Navigon 5100 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech and Lifetime Traffic

Navigon 5100 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech and Lifetime Traffic Features

Additional Navigon 5100 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech and Lifetime Traffic Information

The features and functions of the Navigon's portable GPS navigators are controlled via intuitive, easy-to-use animated menus that use predictive text input to quickly and easily select your city, state and address.

Maps and menus appear on elegant, high-contrast, full-color touch-screen displays.

Navigon portable GPS navigators run on a powerful Samsung 400 MHz processor, a fully integrated SiRF Star III GPS chip, 64 MBs of both RAM and ROM built in, and a rechargeable 1,200 mAh lithium ion battery that is rated for 4.5 hours of continuous use.

All this is housed in an ultra-thin, sleek housing.

The NAVIGON 5100 includes the industry's only subscription-free Lifetime Traffic service. Dynamic, real-time traffic feeds show you where traffic is slow and suggests alternate routes. Save time and stress. Real-Time Traffic is free for the lifetime of your NAVIGON 5100 and works out of the box.

Now you can enjoy the world's most comprehensive restaurant and entertainment guide — right on your NAVIGON GPS device. With ZAGAT's trusted Ratings and Reviews, you will know exactly where to stay and play during your travels and, with NAVIGON's guidance you will know exactly how to get there. The guide includes over 21,000 entries covering a variety of categories, including restaurants, hotels, golf courses, nightclubs and attractions in over 70 cities in the U.S. and Canada.

ZAGAT SURVEY Ratings and Reviews is a standard feature on both the 7100 and 5100 models. An additional accessory purchase is required to activate the service on the 2100 model.

Note: All Navigon GPS Navigators run on the Microsoft Windows CD Net 5.0 operating system. A PC is required to use additional map data, and in such cases users require Windows 2000, ME, XP or higher, as well as a CD ROM drive and a USB port. An SD/MMC card reader is recommended as the 7100 not only uses SD cards, but also comes with a 2 GB SD card in the package.

NAVIGON has been a leader of GPS navigation since 1991, and has a long history of industry innovations. NAVIGON created the world's first dynamic personal GPS product in 1996, launched the industry's first navigation software for the Pocket PC in 2000, and unveiled the first Traffic Message Channel-based (TMC) avoidance feature on mobile navigation product in 2002.

NAVIGON has helped revolutionize how consumers get from place to place with software products for practically any navigation-ready hardware. Personal navigation devices (PND), smartphones, and in-dash navigation systems directed by NAVIGON's award-winning MobileNavigator(MN) software delivers reliable information on millions of destinations in an intuitive, easy to use format. NAVIGON is a valued partner to the automotive industry, and in 2006 strengthened its category competency by acquiring NAVTEQ's navigation software business.

NAVIGON is a privately-held software company based in Hamburg, Germany, with NAVIGON USA headquarters in Chicago, IL.

What Customers Say About Navigon 5100 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech and Lifetime Traffic:

I found it to be much more accurate than Mapquest and since you receive voice instructions in addition to a realtime map it is extremely easy to follow the directions. She said she had always wanted a navigation unit because of the frequent travel she does in her car, but her husband was extrememly skeptical about their accuracy.

It's a great navigation system as well as phenomenal source of information for Zagat rates hotels, restuarants and area attractions. Finally, on a trip with her husband, he was able to see the unit in action and counldn't believe that the Navigon was so accurate right down to the landmarks and restaurants it point out.

My sister fell in love with my Navigon and borrowed it several times. I appreciate the updates that keep the unit timely and even in rather rural areas the Navigon has gotten me to the door every time.

I purchased a Navigon unit for myself and absolutely loved it. My sister asked to borrow my unit because she was traveling out of state and wanted to try it out.

They loved it so much that I bought them this one for Christmas (so I could get mine back).

I am not really satisfied with this due to following issues.1)Searching for points of interests is a complex task. Touch screen does not respond few times.3)Route calculation and recalculation is not faster.

Mio C230 is really good in POIs and route recalculation. I end up waiting for it.However, the only thing that I liked is the lane assistance.

It takes few seconds before it shows the route. I feel they are far better than this Navigon unit.

I have been using Navigon 5100 for the last 6 months. I dont find the required POIs that I look for2)User interface is not really great.

I have used Mio C230, Garmin NUVI in the past.

I also like that I can switch the view from portrait to landscape to be able to see a wider or longer view of the area. When difficult intersections or roads are encountered, the Navigon not only tells you what you should do, but also shows you which lane to be in with a picture. There is a feature that allows you to save your current location which is great for parking downtown and shopping, then finding the shortest route back to your car because the GPS can give walking or driving directions. I have had one for 2 years and love it, and I just got one for my parents for Christmas. airport. The ease of entering addresses and searching for places is great.

The Navigon does like to read certain abreviations which can make you laugh when you are told to go to the "A-T-L" airport instead of Atlanta or A.T.L. The Navigon 5100 is the perfect GPS for my family. There are tons of points of interest already loaded which is great for finding new places while driving around. The battery does not hold a charge for more than an hour at full brightness, but if you use it in a car, you just plug it in the lighter.

if you need ANY kind of support for this product, do not even think that you will speak to a human being. i am so upset with navigon that i will tell EVERYONE that I know NOT to even think about purchasing one of their products.I tried to update my GPS and what happened was it erased my memory card to download the new update and then when trying to update I KEEP getting the error message that there is not enough space for the new data.BUYER BEWARE. . they want you to go to their website and "someone will get back to you within 48 hours." FORTYEIGHT HOURS.

If you buy one of these, you're buying a dead device with no hope of updates. However, I can now unequivocally state that you should NOT buy this product. I bought my Navigon a little over a year ago. Its performance has been mixed, in line with much of the reviews here. Navigon has abruptly left the North American market, leaving customers, even those who purchased a device and map updates within the year, almost completely without support.