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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 New: $120.00
You Save: $129.00 (52%)
New (36) Used (8) Refurbished (3) from $103.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  136 reviews
Sales Rank: 183
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
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: New, in box! Ships in 5 days. Ask about a free upgrade to expedited shipping!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great unit for the price (black friday price) navigon 2100 November 24, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
First of all, this unit looks and feels a lot smaller then other similar 3.5" units. It fits into a front shirt pocket easily. It's sirf star 3 so it acquires quickly. Maps look great, seems to have a decent amount of poi's for a low end model. Calculated a few routes from Los Angeles to Colorado, Monterey, Phoenix, and seemed to calculate fast enough and the routes looked pretty good, no roundabouts so far. Lots of features for this bargain priced unit, especially if you got free lifetime traffic upgrade on black friday. This is a great little unit for the money. Compare the features, 64mb ram/64mb rom capacity memory and 400mhz samsung processor to others out there and you'll agree it's a bargain. The maps are by navteq, zenrin makes the software for nissan/infiniti cars, not exactly sure what association they have with navigon, but it's all namebrand stuff. The only drawback is people with big fingers might find it hard to type in the correct letters as the touch screen letter blocks are quite small. It has the 48 states and canada for maps, not sure when they will have maps for purchase or download, didn't see any on their website yet. Wish they had all 50 states.
Great GPS worth the money November 24, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Very good GPS for the money nothing comes close to this for the price. My wife has a magellan 6000t and this is actually very close to it in a lot of features. You will pay double to get half the features for any other brand. The real time traffic is a great feature and was included for the life of the unit ($60 a year with other units). This even includes text to speech with street names.
The map is only the lower 48 vs North America so if you need Canada or Hawaii and AK this unit should be avoided or look for a more expensive Navigon. You should also be aware this GPS is on the small side so it may be hard to read or use if you have arthritis or have a hard time using small gadgets would be better off avoiding this unit and look for something like a magellan 6000t.
Bottom line is this is the best GPS for the money right now.
My opinion November 23, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
To me I bought this product on BF and I love it. Payed 99.00 at Staples. I was lucky since I wasn't gonna go waste my money on unfamilar product. Mine came with the Lifetime traffic so I guess in all fair I saved 99.00. I would've went to Best buy or other electronic department store and spend 199. but I saved. I say to anyone complaining about this product. Take time and try other routes. My dislike only is minor which is not bluetooth capability. But who needs it. I love the fact it is small enough to carry it in my pocket. Since I work in hotel and guests ask questions, I save time by using this product. It helped alot this morning in rush.
 DOA out of the box November 22, 2007
20 out of 30 found this review helpful
I purchased this unit from Staples, for $179. I got it price matched a week later for $149.00. Now it will be $99.99 on BF but Staples will not price match!
I brought this home, opened the box, and continuously got error messages, which did not explain what the error was. Checking their web site, (what a waste of time) they have no FAQ's to speak of, and no technical support. You can send them an email, but as they are in Germany, you can wait a day or two as I did.
I brought the unit back to Staples, an exchanged it for one I tried in the store. It worked. I've been using it for two weeks now.
When Tech Support did contact me, via email, the email asked for the model number (you have to enter the model number in your email request, which I had) and nothing more. I responded, including the same information about the problem I was experiencing, and waited another day. Now, I'd returned the defective unit, so I was now engaging solely in research.
My next contact was a question about where I purchased the unit. (This information was already provided in my first request, and provided again in my second email.) I was curious as to why the place of purchase was important, and my third emailed response solved the problem.
"Sir, due to a vendor issue, a small number of NAVIGON 2100 products were
shipped with faulty SD cards and were distributed to Staples before we could catch them. A new SD card will be shipped to you immediately. Please keep the original card as small token of our sincere apology to you for the inconvenience."
I wrote back stating my concern about Quality Control, and I was again offered the new SD card.
My response was basically thanks but no thanks.
As I'd returned the defective one and using the functional one, I made the most of my time deciding whether or not I was going to keep the unit.
The pluses: Light weight, text to speech is loud enough that I could hear it even though I'm hard of hearing. Color screen is sharp even though it is small.
THE minuses: Locks up, POI's not great, and no way to make changes or update the information. Clunky mounting system. (I've decided not to mount mine) Unlike similarly priced units, you can't hook this up to your computer and get updated information. The box only contains the unit, mount and DC charger. Everythng else, like AC, case, USB cable (for charging on your notebook while on the road) a protective case, and the improved Lifetime Traffic Data Service all cost extra. After you total all of these items, you could get a higher end unit for less money.
I've purchased a Tom Tom LE from BestBuy on their BF sale on line and are going to give it a try.
All in all, I can't recommend this unit for by their own admission, their quality control isn't very controlling.
 Not a bad Unit for the price November 18, 2007
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
I just picked one up from Office Max for $150. I heard Staples will have this for $99 on BF. So I will probably have it price matched.
I have several GPS including PDAs (IGuidance on a Dell Axim x51v) and two garmins ( Street Pilot 2610, i3),a TomTom Go, as well as built GPS in one of my cars (a 2007 Range Rover).
I bought this for my wife who's car does not have a GPS. I justified the price over buying updated maps for the Garmins. I was waiting out for a Nextar C3 because I like iGuidance and she is familiar with the interface.
I prefer the WINCE based Navteq systems.
Tom Tom One are selling for the same price but like I said, I prefer Navteq maps.
For $150, this is a great portable device. The text-to-speech is pretty good. It even has new POIS (including a business I just opened up).
At first it is a bit sluggish but once it gets going, it works.
I haven't tried the reality view but here are the things I like:
>I like the zip-code finder.
>Text to speech
>Navteq mapping
>Uses standard USB cables
>Logger for mileage
>SirF 3 chipset
>POIs are pretty up to date. There is an ice cream place that opened up in June of 07 and it is already in the database. However, there are some closed businesses still listed. Icons for places like Burger King
The things that need work on is:
>Cancelling out of a modal dialogue box. You should be able to click outside of the menu to get back. Instead, I didn't realize you click on the heading title to cancel out.
> Screen is a bit small for finger entry.
We use the GPS for simple mapping and don't need POIs, bluetooth or traffic data.
The graphics are nice and modern. Compared to my garmins and even the GPS in my Range Rover, it is pretty slick looking.
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