Navigon AC Wall Charger Review

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(More customer reviews)THE 12 VOLT CIGARETTE LIGHTER ADAPTER PITCHED BY RADIO SHACK AND AMAZON LOOKS JUST LIKE THE ADAPTER I PICKED UP AT BIG LOTS FOR $3! I WANTED & NEEDED THIS ADAPTER, JUST COULDN'T SEE WHERE IT WAS WORTH 20 BUCKS.

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This compact and light wall charger is perfect for those on the go. It works with your existing car charger so you don't have to deal with more annoying wires and cables. Simply plug the adapter into the wall and connect your car charger to the socket and you are ready to charge up your GPS device. Plus, with one amp of power, charging power-hungry devices is a snap.

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Navigon 7200T 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigation (Factory Refurbished) Review

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(More customer reviews)In general, I am pretty good with navigation by myself, using only printed directions from Mapquest. I bought this unit mostly for my wife that has a lot of traveling this summer. It is our first GPS.
Of note - my unit had in the box a small cardboard with a sticker on it, that said it has Win CE 6.0 installed.
I previously had a chance to "lay my hands" on Nuvi 750. Pretty decent and very simple device. It was actually too simple for me. I then started looking for something that has more navigation options. All I cared about was navigation - I didn't take into account things like mp3, photo viewer, FM transmitter, bluetooth, nor even the speech recognition.
So we selected the Navigon 7200T, and for about $160 it was a very good deal, a lot cheaper than Garmins. Once it arrived, I disabled bluetooth and started testing it by letting it direct me to locations that I know well.
I live near Springfield, PA. First trip was to the PHL airport - I quickly figured, that the best route is calculated using "fast" profile. It took me the correct way out of the parking lot at the airport - unlike Nuvi. Then IKEA in Conshohocken, Port Richmond district in Phila, etc - the device was showing me routes that I would normally take. Best surprise was our recent trip to Staten Island, NY. Instead of my normal route: I95 to I76, through the Franklin bridge to NJ turnpike, it took us the other way to I476 and then I276 to NJ turnpike. It was truly the fastest route. Along the way it was *correctly* and *right on time* displaying traffic information about the jams on NJ turnpike. We got a little confused at the I476 to I276 intersection and took I276W instead of I276E - the unit immediately took us back on the right way.
On the "not so good" part - when we were approaching exits on the turnpike, the unit was displaying the lane guidance (very nice feature), but it was constantly telling us to "keep left", when we were supposed to pass the exit. It should be saying "keep straight" instead - gets a little used to. Another instance: we decided to take a break and have a coffee at Starbucks. Navigon nicely directed us to Starbucks at Exit 7 from NJ turnpike, but... there was Dunkin Donuts instead. Unfortunately we hate coffee from DD. And finally - a stressful moment was when we were going back home from SI, NY and we were to enter the I278. The main road we were on was turning left, and the ramp to I278 was straight ahead of us. The unit was silent - it didn't tell us to keep straight, nor to take the ramp. I had to look at the screen to find out where to go.
What I like about Navigon 7200T:
- Features (navigation) for the price - unbeatable for me
- Routing using "fast" profile is excellent
- Live traffic info - very helpful
- Nice screen showing POIs with brand icons
- Multitude of options and satisfactory level of complication - I hate overly simple stuff
- You can select which roads NOT to take when creating your route
- Making detour allows you to select what distance of your route is to be avoided.
- You can look up POIs in the upcoming exits on Interstates, or near your current location, and make a "stopover".
- Spoken directions (gets a little used to)
- Big buttons - easier to hit in a riding car, and a responsive touchscreen.
- Estimated arrival time is razor sharp.
What I like less:
- The unit sometimes doesn't tell you what it should (recalculating, keep straight, etc)
- It tells you to keep left on a highway instead of "keep straight"
- Navigon is gone from USA (not a big deal for me)
- Maps are from 2008. "Please Touch Museum" in Phila is in the wrong (old) location. Some stores in my neighborhood are shown with incorrect address (Oak Ave N instead of Oak Ave S).
- Battery life (even with bluetooth off) is less than 2h.
- Limited language and voice selection. There is only one English TTS voice (+ one French and one Spanish). Garmin had menu in Polish and a voice in Polish (not TTS though).
- No calculator nor unit converter (not a big deal also)
What I really don't like:
- You can't download POIs from internet, unless you buy "POI Warner" for 20 euro. On the other hand, that is an excellent application, but others have some of this features for free.

