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Otherwise the unit seems to work fine and the maps are very nice. I hope they come back to actively sell hardware in North America in the future. But I hear they are still a major player in Europe. The support is not as it once was since, apparentely, the company is pulling out of the GPS hardware market in North America. The unit will only work with certain SD cards. The newest map updates require a 4Gb card. I found that a 4Gb sandisk SDHC card class 2 works fine with this device. Also, they are still selling GPS software for iphones in North America.
I bought a three year map update from Amazon. Researching SD cards showed that 4GB cards are now SDHC. The only way to contact Navigon is by email from their site - there is no contact phone. When I tried to load the map, the Navigon software told me my 2 GB SD card was too small to hold the map and I should get a 4 GB card.
It did work, so maps can be updated. That was 5 days ago.Update 1/6/2010. I sent an email asking for confirmation of the type of SD card to use. No useful tech support.I have had this unit for two years. It is an adequate performer with some quirks in routing, but I have no experience with other units to compare routing methods. I recently received a notice of a new map update. I went to Navigon web support and could find no spec indicating that the 2100 could use SDHC.
Never heard from Navigon so I decided to go for the SDHC 4GB. Pros: Decent navigator with voice prompts and a reasonable price.Cons: Map updates may not fit in the installed memory card and no spec for larger cards. The promised "quarterly" updates have been sporadic. The web site promises a reply in 24 to 48 hours.
That being said, I've had it longer than a year and it still works fine. The routes it tries to get me to take are sometimes illogical and ridiculously out of the way, and I have gotten lost following its directions multiple times. If you need a gps, and are poor like me, then I suppose I would recommend the Navigon 2100. I got this navigon when it was very cheap. It has served its purpose, but it definitely has had some problems. It has proved useful many times, and for its price its hard to complain too much.
I am very pleased and happy about how fast my refund came back to me. But I still thought it should and would work. I'm still trying to learn what all it do. This product didn't work at all for me. Sure I got a refurbish product. I have since went to out and bought TomTom, so far so good.
I agree with "TheDeciders" more thorough analysis. The GUI is sluggish and the buttons don't respond like most other units that I have used. Additionally, the design has not been thought out, and the plug is in the absolutely least convenient location. Finally, Navigon's warranty policy is pathetic. Move on and find one from a more reputable company.
If there is a problem, and you send it in, and if they disagree with you, they charge you a $30 before they charge you to fix it. This seems like a small deal, but in reality it is very intrusive. The routing is weird. This GPS unit has too many quirks. It often routes an unnecessarily long path.
The POIs are not very thorough.
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