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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