Navigon 8110 released

gwentvillan · Lifetime Member Joined: Apr 18, 2006 Posts: 65

just ordered the Navigon 8100 on Saturday there is now a 3 to 4 week delay on orders :-(

DaveMatthews · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2004 Posts: 221

It's getting very mixed reviews on Amazon's German website - half of them give it a score of 1 out of 5! The main problem seems to be a continual need to re-boot it.

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Cheers

Dave

jonandmarkuk · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject:

really? never had to reboot mine yet?

Are we talking about the same device. Amazon.de has 3 out of 5 stars

Where have you seen the 1 out of 5 overall score? Surprised

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xtraseller · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:24 am Post subject: Crashes

I think as we demand more features, just like our PCs, we can expect more crashes! Tomtom, Navman, and Navigon seem to feature them, Garmin seem pretty stable (but with the lowest feature-set)

As an ex-Navigon user tempted back by the 15% voucher, 2 year qtyly map updates and lane advisor pro, together with the speed it seems to possess looking at jonandmarkuks videos etc. - so just waiting for mine to arrive now. Around 3 days from the Navigon site, and only around £305 with the discount codes

jonandmarkuk · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:11 am Post subject:

One thing you could find with the Navigon shop is they don't send an e-mail on dispatch, it just happened that when I mailed them they replied with the UPS tracking number and I got the unit the very same day. Laughing

Very tempted to buy the leather case they now have on the site, just unsure how much it adds to the overall size as the current cover makes the GPS easy to fit in my trousers or coat pocket.

If anyone has ordered the leather case for it can you let me know if it's a snug fit and doesn't add too much to the pocketablity of the unit.

I love the GPS, disappointed that I missed out on the 15% off through my rush to order but I did get the GPS within days of it being launched Smile

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xtraseller · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: Fun

jonandmarkuk · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject:

I have to say I'm amazed at the number of hits the gallery pictures for the Navigon have had. Since it was created early this month it's had over 8000 hits and I can only assume a huge amount of hits have come from PocketGpsWorld readers.

Wow Laughing

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BigPerk · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject:

I've just asked, but in the wrong forum Embarassed

: Sorry

Anyone know which english-speaking TTS voices are provided/available on the 8110 please?
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jonandmarkuk · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject:

xtraseller · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject: forums

jonandmarkuk what forums do you use for Navigon? Would be interested to look around there too...

With the unit already on Q2 2008 Navteq mapping, that seems a very quick release for Navigon (...for anyone!) looks like they've got their map decoding sorted if that is the case - will look forward to truely "freshmaps" at last!

DaveMatthews · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2004 Posts: 221

jonandmarkuk · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject:

Not really had chance to look into the TMC as yet.

Have been reading the german forums and little and found that this 'rebooting' people are talking about is a known issue with the view 3d freezing and the only correction is to reboot.
So it seems the devices are not rebooting by themselves or anything like that. Not sure why I don't seem to have come across the problem?

Also I think it's unfair to give the unit a low score when it's a known issue that Navigon are fixing, if the device has been out for months and Navigon were ignoring the issue then I could understand the complaints. Rolling Eyes

It's a new device so there is bound to be bugs that need to be ironed out. Maybe the bug only happens on longer usage?.

From what I can tell Navigon should be providing a fix early June. Question

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DaveMatthews · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2004 Posts: 221

chris_ah1 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2008 Posts: 106

They will be doing all updates via their 'Fresh' app. I think it handles all the updates for the system - either embedded in a map update or standalone.

John - good to see you're getting so many hits. If you want to get even more, rename the gallery to navigon 8110 unofficial manual, and take pics of the different 2D+3D screen views without routes (since you already have the pics with routes) and then pics of all the settings menu pages for the device and their options. You will end up with a bagillion hits because let's face it, the navigon manual is sparse on what features are in the software regarding configuration.

For instance, most people read gpsmagazine because the screenshots for menus and maps are so detailed in comparison to the manual - many think that site should be the unnoficial manual for tomtom and nuvi.

Reading the amazon stuff I must agree with the road labels being not the best not only in terms of gray on gray but also in the way they move about and are uneven - the road name boxes on the bottom though is ace. Far better than garmin and tomtom IMO.

As for restarts - it's a shame people are getting the issues despite the extra ram - I wonder how POI-warner is going to fare given it's leak issues?

I must admit restarts do sort of nullify all the good points - but only if the issue is left unresolved.

It is a very expensive device and without the hallowed Zagat POIs....so people do have to think hard whether they need the bells and whistles. I would be a happy nuvi 760 user if it allowed me to avoid bits of the route without using via waypoints, but alas there will never be a golden apple.

Until I find the golden apple, I think I'll just learn roads the old fashioned way.

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