January 4, 2008, 12:29 pm
Navigon: High-end navigation, low price tag
Our gadget guy says Navigon's $250 GPS is ready to take on Garmin and Magellan. What do you think?
Your Answers
From Mike, Land O Lakes, FL Form my experience, Garmin is still the best from all other nav brands I have tried.
Posted By Mike, Land O Lakes, FL : January 19, 2008 11:29 am
From Bob Mugge Lawrenceburg KY It all depends on the mapware. Garmin is king. TOMTOM stinks in comparison. I have used Garmin for 5 years. I decided to try a TomTom for the heck of it. The device is nice, on par with garmin or even better. The mapware stinks. NO COMPARISON AT ALL. The first few times I used TomTom 720 it was WAY off. From a hundred yards to 1/2 mile. POINTS OF INTEREST are non existent compared to Garmin.. I haven't tried this one but it is all about the mapware..
Posted By Bob Mugge Lawrenceburg KY : January 5, 2008 12:40 pm
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I have owned my TomTom one 3rd Edition for four months. The maps are almost always dead on, uses sirf III chip, best on the market, acquires satellites in a couple of seconds, has features like mapshare (free) that allow users to share map changes points of interest, and has a feature that predicts where satellites will be for at least a week ahead making getting a fix fast, even in my house! I have used GPS systems for over 12 years and this is by far the best I have ever used. The bull about Garmin being king are ridiculous. BTW I only paid $199 from Staples for my unit, it is basic no frills navigation, won't play mp3's but that's not what I got it for. If you want, you can spend $300-$600 for a Garmin device, but it won't get you there any better than the TomTom. The choice is yours, but you'd have to pry my TomTom from my cold fingers!
Larry in CA