Navigon N100 LOOX Portable GPS Navigator

Average customer rating:

Simply All-in-one for the price

Navigon N100 LOOX

GPS

Navigator

Good so far... not quite go it figured out yet... video would help!

Navigon N100 LOOX Portable GPS Navigator

Manufacturer: Navigon
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Brilliant, 2.8-inch QVGA display with a color-transmissive TFT LCD touch screen provides stunning 3D maps

Pre-loaded maps of the entire US and Canada, with predictive text, lane indications, speed information and brand icons

Includes a digital music player, photo viewer, video player and retro games for entertainment

Integrated SiRFstar III GPS receiver, built-in mini SD card slot, and rechargeable lithium-ion battery

Weighs 3.9 ounces, measures 3.5 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches (W x H x D), and is backed by a manufacturer's limited 2-year warranty

ASIN: B000OLO9B6

Product Description

Advanced GPS navigation in the palm of your hand. Other serious navigation products say they're pocket-sized. Meet the first advanced navigation device that makes good on the claim. The Pocket LOOX is souped-up navigation in a featherweight package. It has an intuitive user interface, easy-to-follow 2D and 3D map views, clear voice guidance, and advanced features that no one else has such as Lane Assistant and Branded Point of Interest icons. Other sophisticated features include automatic speed warnings, road sign text, and a screen display that is viewable in portrait or landscape modes. While the Pocket LOOX tips the scales at 3.9 ounces, its screen display compares favorably with those of much heftier devices. Easy to use interface with stunning, easy to follow 2D and 3D map views With stress-busting features that no other navigation product offers, such as Lane Assistance, which guides you to the best lane to be in relative to your destination, and branded Point of Interest icons Other advanced features include Road Sign Text, Automatic Speed Warnings - Pocket LOOX provides automatic speed warnings so drivers know when to ease back on the throttle. Define a threshold over the speed limit when you'd like the system to warn you (e.g. 10 mph over the limit) and it will tell you when you're driving too fast Viewable in landscape or portrait mode Voice guidance and voice command features that help you keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the steering wheel Extendable telescope stylus Includes In-Car Mount Features Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot, headphone jack, USB PC connection Exchangeable, rechargeable 1100 mAH lithium-ion battery Built-in speakers

Amazon.com Review

If keeping your gadgets small and pocketable is important, and you need a capable GPS device that also boasts some slick media functions, then the Navigon N100 from Fujitsu-Siemens deserves a look.

The Navigon GPS Navigator is compact and strikingly elegant in design. View larger.

View Navigon software demo - View device in 3D.

Robust 3D maps make it easy to see where you are going at a glance.

The user interface is easy to navigate.

Load up your music and jam out. The device supports MP3, WMA, and AAC music files.

Have some fun with the included games.

Design
One of the N100's most impressive features is its size. Measuring just 3.5 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches (L x W x H), it fits easily in the palm -- quite impressive when you consider how much is loaded into its diminutive package. The bright, 2.8-inch touchscreen offered great clarity indoors, but was quickly washed out in bright sunlight. A small slot on top accepts MicroSD media, and the included 2 GB card contains complete mapping and points of interest data for the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii), Canada, and Puerto Rico.

A mini-USB port on the side of the N100 does double duty for charging and data connectivity, making it simple to upload music, photos, and videos to the device from your PC. Other highlights include a removable battery that lets you carry a spare when you're away from an outlet for extended periods, and a small (perhaps a bit too small) stylus that's tucked away in the rear panel.

Navigation
Powered by the latest SiRFstar III chipset, which is designed to improve communication with GPS satellites for smoother, more accurate navigation, as well as a 300 MHz processor, the N100 has all the right muscle--at least on paper--to provide a great handheld GPS navigation experience. The rubber really hits the pavement, though, when you evaluate how well the hardware interacts with the software on a GPS device.

Fujitsu-Siemens has chosen to go with Navigon's MobileNavigator 6, which has a slick, relatively easy-to-use interface, clear mapping details in 2D or 3D, and voice guidance. Our gripe with the software, though, was its rather sluggish performance on this device. Menus opened slowly, screens were slow to refresh, and some actions froze the device entirely, forcing a rather lengthy reboot process.

With a destination entered into the N100, the Navigon software does a passable job of getting you there, although it can struggle to quickly attain your direction of travel when you're first getting started, which can lead to bad directions and missed turns. Voice aids are handy, as is the N100's "lane advice" feature, which suggests which lane of a highway you should enter to be in the best position for the next maneuver. The N100's points of interest system is robust, offering easily recognizable company logos for common destinations -- now you can have the Golden Arches on your GPS screen, too!

Multimedia
The N100's small size makes it a perfect multimedia companion. Fill up a MicroSD card with all the music, video, and photos it will hold and you've got a great little entertainment center in your pocket. The applications that power the N100's media functions are a bit simplistic and unrefined, but they do the job. One big plus is the N100's support for a wide range of music formats, including MP3, WMA, and AAC. Video support is less robust; only WMV-format videos are supported. A world clock and calculator are included, along with two games, Bricks and Smart Pixie. The latter is a Pac Man reproduction that is sure to please.

