Customer Reviews:
 I love the Navman May 17, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is my first GPS and I love it. It does exactly what I wanted and even if I miss the turning it very quickly corrects the route. The voice is very clear and if you happen to be talking it reminds you when you reach the turning. The screen is very easy to read. The information I received from my initial enquiries to Navman were answered immediately. I had one query after purchase and that again was answered straight away. It is my best mate now - I will never get lost again!!!!
Jeannie (Australia)
 It does its job as advertised December 15, 2003
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
For $700 bucks don't expect AI military precision and functionality. This product does as advertised and I am generally happy with it. I took it down to Los Angeles and San Diego and I was able to get around without a bunch of maps as I normally do when traveling. After a couple of days in LA I thought I knew where I was going, I got lost one night and it was pitch dark on some expressway at 1am. I could not read the signs so I pulled out my Navman and it worked as advertised and it took me back to my hotel. As with any new product there are a couple of minor annoyances. The unit sometime tends to advoid freeways and use major streets to get you to your destination. If you know your route and you ignore the street dir and head for the freeway then once on it, Navman does a pretty good job of getting you off the correct freeway exit and taking you to your final destination. When traveling on the freeway and you happen to miss your exit it may be advisable for you to get off the freeway and turn around. Reason is Navman can take a long time for it to recal your route. What I am suspecting is that as you are speeding away from your intended destination Navman goes into a frenzy of trying to recaluate your route. If you are on the steet and missed your turn and you are finding Navman is taking an awful long time to recal then pull over to the curb. Naveman does a much faster job of recaluating when your vehical is not moving. This happend only a couple of times to me. Another advise is to buy the extra 256mb of memory. It only cost around $45. Your digi cam don't come with extra mem so why expect Navman to. I was debating between the Garmin and Navman and decided on Navman. I thought the Navman unit looked better and all 48 contiguous maps are free. I think it is extra with Garmin. Navman also has a handy test mode that you can enter your dest and trace your route. Good feature to preview where and how it takes you but this tends to be slow if your route is long. The voice prompt and display are loud and clear. This product is not a substitue for your brain. In my opinion the product is good but it is not perfect (I am sure Navman will address the annoyance that its GPS' tendency in avoiding freeways in future product releases) so overall if you treat it as a tool and use along with some common sense it should serve you well.
 Needs improvement December 10, 2003
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
After doing a lot of research I settled to buy this unit. The ... rebate was attractive as well. Unfortunately I had to return it.Pros:
1. Excellent screen and easy to use.
2. Route recalculation is fast.
3. Mounting bracket included along with a carry case.
4. Uses non-proprietary CF cards, limited to 256MB CF usable card data although you can use larger capacity card for storage Cons:
1. Limited memory, 64MB built in + 256MB CF card.
2. No data for Canada yet.
3. In my testing it avoided major highways for in-city travel thus adding additional 20-30 mins to travel time.
4. It would at times end 200ft before reaching the target. I did speak with tech support who stated an upgrade is in progress for release in Jan 04 which would include Canadian maps. I am now thinking about the Magellan Roadmate 700.
 Hated this product November 27, 2003
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Where do I start? Firstly I have used many GPS systems in cars and I noticed that they never tried to get me do illegal things like making a right hand turn at a No Right Turn sign or telling me to make a U turn..Navman does! It gives you an estimate of how long a trip between A & B will take...it told me 9 minutes for a 15 mile journey along a normal major suburban road which would take me no less than 30 mins at best. It is hard to put in street names compared to other units I have used. It took several minutes to log onto a satalite. All in all I hate this product.
NAVMAN IS RUN BY SLUGS November 1, 2003
1 out of 35 found this review helpful
Do not buy from Navman. Bad company. Bad products. Bad supoort. BAD BAD BAD!!!
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