Navigon's 8110 4.8-inch GPS unit arrives, right on schedule

Navigon is hitting CeBIT with some new and fairly expected hotness: the 8110. With a 4.8-inch WQVGA screen, full 3D maps and some sexy brushed metal looks, this one's going to turn some heads -- just promise you'll try and keep your eyes on the road, will you? There's a 533MHz processor under the hood, along with a independent graphics accelerator to handle the 3D. 512MB of ROM and 128MB of RAM round out the specs, which won't exactly make this your second computer, but should handle media from SD cards just fine. TMC Pro is also included for higher quality traffic info. The 8110 should hit Europe at the end of April for €449, no word on a US release yet.

[stephend Posted Mar 4th 2008 11:11AM]

Good to see a SatNav with nice looking graphics using more than 16 colours, and the miracle of anti-aliasing! The others could take a lesson from Navigon.

That said, Navigon could take a lesson from the others on updating their maps more frequently, and adding speed cameras etc. to their PoI list.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2008 11:26AM]

They look nice, but when I have messed with them the menus seemed really slow, especially since the menus are animated. But even typing in letters seemed to have a delay.

[BoomHeadshot Posted Mar 4th 2008 9:13PM]

Doesn't that brushed metal reflect sunlight? Or is it clever paint on plastic that doesn't reflect?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2008 7:14AM]

This looks like a revamp of the Porsche designed P9611 released last December