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5.0 stars
"Best GPS on the market hands down"
Pros: Lane assist alerts you to the lane to be in BEFORE the turn, Instant GPS lock right out of the parking ramp, Blue tooth, Speech recognition that actually works (unlike Garmin which I had to return)- speak the address and it WORKS!!, only $400
Cons: Because it costs so much less than Garmin and has twice the features I almost did not buy it thinking it would not be as high quality as claimed- I was plesantly suprised the Navigon is everything claimed and more
Summary: First off this thing actually has features that works. Second, you can use it in a large city and get to where you are going because of its advanced features. When you get in the car and turn the key the device starts automatically. The voice recognition lets you speak in the destination address. The blue tooth connects to your phone letting you make hands free calls. As you drive out of the parking ramp in Century City or Downtown LA the instant lock feature finds a GPS signal in seconds which is key in a downtown full of one way streets where one wrong turn means 20 minutes of time lost. Then as you get on the freeway full of bumper to bumper traffic the lane assist shows you in reality view (looks exactly the same as freeway road signs and all and has an arrow in the exact land you will need to be in to merge or exit the freeway. The included LIFETIME traffic avoids and reroutes arounds traffic back ups. Garmin charges you a yearly fee for traffic for a device with half the features and that costs twice as much. Navigon charges only $79 for three years of maps and they update the maps 4 times a year. Garmin charges $99 bucks for one map update that is 6 months to 1.5 years old depending upon when in the year you buy it (by the time they roll out the update it is 6 months old and then they sell it for the next year.
Navigon also beefed up their POI database because I had the 2100 Max before and this has way more POIs. Moreover, having full Zagot reviews for resturants is HUGE if you travel a lot like I do.
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My 7200 doen't power on automatically. Either takes several minutes or doesn't pair with my Samsung phone. Map contrast isn't enough to allow easy reading of street names.
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jgmasaki: I am of the same opinion as you. I was swayed by all the good reviews and bought a 7200T. Save your money and get a higher end unit. The only person that likes these units is TOM-TOM. It takes them off the bottom of the list, as good GPS units go.
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I am waiting on a report from Bonnie Cha as to her opinion of the 7200T. Your review is so positive I need to ask if you are employed by Navigon or am getting paid for your review. I read the review on the 7100 model (I assume it's the previous model) and it was not favorable at all. I am also considering purchasing the garmin 760, however you were not real pleased with garmin. I recently returned my Sony U83T because it made mistakes and was very slow. Also retuned a TomTom earlier this year because it would not recognize "Geary" street in San Francisco plus other issues it had. I would like to make a real informed decision this time. Please respond, John
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Mine had a buggy start with odd freezes. My Motorola mobile phone does not connect, but then Motorolas are pretty picky. I wish they would have put up a list of working phones.
When I reset it to use it for directions it worked well. I also have the 5100, which was slower and had odd pronunciations of some streets. The 7200t is a definate improvement. A couple things I did prefer from the 5100/7100 line was the longer mount arm and the pop us traffic message.
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