Navigon 8100T Review
Navigon 8100T Review
Navigon GPS Unit Looks Pretty, Takes Its Sweet Time
GPS is supposed to get you where you want to go. The Navigon 8100T does deliver on its promise of no wrong turns and the occasional Dairy Queen pit stop. However, at $600, it seems the poor house is a little too high on this unit’s points-of-interest list.
The Navigon 8100T is a dashboard-mounted GPS unit with a flat, sexy, 4.8-inch touchscreen. It’s easy to affix it to your dash via a suction cup. We especially liked the Reality View Pro feature, which gave us a realistic image of all of the streets we never knew existed in our area, complete with their actual road signs.
Also, the unit’s Panorama View is the most whiz-bang feature: It displays pretty 3-D effects not unlike those in Pole Position. Whether or not that is a good thing is between you, the local authorities and your steering wheel. Still, like the game, the graphics are good, but a bit bland. Considering the unit boasts 3-D, both images and the points of interest could pop better — and quicker, so you actually have a chance of checking out something new before you zoom past it at 60 mph. In other words, don’t expect to have the Toon Patrol from Roger Rabbit as your copilot. Still, it’s a nice touch that’s relatively easy on the eyes.
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SkyCaddie SG5 Golf GPS
Skycaddie SG5 Review
The SG5 is for golfers who want a SkyCaddie with advanced features and a large color display and a long-lasting rechargeable battery. SkyGolf’s advanced GPS technology is integrated with the very best Swiss engineering to provide unmatched accuracy. The SG5 includes SkyGolf’s patented IntelliGreen® technology, enabling golfers to measure the full depth and shape of the green from any angle of approach and shows distances for all targets and hazards on any of SkyGolf’s many thousands of professionally mapped courses. Its vibrant color display features automatic backlighting to ensure easy readability indoors and outdoors.
- Brilliant, outdoor-readable color display with automatic backlight
- Patented IntelliGreen technology
- Rugged, water-resistant case
- Drop-in lithium-rechargeable battery
- LED battery charging indicator
- User-selectable color themes
- Easy to use, one-handed operation
- Conforms to USGA/R&A ruling
If you are a golfer, this is a really cool way to help with club selection and shot planning.
Garmin Sat Nav Devices – Perfect Accessories for Frequent Travelers
One could take the example of the Garmin Nuvi 310 for instance. This sat nav device comes with sophisticated capabilities for route allocation between a number of destinations. Consequently, it is ideal for frequent travelers and globe-trotters. This device can be installed in cars. On quite a few instances, this device goes a long way in ensuring a safe journey for many people.
Generally speaking, many of the Garmin 310 sat nav devices come with wide screens, one touch controls, FM modulators, Bluetooth connectivity, pre-installed speed cameras and street level maps of different places. FM modulators are great for channelling audio through the speakers of the cars in which the sat nav devices are installed. A user can use these gadgets to navigate efficiently to exact addresses. In addition, one could also find recently visited destinations, towns, cities, and special POIs (points of interest) – quite easily and without any hassles.
The text to speech option in many of these Garmin sat nav devices is equally amazing.. The instructions are detailed and come with a personal touch. The confusion in finding junctions and roads in busy cities and small towns can now be done away with.
The best part is that most of these innovative gadgets are easy to use. One need not be tech-savvy to make the most of many of the features and functionalities that are on offer.
Sony NV-U84 GPS device
Read the full Sony NV-U84 review.
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Depending on how you look at it, the NV-U84 is either the second or third highest device in the Sony NAV-U GPS lineup. There’s no question that the NV-U94T is the flagship, but determining the NV-U84’s value …
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
