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| Navigon 7100 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Navigon
Category: CE
List Price: $649.00
Buy New: $249.99
You Save: $399.01 (61%)
New (8) Used (3) Refurbished (3)
Avg. Customer Rating:  200 reviews
Sales Rank: 281
Color: Piano Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 1 x 5 x 4
MPN: 10000140
Model: 10000140
UPC: 898110001051
EAN: 0898110001051
ASIN: B000S11K5U
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Navi but bought the 2100 instead.... December 22, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is the best Navi I have ever used period!!!
Forget garman, tom tom and the rest of the crap,,,,I bought this on Amazon and used it a month and was amazed love the free lifetime traffic....On Black friday picked a navigon 2100T up for 99.00 including free trafic and shipping,
Since i own a crossfire and have a small windshield prefer the smaller 2100.
These are amazing....skip the rest you found the best!!!!!!
 Not a five - disappointing December 20, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
1 out of 5 Sorry not a five Thursday, December 20, 2007
TrailHacker from Santa Barbara, CA
Had the 7100. It probably deserves better than a 1 but all these ratings here at 5 are just not accurate. On other forums I read about all the problems with this unit- especially with route finding. Well, I did all the hack tweaks as suggested on another forum which seemed to make route calculation better but not quite optimal. I put my house in as a destination and hit the navigate button. It told me to drive around the block to come back to where I was. It wants you to pull up in front of your house on the same side of the street as your destination for some bizarre or European reason even if it is way out of your way. My route to work - it wouldn't pick the correct route no matter what I did. It even told me to travel on street A, then on Street B when the two streets don't intersect, they are parallel. They show as parallel on their map for crying out loud. The mount for the unit attaches to the windshield is illegal in California and I believe that may be the case in some other states as well. It's too big to carry around with you anyway if you intend to use this unit for rental use. I also bought a 4 gig fast SDHC card and put the data on that. People on other forums and in reviews have been complaining about the sluggishness of the unit. That seemed to make the unit faster. One problem solved but at a cost. I liked some of the features but it comes down to this - the main purpose of these units is to get you to where you want to go efficiently. The 7100 can't do that. I'm not sure if it is the maps or the poor algorithms. I also work in the software business and know that there are bugs but reading posts from people who called their support it doesn't sound like this company has any intention of fixing these bugs. That, or they have not trained their support people to at least say the right things. So my Navagon is now Nav - be - Gone. I sent it back. And with 15% restocking, it was a tough decision. It has the high end extra features but the problems with the base functionality - the maps and/or the algorithms aren't worth the frustration. Yahoo maps always finds seems to find the best route. For what I paid this unit should at least do as well as what I already get for free.
Cool device, bad navigator! December 20, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I loved the device when I got it, touchscreen didn't really give me too much trouble, the user interface was intuitive for most part. But issues started popping up as soon as I tried its navigation features.
As a simple test, I entered a known address and asked it to show the step-by-step route to that address. Even though the normal route is straightforward with most of it on the freeway, Navigon wanted me to go only half way on the freeway, then take an exit about 6 miles before the exit I normally take, then take 3 crowded, internal roads to reach the destination. I tried yahoo maps and mapquest, both were able to give good directions. But on the Navigon, I tried all routing options (fast, short, optimum) but to no avail. I tried some other addresses, for most of them it didn't show the optimal route.
I tried its route planning feature, that allows the user to set up route-points (starting address, mid-points, ending address). I entered my home address as starting point and the same known address as ending point. Then using its 'avoid' feature, which allows a user to avoid each road in the route, I got the Navigon to finally show the optimal route. I saved the route and exited route planner. But alas, when I retrieved the route the next time, it was showing the same default route - the device only saves the route-points, not the chosen route.
From other reviews that I have read, it is apparent that the device's on-the-fly route re-calculation algorithm is also very whacky, although I haven't tried it personally.
Will the software update that is supposed to come out in January fix these issues? Since Navigon hasn't committed on anything, there's no way to know. I will probably return the device and wait for a while.
In the end, a great let-down.
Navigon 7100 December 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I do like this product, it has all the requirements for a GPS system. The free traffic is always up-to-date and very convenient to avoid those traffic jams.
The only draw back is the US Navigon techical support, as they direct you to the European sites. Also the web site is coming up to speed to support US. But generally I am happy with the product.
Great and possible the best value right now but needs some improvements December 18, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Cons: 1. some buttons and text are absurdly too small. It seems function is sacrificed for form.
2. Point of Interest data base is far from up-to-date and may take a several minutes to complete a search while leaving user wondering what and if it's doing anything.
3. Screen redraw lags actual position. Strangely, this does not happen all the time.
4. With U-turn feature turned off the units still instructs driver to make a U-turn.
5. map data will be obsolete in early 2008 when new map data will be available. Navigon stated that it has not yet determined how much it will cost to upgrade map data. Some posters here falsely spread rumors that map upgrade is free.
Pros: 1. Relatively inexpensive compared to Garmin but has more features.
2. bluetooth phone interface is easy to make and phone voice sounds clear.
3. TMC traffic report feature is free with no subscription ever, and it works great in the DC area.
Over all, I'm pleased with this unit. I own several GPS including TomTom, Honda Odyssey Navigation (which costs lots of money to upgrade map data), Garmin, Lowrance, and others. I must say Navigon 7100 is my favorite so far for the money, although, like all others, it's not perfect.
I hope Navigon will put more thoughts into buttons and text sizes and graphical interface in its next firmware upgrade that will supposedly be released in early 2008.
UPDATE: New software was downloaded after receiving a notice of new software available. Noticeable improvements are: POIs are a little easier to find with more categories to choose from, no more unwanted U-turns. The DISAPPOINTMENTS still are: inexplicably narrow/small touch-screen "buttons" for frequently used "buttons" and features, unnecessarily small text where it could be much much bigger and more legible, confusing and unintuitive to get back to navigation map, new software seems to make map redrawing much slower, even when moving at slow speed, night time screen mode is still too bright when brightness is set at its dimmest setting.
One notable disappointment was that traffic information sometimes is not current. I got stuck sitting in unusually heavy traffic because the traffic information for my selected destination/route failed to report it. Most of the time, traffic information is up to date and Navigon 7100 would ask if an alternate route is preferred due to detected traffic conditions ahead.
My verdict is that TOMTOM and Garmin have much better user interface. I would not recommend anyone with unsteady arm/hand and poor eye sight and inexperienced with navigation systems to buy this product.
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