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Navigon 7100 / 7110 Reviews Analysis

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Navigon 7100 / 7110
alaSCORE 90

547 reviews

November, 2009

78 / 100

37 Experts

Product Age

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71 / 100

510 Users

What people think about the Navigon 7100 / 7110: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 547 reviews from across the web.

price

5

  • If you have less money to spend and don't need Bluetooth
  • Thats an extra purchase
  • lots of money spent on hype
  • Pretty, lots of money spent on hype
  • good value
  • good value, free traffic
  • Initially not as expensive as some other GPS units
 
  • Superb display and cheap price
  • Value
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performance

5

  • Poor Performance and Poor Support
  • Slow
  • Sometimes the routes given aren't as fast of routes as you'd like
  • excellent phone performance via Bluetooth
  • RECALCULATES FAST
  • Reliable Performance
  • Acquires Satellites Quickly, Compact, Reliable Performance
  • Quick to recalc directions, already used it in FL and NV and found my address even though my housing area is less than 2yo
 
  • fast
  • Impressive performance
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memory

0.5

  • Memory: 64MB RAM/64MB ROM
  • memory problems
 

LCD

3.5

  • Sluggish Screen Response
  • Screen Blanks out often
  • Product looks good, good screen size, included traffic guide
  • screen quality
  • And POI icons on the screen to show you what is ahead when you don't know because
 

maps

3.5

  • Check out all our GPS navigator reviews
  • GPS
  • If you have less money to spend and don't need Bluetooth, pick up the Navigon 5100, which features a 3.5-inch display and costs $499., , , Check out all our GPS navigator reviews, complete with star ratings., , , , , , Hands-On With Garmin-ASUS nuvifone G60 and nuvifone M20, Garmin and ASUS Offically Team Up to Bring Nuvifone M20 to Market, GPS, >• Only one voice option, • Small onscreen buttons
  • No aviation maps included
  • traffic info is useless
  • The Navigon 7100 GPS device offers a number of advanced navigation features, including text-to-speech functionality, an integrated traffic receiver with subscription-free traffic service, and a lane assistant function for optimal routing
  • free traffic info
  • Most features for GPS functionality
  • Great map view
  • Great map view, better than most
  • Maps and firmware will only be updated once every twelve months
  • Beautiful device, free traffic info
  • The advanced map interfaces.Lane assistant.Manual Rerouting .Traffic incorporated routes
  • free map updates
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menu

1.5

  • Bad Menu System
  • Slow, Bad Menu System, Touch Screen is Horrid, Low Speaker Volume
  • Stunning display, easy menu navigation, solid bluetooth functionality
 

usability

5

  • Must update before use and that takes quite sometime
  • At this level of a GPS unit there should always be multimedia so the consumer has the option to use it or not
  • Some people use these things for long dis
  • Difficult Controls and Menus
  • Windshield mounting can be a bit difficult to use
  • great features and simple operation
  • Really accurate, great features and simple operation
  • easy-to-use and very accurate
  • easy to use
  • Easy to Navigate...Great Features
 
  • Accuracy & logic of routing, easy to use straight out of the box, the mount is fantastic and solid, looks great too
  • Easy to use and clear directions
  • Easy to use, fast, wonderful rerouting job, free map updates
  • Easy to use, text to speech, shows the actual highway so you know exactly where to go
  • Easy to use, Extra Features
  • Ease of use
  • easy to use, good value
  • Simpy to use
  • Very easy to use interface, Turn by Turn directions,Gets you right to the destination safely as long as it's available
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interface

3.5

  • The 7100 is a bit sluggish and the interface isn't as user-friendly as the competition
  • The Navigon 7100 could use a friendlier interface
  • Sluggish interface and can be slow at acquiring satillites
  • User manual is on a CD
  • Nice interface
  • user interface
  • Size, form factor, operation, user interface, visuals, screen quality, audio quality, and bluetooth
  • Easy user interface
  • no need to file another user manual
 
  • Handbook in PDF, no need to file another user manual
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voice guidance

0.5

  • >• Only one voice option
  • Settings make a huge difference in performance, stylus needed for most entries/commands, voice commands require 2 screen touches
  • voice pronounciations stiff
  • scenic routing, voice pronounciations stiff
 

screen

3.5

  • which features a 3.5-inch display and costs $499
  • Fewer problems with the 3rd unit, but reliability is unacceptable
  • Routing so bad that the unit is essentially useless and cannot be trusted
  • Advertise one thing, then sell you another and the unit directions are poor at best
  • 4.3-inch widescreen display
  • Beautiful device
  • Cool looking Display
  • window mount
 

appearance

5

  • beautiful appearance
  • form factor
 

image quality

3

  • traffic icon a bit small
  • needs more volume for instructions, traffic icon a bit small
  • Excellent image quality
  • quality
 

sensor

0.5

  • You can't sync your cell phone's contact list with the device
 

control panel

0.5

  • Separate TMC antenna makes for messy-looking dashboard
 

portability

5

  • this product is light & sober .with live trafic inforemeson life time
  • Size/Weight
  • Compact
 

lens

0.5

  • You have to have a magnifyng glass to see them
 

battery

0.5

  • and Zagat's listings make it stand out of from a very crowded pack
  • >• Only one voice option, • Small onscreen buttons, Memory: 64MB RAM/64MB ROM, Size: 3.5 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches, , , , , , , The Navigon 7100 could use a friendlier interface, and it doesn't offer bells and whistles like music playback, but the 7100's Reality View, Lane Assistant, and Zagat's listings make it stand out of from a very crowded pack
  • battery life
  • Battery Dies Often
  • Very short battery life
 

size

3

  • Size: 3.5 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
  • more distance
  • Not a large amount of points of interest
  • good size
  • Size
  • Value, size, directions, all of it
 

video

0.5

  • Absence of music,video playback features.POI menus are a bit cumbersome
 

connectivity

3

  • Bluetooth phone interface doesn't synch phone's contact list or call history
  • Bluetooth is a nightmare and so is Customer Service
  • Excellent image quality, perfect feature set, good size, beautiful appearance, audio plenty loud, excellent phone performance via Bluetooth
  • audio quality
  • and bluetooth
  • Bluetooth Capable
 

design

5

  • POI configuration / setup / search function
  • Attractive design
  • Attractive design, free traffic info, ZAGAT Survey
  • cute
  • "cute", good feature set
  • Slick Unit
 
  • Pros- Nice design
  • Design
  • Excellent apple like design
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build quality

5

  • Durability
  • Durability, quality, value
 

energy efficiency

0.5

  • Lack of POI Customization Features, Sparce Info on Web Site (Outside of Product Review), Weak Internal TMC Traffic Receiver, Power/TMC Antennas connect to the Unit instead of the Base
 

viewfinder

5

  • but the 7100's Reality View
  • • Reality View for difficult exchanges
  • >• Free live traffic, • Reality View for difficult exchanges, • Zagat listings
  • Reality View
  • Reality view, lane assistance are some excellent features
  • Static Reality View
 
  • Static Reality View, Excellent Bracket,
  • Very few - the new features like reality view and free traffic don't outweigh the issues this unit has by a long shot
  • Good directions, Reality View, Spoken street names
  • Reality view and second maneuver
  • View of the exit lanes in the city
  • Free Traffic Subscription, NavTeq database, text to speech, Lane Assist, Reality View, Design, Functionality, Bluetooth Capable, Size/Weight, Route Capable
  • Reality view, go home, live traffic, POI accuracy, window mount
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remote control

0.5

  • Inacurate navigation, no screen brightness control and poor owners instruction manual
 

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