Gps Systems Reviews

• Superbly correct, door to door directions with pre installed maps of U.S. And Canada.
• Speaks street names via Text to Speech
• Subscription free liftetime traffic out of the box
• Lane helper &amp, Reality View features that change your drive
• Zagat ratings and reviews

Manufacturer’s Description September 15, 2007:
With free lifteime traffic, Zagat Ratings, 3D pictures of highway interchanges, Lane help, and text to speech, the Navigon 5100 is rich in features that directly empower navigation. Plus, it seems great on your dashboard. It’s thin — less than an inch thick — and sports an easy to read 3.5″ touch screen wrapped in an elegant chrome frame.

The 5100 is the smaller sibling to Navigon’s flagship 7100. The 5100 has a 3.5 inch screen, while the 7100 has a 4.3 inch widescreen. The 7100 also adds bluetooth capability for hands free mobile phone integration, if you want that feature, do check out the 7100. Otherwise, the 5100 packs in many of useful features into its sleek frame.

Key Features

• Lifetime Traffic gives you traffic flow and incident info and alternate path suggestion for the life of your unit Learn more
• ZAGAT Ratings and Reviews gives you over 21,000 ratings and reviews for more than 70 cities in the U.S. And Canada  Learn more
• Reality View: 3D pictures of highway interchanges with real road sign text so you’ll never miss your exit again Learn more
• Spoken Directions with Text to Speech: keep your eyes on the road with spoken turn by turn directions and real street names. 
• Lane Assistant:. Icons alert you to the best lane to be in Learn more
• Landscape and Portrait Views: landscape gives you a widescreen view of the road ahead, portrait looks and feels like a cell phone
• Points Of Interest: Reach gas stations, hotels, restaurants, transportation hubs, and more with millions of points of interest that will assist you find your way.
• Branded icons: places are so easy to find that everywhere will feel like home.
• DirectHelp: At a glance info helps you find emergency and roadside services—and helps them find you. Just push a button and get instant directions and phone numbers to the nearest hospitals, police stations, roadside help businesses and pharmacies.

Easy Add Ons

• FreshMaps gives you up to twelve regular, reliable map updates for three years with a simple activation code.

Which Navigon is Right for You?

• Click here to see a map comparing features on the complete family of Navigon movable GPS navigators
• Learn more about Navigon

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Software and Hardware

The features and functions of the Navigon’s movable GPS navigators are controlled via intuitive, easy to use animated menus that use predictive text input to swiftly and easily choose your city, state and address.

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

Navigon movable GPS navigators run on a powerful Samsung 400 MHz processor, a completely integrated SiRF Star III GPS chip, 64 MBs of both RAM and ROM fitted, and a rechargeable 1,200 mAh lithium ion battery that’s rated for 4.5 hours of uninterrupted use.

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

Free Lifetime Traffic

The NAVIGON 5100 will include 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.

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Reality View

Reality View™ gives 3D pictures and real road sign text when approaching complex interchanges — so you’ll never miss your exit again.

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Lane Assist

No more wondering what lane you have to be in to stay on course. Your NAVIGON will guide you with easy to follow lane guidance with arrows so you may be able to make your turn and stay on track.

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Zagat Ratings

Now you may be able to enjoy the world’s most complete restaurant and entertainment guide — right on your NAVIGON GPS device. With ZAGAT’s reliable Ratings and Reviews, you’ll know exactly where to stay and play throughout your travels and, with NAVIGON’s guidance you’ll know exactly how to get there. The guide will include over 21,000 entries covering a range of groups, as well as restaurants, hotels, golf courses, nightclubs and attractions in over 70 cities in the U.S. And Canada. ZAGAT SURVEY Ratings and Reviews is a regular feature on both the 7100 and 5100 models. An extra accessory buy is needed to activate the service on the 2100 model.

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What’s in the Box

• NAVIGON 5100 GPS Navigator
• SD card preloaded with software and maps of US, Canada and Puerto Rico
• Rechargeable 1150 mAH lithium ion battery rated for up to 4.5 hours
• Integrated traffic receiver with free Lifetime Traffic updates
• Car Charger
• Car Mount
• Quickstart Guide and User Manual on CD
• Limited Warranty

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

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The Navigon Family of movable Navigators

	Screen Size diagonally	Maps	Reality View	Real Street Names	Lane Assistant	Bluetooth	POIs	Lifetime Traffic Data Service	Zagat Ratings	FreshMaps 3 Year Map Update Service
2100	3.5 inches	Continental U.S.					1.3 million	Requires Activation	Requires Activation	Requires Activation
2120	3.5 inches	U.S and Canada					1.3 million	Requires Activation	Requires Activation	Requires Activation
2100 Max	4.3 inches	Continental U.S.					1.3 million	Requires Activation	Requires Activation	Requires Activation
5100	3.5 inches	U.S and Canada					Millions	Included	Included	Requires Activation
7100	4.3 inches	U.S and Canada					Millions	Included	Included	Requires Activation

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NAVIGON Real Time Traffic City Listing

USA Albany, NY Albuquerque, NM Allentown, PA Atlanta, GA Austin, TX Baltimore, MD Baton Rouge, LA Birmingham, AL Boston, MA Charlotte Gastonia Rock Hill, NC SC Chicago, IL Cincinnati, OH Cleveland, OH Colorado Springs, CO Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Dallas Ft. Worth, TX Denver Boulder, CO Des Moines, IA Detroit, MI Ft. Meyers, FL Ft. Pierce, FL

Greensboro Winston Salem High Point, NC Greenville, SC Harrisburg, PA Hartford New Britain Middletown, CT Houston Galveston, TX Huntsville, AL Indianapolis, IN Jacksonville, FL Kansas City, MO Las Vegas, NV Lexington, KY Los Angeles, CA Louisville, KY Manchester, NH Madison, WI Memphis, TN Miami Ft. Lauderdale Hollywood, FL Middlesex Somerset Union, NJ Milwaukee Racine, WI Minneapolis St. Paul, MN Nashville, TN Nassau Suffolk, NY

New Orleans, LA New York, NY Norfolk Virginia Beach Newport News, VA Omaha, NE Orlando, FL Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Pittsburgh, PA Portland, OR Portsmouth, NH Providence Warwick Pawtucket, RI Raleigh Durham, NC Richmond, VA Riverside San Bernardino, CA Rochester, NY Sacramento, CA Salt Lake City Ogden Provo, UT San Antonio, TX San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Sarasota, FL

Seattle Tacoma, WA Springfield, MA St. Louis, MO Syracuse, NY Tampa St. Petersburg Clearwater, FL Toledo, OH Tucson, AZ Tulsa, OK Washington, DC West Palm Beach Boca Raton, FL Worcester, MA Canada Toronto, ON Montreal, QC Ottawa, ON

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