Navigon announces Rand McNally-powered 4300T max and 7300T nav units, less awesome 3300 max

Looks like Navigon's new relationship with Rand McNally is starting to bear fruit -- the company just announced two new GPS units preloaded with McNally Scenic Routes. Both the 4300T max and the 7300T have over 250 pre-programmed routes from Rand McNally's Best of the Road series, sorted into categories like "weekend getaways" and "regional trips." The $279 4300 max (pictured) is the more basic of the two, featuring a 4.3-inch 16:9 touchscreen display, 2GB of storage with microSD expansion, Bluetooth, free traffic updates, and the new MyRoutes personalized routing system, while the $399 7300T repackages all that into a slicker "frameless" case and adds in voice-enabled address entry and control. Navigon will only say Q2 for the 7300T, but the 4300T max is due to arrive on March 9 along with the identical but stripped-down 3300, which drops Bluetooth, traffic, and Rand McNally content to get the price down to $199. Check a pic of the 7300T after the break.

[I liked my old name Some Troll Posted Mar 2nd 2009 7:23AM]

Why would anyone want to go to Hartford? That's my question.

[Saad Posted Mar 2nd 2009 7:58AM]

Why would anyone not go to Hartford? That's the answer.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2009 7:01PM]

ooo lets drive through dirty bridgeport on our way to even dirtier hartford.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 6:25PM]

I think GPS units should have a 'RANDOM' button. Adventure is only one click away!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 8:02AM]

Whats so bad about Hartford? I was born there! I currently live in Bloomfield.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 10:36AM]

I live in Vernon. Remember a couple months ago when there were 9 shootings in one weekend? That's what so bad about Hartford.

[Famous Grouse Posted Mar 2nd 2009 8:58AM]

UConn basketball, the Mark Twain House, Bushnell Auditorium? Because it's not New York?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 9:10AM]

We love our Navigons

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 9:14AM]

GPS takes the fun out of roadtrips. Take chances buy a map get lost.. Life and Driving should be an adventure!

Or I am bitter because google doesn't even know where my address is.. damn you google!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 9:42AM]

'In Rand McNally, people wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people.'

[Tigres Posted Mar 2nd 2009 9:43AM]

I currently do not own a navi. Got one for a family member for xmas (the 200W by Garmin) at Target for 104.00 WOW. She however needed one being in different hospitals every day of the week, and not knowing the routes for her new job. But, I have yet to break down and get one...I have a map, and common sense of direction.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 10:04AM]

It's a mixed bag for me.

I have GPS on my phone and it's great for when you get to within 2 miles of where you're going. Pull out the GPS for the last street-by-street detail to get you to an address.

Traveling long distance anyone can follow the highway road signs but it's just easier to have the GPS to guide you on the little streets that you drive on for less than a mile and will likely never see again.

[markgm Posted Mar 2nd 2009 9:48AM]

Looking at that map, you'd be a fool to take any route other than #3!

[aquatrax Posted Mar 2nd 2009 10:32AM]

Now if they would just add a decent amount of POIs, 1mil doesn't cut it when the competition has like 6 mil.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 11:51AM]

Just tried a navigon 2200T and used it along side a Nuvi 265wt. The navigon is HORRIBLE as a navigation device. Hard to use, hard to see. I couldn't even get the desktop software to recognize it. Contacted support and never heard back. I'm sending it back today.

[Konrad Posted Mar 2nd 2009 12:57PM]

Inaccurate, 95 to 91 might be more stressful but 15 is not going to be faster than it.

[markgm Posted Mar 2nd 2009 1:54PM]

684 to 84.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2009 11:41PM]

me ! me ! me !