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Following several days of speculation in blogs and on message boards, Navigon CEO Egon Minar has confirmed that they will “withdraw from the PND business in North America.” Though they are saying this is “for the time being,” I seriously doubt that they will ever reverse this decision. Navigon is keeping their Chicago office open, but it is unclear what level (if any) of support services will remain, or if Navigon owners will be able to purchase new services.
Navigon is announcing three new models today -- the 3300 max, 4300T and 7300T. The big news is the MyRoutes feature, which provides up to three route choices with distance and ETA calculated for all entered destinations, factoring in speed limits, construction and traffic. As you can see above, route options are displayed on a map with ETA and driving time.
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Continuing the no new hardware trend we ID'd yesterday, Navigon will announce this morning a wide range of new downloadable content, some good, some not so good. On the plus side we have red light cameras and European maps. Of more questionable value is 3D landmarks, and sure to rile the folks who bought the Navigon 7200T is the option to beef up its weak POI database by paying $29.99 for an additional 2.8 million POIs.
Here are a few more GPS related announcements from CES:
Disclaimer: These are predictions and nothing more, so keep your sense of humor and please don’t sue me.
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The Navigon 2200T is Navigon's current entry-level model with lifetime traffic. This 3.5" touch screen unit features text-to-speech, so you'll hear "in one mile, turn right onto Maple Street" instead of just "in one mile, turn right." Other features include Reality ViewTM Pro, Lane Assist Pro, speed limit display, multi-destination trip planning and DirectHelpSM. It includes maps of the 48 contiguous United States. PC Magazine has reported a fairly small number of POIs - 2 million, though I have not been able to verify that; Navigon documentation simply states that the device has "millions of POIs."
There's a confusing enough array of GPS units on the market, but around the holidays the major manufacturers start throwing out units you've never heard of and have never seen reviewed. Some are exclusive to one retailer, while others are bargain-basement stripped down devices. Here's what the major manufacturers have on tap for the holidays this year...
The Navigon 7200T
updates the Navigon 7100, adding 3-D buildings and a new interface. The 4.3" wide screen navigator comes loaded with maps of the U.S. and Canada, and has text-to-speech, so you'll hear "in one mile, turn right onto Maple Street" instead of just "in one mile, turn right." Other features include Bluetooth for hands-free cell phone use, lifetime traffic, voice destination entry, Reality ViewTM Pro, Lane Assist Pro, Zagat® ratings and reviews, Exit Guide and DirectHelpSM. Whew; this thing is loaded! But the question is, how well does it do all that? I'll dig into those features in more detail shortly. First, let's look at how it compares to other units in the Navigon family.
There's little more than 36 hours left in our NAVIGON 7200T giveaway at GPS Deals -- it ends at midnight Tuesday. We're even giving you up to three chances to win, so if you haven't jumped on the opportunity, what are you waiting for? Skedaddle on over to the Navigon 7200T contest post and enter right now!
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