GPS, Navigon's 8110 PND coming in March?
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted January 22nd 2008 11:58AM
posted January 22nd 2008 11:58AM
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Navigon PNDs are pretty slick for their price with their free traffic alerts, Zagat rated reviews of select POIs, LaneAssist and RealityView features, but until they update their POI database to match that of Garmin or Magellan, they will continue to play second fiddle to the big boys.
I can't wait to see what the 8000 series can bring to the table.
Sincerely,
A Navigon 5100 owner
those buttons along the bottom look like the ones on the samsung P2
Looks nice, nice graphics, too damn expensive.
How can any company justify a price like that when a $150 PND will get you where you want to go just as well?
This is not like some products where the more features you have or the more speed you have, the better. These things only need to do one thing and do it well.
The bottom is gonna fall out of this product category at some point. PND's will become a commodity, or they'll disappear altogether, morphing into all-in-one devices along with a phone and media player. (But they won't take the PND form factor, they'll take more of an iPhone form factor if that happens.)
I can't see how anyone can justify paying 500 euros for a PND unless they literally have money coming out the wazoo.
If you think all GPSs or PNDs are made equal, irrespective of the price, then you either clearly have not used many GPS or you have low expectations from the products.
PND stands for 'Personal Navigation Device'. Thanks Engadget.
There's no way the image on that screen is only 480x272 pixels. Either it's a fake image, or the screen resolution is really much higher than WQVGA. I suspect the former is true.
OK I take that back, the image of the screen as displayed on my monitor is only 408 px wide, so I guess it is believable that they could achieve that level of image quality on a WQVGA screen.
Every review I have read for Navigon products have been crazy. 1, everybody seems to like the look and slickness; 2, everyone hates how it either dosnt work out of the box, or just is a piece of crap altogether with navigation. In either event, I like the ZAGAT ratings integrated. Hopefully this series will prove better than the 7100, ect.
Too bad half of the screen is wasted on a meaningless horizon. What's the point? Big screens with wasted space.
It almost looks like it's made of brushed metal. Now if they could get DIVX & dual SD card support I would say by to my PMP dreams.
Does anyone know how come it's illegal to have fuzzy dice hanging from your rearview mirror, but it's okay to have a PND screen partially obstructing the front windshield?
Anyway, I'm still not planning on buying one mainly because of the cost:
http://lowtechtimes.com/2008/01/16/three-problems-with-gps-navigation-systems/
The Navigon maps are easier to use at-a-glance than any other mapping image I have used before - and clarity is so important when driving. Who wants to be squinting at a jagged-edged map like you get with so many other devices.
My only grip is that they are EXTREMELY slow at releasing updated maps here in the UK. I know of several new major roads in my region that have been open for ages, and yet as far as Navigon are concerned, I am driving through a field.
And yes, their POI (i.e. speed camera) database is sh1t. To end on a positive note they do give the speed limit on almost all roads - including minor ones. Shame it doesn't warn you audibly untill you are breaking the limit by at least 5mph, and have already been given a ticket!