Here’s a GPS solution you’ll certainly enjoy. The Navigon 8410 GPS has been launched in Europe and it costs just around $630. For that price you’ll get a 5-inch touchscreen, a polished steel frame, DVB-T digital television tuner, City3D photo-realistic 3D mapping and a media player. I don’t know about you but that 3D mapping software sounds really interesting. You’ll actually see most of the buildings on that screen so getting lost will be even harder. Too bad it’s limited to only a few cities for now. Hopefully that will change in the future and Navigon will add support for even more locations.

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Navigon will be releasing an iPhone PND app called MobileNavigator, with support for Real Roadsign Pro, Reality View Pro and Lane Assistant Pro. There are also POIs (points of interest) that can be displayed optionally along the road, and portrait or landscape orientations for iPhone 3G and 3G S display.

Both the Lite version (with no directions, but browsable maps and POIs) and the full version will go on sale June 17th, through the App Store. No pricing available yet, or whether there’ll be an optional car kit.

Navigon 8100T

The Navigon 8100T offers a large 4.8-inch touch screen and a panoramic 3D map view. The GPS also has text-to-speech functionality, address entry via voice, integrated Bluetooth, and a free lifetime traffic subscription.

Unfortunately Panorama 3D view doesn’t display street names. The 8100T’s general performance is slow and the voice entry system isn’t very accurate. The touch screen wasn’t the most responsive.

Whilst the Navigon 8100T offers an impressive feature list, including panoramic 3D map views, the GPS doesn’t deliver where it counts most: performance.

The 8100T is one of the best GPS units Navigon has released so far, or at least that’s what they say. But is it really so? Think about the 4.8 inch display, the brushed-metal housing, a 3D view based on the NASA terrain height data, real-time traffic updates which are free for life, voice destination entry, text-to-speech recognition, Bluetooth handsfree support and an inbuilt lane assistant. What else can this Navigon do? Well it costs $599 so it better live up to our expectations.

The last GPS system we mentioned with the Navigon brand was the 5100 max, which is an upgrade of the 5100. But since they really want to dominate this market, another new Navigon has been presented - the 2090S.

Unlike other systems that have a starting price of $300 (or more), the 2090S model only costs $200 and thanks to a partnership it will become exclusively available at Radio Shack. On the other hand, for such a low price you can’t expect to have “normal” features like bluetooth - in the end you get what you pay for.

Anyhow, if simple yet functional is what you look for on a GPS navigation system, the Navigon 2090S will surely please your needs, it comes with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, text-to-speech, and FreshMaps.

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On March 2007 we mentioned the Navigon 5100 GPS system that was presented at CeBit, along with the 7100 model. This time we’re here to talk about the big-brother 5100 max which was recently spotted at FCC for approval.

The upcoming GPS system will most likely include a 4.3-inch display screen, bluetooth connectivity, and other usual features like text-to-speech capability. The unusual details are the lifetime traffic update service, and Zagat information about restaurant ratings.

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Navigon has two new GPS ready for you, the 1200 and the 1210. The only difference between them is the map package. The 1200 comes with maps only for Germany, Austria and Switzerland while the 1210 comes equipped with maps for all 40 countries in Europe. Well that’s silly. I would assume the 1210 has the same maps the 1200 has. So why not get the 1210 from the start?
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Are you looking for a new GPS device? Maybe you need the new Navigon 8110 which is now available in the UK. This Navigon will feature for the first time in its history a Panorama View3D for a three dimensional display. That’s quite remarkable and I’m sure in the years to come most GPS devices will try to offer as many details as possible about the surrounding 3D environement.
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Navigon unveiled two new models in their GPS line-up. The Navigon 2100 max and 2120 max PNDs are up for grabs in the USA and Canada and come at an affordable price, with features available in most high-end GPS devices. Navigon’s new DirectHelp feature pinpoints a user’s location and provides instant links to nearby services including hospitals, pharmacies and roadside assistance.

The Navigon 2100 max and 2120 max also feature a large 4.3 inch widescreen, and offer text-to-speech so you can concentrate on the road and not on the device. They also feature Reality View, which offers you photo-realistic, 3D images of especially confusing highway interchanges (they’re a pain in the wrong places, if you ask me). Then there’s also Lane Assistant letting you choose the correct lane for upcoming exits and entrance ramps.

With the FreshMaps service, you can get 12 field-verified, quality controlled map and POI updates over a 3-year period for accurate driving directions. The Navigon 2100 max with maps of continental US is priced at US $299, while the Navigon 2120 max with maps of continental US and Canada is available for purchase in Canada for C$329.

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Navigon unveiled two new models in their GPS line-up. The Navigon 2100 max and 2120 max PNDs are up for grabs in the USA and Canada and come at an affordable price, with features available in most high-end GPS devices. Navigon’s new DirectHelp feature pinpoints a user’s location and provides instant links to nearby services including hospitals, pharmacies and roadside assistance.

The Navigon 2100 max and 2120 max also feature a large 4.3 inch widescreen, and offer text-to-speech so you can concentrate on the road and not on the device. They also feature Reality View, which offers you photo-realistic, 3D images of especially confusing highway interchanges (they’re a pain in the wrong places, if you ask me). Then there’s also Lane Assistant letting you choose the correct lane for upcoming exits and entrance ramps.

With the FreshMaps service, you can get 12 field-verified, quality controlled map and POI updates over a 3-year period for accurate driving directions. The Navigon 2100 max with maps of continental US is priced at US $299, while the Navigon 2120 max with maps of continental US and Canada is available for purchase in Canada for C$329.

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Coolness. That’s what comes to mind when you look at the new Navigon/Porsche Design’s Mobile Navigation P’9611 GPS device. This extremely sleek portable navigation device comes with a pre-installed SD memory card, USB cable, car holder and car charging cable. As is the norm, it comes with a built-in MP3 player. It also features Bluetooth, so you can pair up your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone and use the P’9611 as a hands-free calling accessory in your car.

In addition, you can also call a selected point-of-interest destination if it has an associated phone number. The GPS device is powered by an Intel PXA270 520 MHz processor, 64 megs of RAM and an equal amount of ROM. It includes a u-blox Antaris 4 SuperSense 3rd gen GPS receiver, and features a 4.3 inch wide touchscreen display (at WQVGA resolution).

Measuring 125mm x 82 mm x 19mm, it weighs just 250 grams. No word on the pricing or availability yet.

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Navigon, a leading provider of navigation products and solutions, today unveiled the elegantly designed Navigon 2100 at the IFA 2007. At the world’s largest consumer electronics show the 2100 wowed everybody with its set of features. The NAVIGON 2100, a slim, easy-to-use and affordable personal navigation device for the North American market, surpasses the basics to deliver an intelligent, premium navigation experience in an innovatively designed package.

The NAVIGON 2100 offers stunning 2D and 3D map views, a brilliant, anti-glare 3.5″ touchscreen, simple-to-maneuver menus and spoken turn-by-turn directions and street names via advanced text to speech — one of the only devices in its price tier to do so. Predictive text and city-first or street-first data entry, as well as millions of pre-loaded points of interest, help make destination entry easy.

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