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Melvin Amey
The Navigon 2100 includes the GPS unit, an SD card with maps and POIs for the lower 48 states (the 2120 is the same unit, but with maps for North America excluding Mexico), an Auto charger for charging the built-in Lithium ION battery, a suction cup mount and a quick start guide. For an extra $99 you can buy the Lifetime Traffic feature which is an antenna that plugs into the 2100 and a service that can automatically re-route you around traffic jams. You can also spring for the Zagat Survey Ratings and Reviews feature which includes 21,000 entries. Ratings of hotels, restaurants and entertainment in the area. This add on goes for $39.99.
Donna, you are correct. Sorry I confused the two models. The 2100 from is the lower 48 states and the 2120 is the same feature set with the maps for North America including Canada. I have fixed the article.
Thank you for the insightful review. I have been considering the 2100 as a gift and have not found any review as helpful as yours. I stumbled across your site on accident, but will be returning again. Hopefully the Newsweek reference will lead to even greater exposure for you. Thanks!
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Gr8 reviews! Looks like I am gonna buy this one. But are you sure that traffic alert is free for life with either offers? I think the trial will be valid till 24th but not lifetime. It cost 99.99 by itself.
Terry
I really like your review of this product. I have been researching the Navigon 2100 all over the internet and your review has been the most helpful. Something I have been trying to find out is whether it will recalculate your route if you take a wrong turn or will it just tell you to turn around? I know that if you have the trafic service it will re-route around traffic in large cities, but will it recalculate your route in rural areas if you make a wrong turn.
Thank You very much, your review has also sold me on this. I was going to go to Best Buy for the TomTom at $120 but really like the FREE real time Traffic Option. I live and work in the Balt/DC are and congestion is terrible.
Even if the Traffic feature is not that great, and the POI is not as good as TomTom, I think the Text to voice feature along with the 3D View for tought intersections will make up for it over the TomTom I was looking at.
Hey,
Fantastic Review. I am also from Michigan and I do a lot of driving from Bloomfield Hills to Ann Arbor to Detroit to Metro Airport to Flint, etc. While I know the roads very well, I still need a good GPS in places where I am not familiar with. I am loving the review and I am totally swayed towards buying this over the TomTom 3rd edition. Lets hope it turns out fantastic. ITs better than shelling out 2 grand for a navigation and backup camera system in my Lexus.
Downey, the LOOX N100 has a smaller screen and seems to take 30 seconds to boot up based upon the reviews I see. If you can live with those two things, then go with the easy purchase. Otherwise, I would go with the Navigon 2100.
My question is does the $99.99 at staples come with free LIFETIME traffic or free traffic for a limited time? Thanx for the review and it look like I am going to buy this one even if with out lifetime traffic.
NAVIGON plans to make map updates available every 12 months to any given product until such time that the product is phased out of production. Updates will be made available online via navigon.com or via DVD to registered users. The first map update for newly launched NAVIGON brand products will be available Q1 2008.
Ours is a constant march to improve our GPS products. If and when issues arise, we investigate and scrutinize whether they comprise a trend and warrant a new firmware release. The process involves intense field testing to validate the issue and its proposed solution. In the event that issues do arise, we make it our mission to address them in as timely a manner as possible through easy firmware updates available online or via DVD to registered users.
This device looks to be a fantastic competitor for the TomTom and the Garmin C series.. It could even compete extremely well with the Garmin nuvi series. I am going to be heading to Staples at 4am to prepare for any lines in the morning and getting me one of these monsters!!
Ok, so I bought one of these 2100t units for the car and it works great! I am a Storm Chaser and this is exactly what I needed to add to the gadget collection in the car. Thanks for the thorough review and excellent detail descriptions!
Dear Terry, I was in line at Staples at just after 5 A.M. Tickets were passed out for the Navigon 2100T. The folks in front of me got the last one. I tried on line and the Staples web site said out of stock. Radio Shack also is out of stock. Do you know of other places this unit may be purchased at a reasonable price including the traffic alert? Thanks, Chuck
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Thanks so much for all the positive feedback and for visiting my tech blog. I hope you get the GPS units you desire and that they work out well for you!
