learn fast regardless of how it operates differently..you will not be disappointed; unless you get a lemon of course.. I didn't get a lemon myself.
Overall this is a good product...it might not have some of the bells and whistles like the MP3, video games, MP4 and bluetooth... but if you have a bluetooth headset, a car stereo that plays data CD's with mp3, and IPOD jack, a playstation and a big screen tv at home for games and movies....not to mention a Palm Treo phone that plays MP3's, MP4 and games....get my point? If I think about it I have about 17 MP3 players already!!! enough!!! There is a lot of redundancy going on here... until there is a product that does it all well... i just want it to do what it supposed to do... well! Anything else is just a toy.
I got into this game saying that I didn't want to spend more then 200 bucks. That what a GPS is worth to me... so you can't put a mp3 player and a video player on it and tell me it's 650..ok but i'm not buying it... if I could've got all of that for 200 bucks then I would have had 18 MP3 players...lol
If find the price a deal....trust me this one is good!
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