Facts About the Navigon 7100 and 2100 Portable GPS Navigator
NAVIGON isn’t yet a household name when it comes to auto GPS devices here in North America, but it is gaining quite a bit of buzz recently with promises of free lifetime traffic in some of their devices. We’ve recently become friendly with a NAVIGON 7100 across about 500 miles of roadways, and here is what we found while letting the 7100 find our way.
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.
The Navigon 7100 is a bit slow and less reponsive and the interface isn’t as user-friendly as the competition. You can’t sync your cell phone’s contact list with the device.
Though the Navigon 7100 offers some handy navigation tools and integrated Bluetooth, the confusing interface and sluggish performance prevents us from giving it higher marks.
Next, the entry-level Navigon 2100 features a sleek, compact design and has an affordable price tag that includes text-to-speech functionality. The unit has an integrated traffic receiver, so you have the option of adding traffic updates at a later time.
The system is slow and inefficient. The user interface isn’t as intuitive as that of the competition and can be especially confusing for first-time buyers.
Though the affordable price tag and text-to-speech functionality are nice, the Navigon 2100’s sluggish performance and roundabout route recalculations are a turnoff; you can get a better entry-level portable navigation device in the Mio C230.