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The ideal combination of style and substance, the Navigon 7200T delivers next generation features, such as Landmark View 3D, Free Traffic Updates for Life, Voice Destination Entry, and Reality View Pro, plus a plethora of useful and exclusive features found nowhere else.

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Navigon 7200T 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigation with Bluetooth, Text-to-Speech, and Free Traffic Alerts Review

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(More customer reviews)I have owned Garmins and Tomtoms. This gps looked very promising. It displays all the info Tomtom displays but Garmin doesn't plus it has a nice bright screen like Garmin, not TT. I was hoping for the best of both.
The good is that the 7200T routes well, no problems there. The lane assist works well although Garmin and Tomtom's implementation is a little better I think. Whereas Navigon displays the static reality few for a long time. Garmin and TT pop it up for a few seconds then go back to showing the lane assist diagram.
The Navigon is very wordy with its verbal instructions which is good. But with all the words, it doesn't speak 90% of the highway exit numbers. It rattles off the town and road, etc, etc but no exit number. What it does do though is display the exit number on the screen. This is ok if you have the eagle eyes. The fonts on the 7200T are tiny. It takes my old eyes 5 - 10 seconds to focus on the screen's small print after driving. It doesn't sound like alot but taking your eyes off the road for that long is dangerous. Don't know why they don't include exit number in the instructions.
The 7200T also displays street names. Unfortunately, every road that is not part of your route is displayed as a pencil line and each road is displayed with its street name in micro font size. Forget about being able to read them.
Another short coming is the 7200T's POI database. It is very small and is missing most national retailers, gyms, health clubs, doctors, dentists and who knows what else. Its POI search is also horribly broken. You have 3 choices. NEARBY - gives you POIs within a very small radius, too small. The next choice is CITY. Unfortunately, you have to know the exact city. Most other brands search NEAR CITY but not this. If the POI you are looking for is actually one town over, you will never find it. If you are in unfamiliar territory and don't know the adjoining citys to search individually, you are out of luck. The third choice is STATE. Most POI categories are not included in STATE so this choice is totally worthless.
On top of this all, the screen sensitivity is not great and the buttons are small. You will have to enter and address multiple times as you tapped the wrong letter or have to tap the same letter multiple times because it didn't pick it up.
So to summarize, it routes well but the screen fonts are so little its dangerous to look at while driving and the whole POI thing is terrible. Maybe a firmware fix will improve font size and change exit number verbal instructions. Maybe new maps will increase POI database size and add good search functionality. Until then, this is just another gps with lots of potential.

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For those looking for both style and substance, the NAVIGON 7200T is a standout among other GPS devices. Behind the 7200T¿s elegantly designed extra-wide Flat-Panel touchscreen you will find an experience unlike any other with features that are both useful and exclusive to NAVIGON. Like Free Real-Time Traffic Updates, alerting you automatically of traffic issues ahead and rerouting you with the touch of a button ¿ all for the life of your device. Features like Voice Destination Entry allow you to simply enter addresses by voice while Bluetooth Hands-Free and Reality View Pro make navigating the road ahead easier and less stressful. Landmark View 3D adds a new dimension to your navigation experience with hundreds of landmarks displayed in richly textured 3D. The 7200T also includes a host of other features that will help guide you through your travels, like Advanced Text-to-Speech, DirectHelp, and Lane Assistant Pro.

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