Great review! I picked up my new Navigon 2100 this morning at Radio Shack (1 of 2 they had in stock). I already have it installed, charged up and running like a champ. It even came with free lifetime traffic service.
My questions:
I assume you have to charge it up to carry it around (I want to try it walking and/or biking.) How long does it take to charge up? And, if you have used it not plugged into the car power adapter, how long does the charge last?
I ran to Staples this morning, and was not lucky to get one. There were only 15 in store, I was probably # 500 to enter the store. I immediately ran to Radio Shack. $159 is still a better deal than nothing. The salesman said he had only one left. The Magellan was the hot ticket item at this store. I asked him if they would match the Staples deal for $99. He said he would if I produced the flyer, which I promtly did from my car. I got the unit for $99. Thanks Radio Shack!!!
I just decided this week to get one, when I saw they were going to be on sale at Staples (since that is the only place I was going for BF shopping). I did a search and found your review. After reading your comments, I was sold and decided to go with the Navigon. Did not realize how hot of an an item this was until I was standing in line and now reading all the comments. I did get one and have already put it to the test.
I got the 2100 today. Great GPS, with a few glitches. No manual enclosed. You have to download over 100 pages from the internet. My unit did NOT come with a CARD ?? I had to call the customer service line and they will send me a card so I can activate the TRAFFIC and ZAGATS. My first GPS so far pretty cool. Staples had it cheaper but the lines were insane, so I got mine fro Radio Shack. The shack would not meet Staples lower price.
The routing was fast. I entered some old addresses in different states and let it calculate routes for me, and the slowest it took for a router from North Carolina to Florida was 5 seconds.. Some people may think thats slow, but just how fast do you need it to calculate??
Hi Terry and everyone else,
First, thanks Terry for the great review.
I was 12th in line at a So Cal Staples this morning and got one. I would estimate that they had 25 units based on the tickets they handed out. 4/5 of the people around me in line planned on getting one.
The unit did not have an activation card in it so I had to call the 888 customer service number and after a moderate wait a very helpful woman took my email info and said they were negotiating with Staples to resolve this issue and they would get back to me in 24-48 business hours. Apparently they are having a big problem with a bunch of retailers selling 2100t models but handing out 2100 boxes. I hope they send me an activation code. Otherwise I really like the unit so far.
I got the 5100 model after they ran out of the 2100. I have to say I am very disappionted with the 5100. The letters to type are small compared to other models. When in a stripmall and want out, it will not give you directions, but show you an orange line and you figure how to get to it. Also, not sure how many points of interest it has. Living in west bloomfield in MI, I could not locate a Best Buy, a Sams club, or a home depot on it ! The text to speech feature is excellent. It has great directions and very accurate, but relativly sluggish when I compare it to a Mio C220 that I bought today and drove around with both on. I was parked next to Sams club and Home Depot, and it would not recognize them ! It knew where Starbucks was ! This it marked at around $500, not worth the $150 I paid for it. Its going back tomorrow !
Cons: A bit laggy when entering anything. Load up time is slow also. a bit confusing when trying to turn on some of the features; the back and the option buttons! Havnt tried the traffic feature, the manual says it doesnt work on some areas, including my house to begin with :[, theres always 511.org but i gota try the TFF some time
I also cannot get the 2100 to operate while plugged into the auto charger. I saw Jim Spencer also had this problem. Jim, did you return your device and find for sure that it was defective? Did you receive a device that *would* operate while charging?
I purchased the Navigon 2100T at Staples on BF for $99 and love it. I am having a problem registering it through the Navigon website. I set up an account on their website, and it will allow me to log in, and says that I am logged in. When I go to register my device or activate the traffic feature, it comes up saying that I am not logged in and asks for a username and password again. When I try to enter my username and password again, it takes me back to the same prompt again where I can click register or activate features. It just goes in a loop everytime I log in and try to register. I have tried it on two computers using Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. Anyone else having this problem? I may have to call their support number monday.
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