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What the Navigon 5110 lacks in multimedia functionality it makes up for with some excellent innovative features. Its Lane Assistant with Reality View is a godsend for those who struggle with complex motorway junctions.

From the moment you take the 5110 and its car cradle out of the box you can’t help but admire their style and functionality. As the European maps are pre-installed onto the supplied 2GB SD card you can start to navigate immediately.

The easy to use touchscreen display is aided further by an animated menu system. When an option is selected it will expand and when pressed again, it will retract. This keeps the menu structures simple and easy to negotiate.

With the rise and rise of phone-based GPS navigation, dedicated devices are facing increased competition every day, especially at the lower end of the market. And you can see why: it’s a tough ask to squeeze all the hardware necessary plus mapping into a device at a price that looks attractive when your competitors at the bottom end of the market are able to offer just the software and throw in maps of the whole of western Europe for under 100 quid.

Yet despite all that, there are still advantages to going with a dedicated sat-nav PNA (personal navigation assistant) instead of a GPS-equipped phone with software, as Navigon’s latest mid-range system, the 5100 proves. One of the key advantages of a dedicated sat-nav is that important hardware is fine-tuned. You invariably get a larger screen, for instance. There aren’t many smart phones that have a screen as large as the 3.4in one the 5100 has, a feature that makes road layouts easier to see and on-screen buttons easier to press.

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Posted on August 19th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: GPS Guide