At the end of the day, the N100 is a well-designed device that suffers from sluggish performance and a lack of polish when it comes to integrating hardware and software. However, if size is your chief concern when looking for a fully-featured GPS device, this one might be just for you.

Pros

Small and pocketable
Robust points of interest database
Good multimedia features

Cons

Sluggish and unresponsive at times
User interface could use some refinements

What's in the Box
Navigon N100 Pocket LOOX handheld navigator, AC power adapter, 12-volt vehicle power adapter, USB cable, headphones, windshield and dashboard mount, changeable cover, 2 GB mini SD card, user's manual and quick-start guide.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Navigon N100 Pocket LOOX Handheld GPS Navigator personal navigator is a powerful, full-featured GPS navigation device small enough to fit in your pocket. Designed to go everywhere you go, the LOOX N100 lets you navigate your way through a new city like a local, or just use it to discover someplace new.

The Navigon N100 utilizes a brilliant, 2.8-inch QVGA display with a color-transmissive TFT LCD touch screen to provide you with stunning 3D maps that make it easy to see where you are going at a glance. This compact unit comes with complete maps of the Unites States, including Puerto Rico, and Canada pre-loaded, so you can find anywhere from just about everywhere right out of the box. This powerful navigator includes predictive text, and smart features such as voice guidance, lane indications, speed information and brand icons. Additionally, this compact unit has an integrated microphone, a built-in loudspeaker, and a headphone jack so you plenty of options for using it to your best advantage.

More than just a convenient and powerful navigator, the N100 Pocket LOOX is a mini entertainment center that fits in your pocket. This unit has a built-in music player that is compatible with MP3, AAC and WMA digital music file formats, so you can listen to your favorite songs wherever you go. What's more, this all-in-one digital device comes with a photo viewer so your favorite pictures are always in your pocket, as well as a digital video player so you can both watch, and share your favorite video clips no matter where you happen to be. The N100 even includes a world clock so you always have the accurate time, a calculator for tallying up quick totals, an alarm so you are never late, and some retro-style games for keeping yourself entertained while you are waiting.

The N100 provides you with quick, highly-accurate mapping via its fully integrated SiRFstar III GPS receiver, and has built-in mini SD card slot for unlimited memory expansion capabilities. The Pocket LOOX runs Navigon's MobileNavigator Premium Software on its 300 MHz Samsung processor with 64 MB of RAM, and is powered by an internal, rechargeable 1150 mAh, lithium-ion battery. This unit comes with both an AC adapter for home recharging, as well as a 12-volt car charger for vehicular use. What's more, the N100 includes a USB cable for fast data transfers, headphones for both loud and quiet environments, and a 2 GB mini SD card for storing additional maps, as well as your digital music, video and photo files. The Navigon N100 Pocket LOOX Handheld GPS Navigator weighs only 3.9 ounces, measures 3.5 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches (W x H x D), and is backed by a manufacturer's limited two-year warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Simply All-in-one for the price.......2007-12-31

Worth for the cost.
Simply superb...
I am not a extensive traveller. I bought this just because I tend to get lost in my city. Wanted a safe return to home. It does the trick.
Also mostly I use it as my pocket MP3 player.

Navigon N100 LOOX.......2007-12-29

Awesome product. Small screen but very, very clear. Good software, fast route recalculating. Includes road signs, lanes, speed limit warning. Good voice recognition. Small, cheap unit with a lot of features: MP3 and video player and picture viewer. Also world clock, alarm and 2 video games. Good battery. Lasts for 4-5 hrs.

GPS.......2007-12-28

Used over Christmas for road trip seemed to work ok. It did not always take me the way I wanted to go but would have gotten me there anyway. I tried the different route settings but it never seemed to agree with me as to direction. BUT as I said it would have arrived at the location and who knows it might have been a better route but old travel routes are hard to change.

I believe that it would be just fine in a strange location where it would not have to fight me as to direction.

Navigator.......2007-12-28

Ive seen some expensive Gps, and i must say for the price i paid on this was absolutely worth the money, Im very Happy.

Good so far... not quite go it figured out yet... video would help!.......2007-12-28

So far so good, we just got it for Christmas. It is fun, with all sorts of options. A dvd to help figure it all out would help. What we have figured out so far is awsome! The price was right and it is going to be perfect for my husband as he has a tree business and travels all over the surrounding areas doing estimates and work.

Product Description

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Amazon.com Product Description

Add some extra zest to your music recordings with the Best of ProSessions, Volume 1, a compilation of world-class loops and sounds from the engineers at M-Audio. Culled from the company's voluminous music libraries and created by an array of professional producers, songwriters, and composers, the sounds and loops span the music landscape, including samples from the rock, pop, hip-hop, rap, drum and bass, electronica, techno, Latin, and dance genres. Each sample comes in the Apple Loop format and is compatible with Apple's GarageBand, Logic, SoundTrack, and Final Cut software. They're also expertly edited, giving musicians the creative flexibility to stretch them over a typical range of 80 to 160 beats per minute. If you want to work with sounds created by the pros for the pros--and from your own desktop, no less--look no further than the Best of ProSessions, Volume 1.

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Manufacturer: M-Audio
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Description

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Customer Reviews:

M-Audio session keystudio.......2007-08-14

Product is easy to use and needs little but the imagination to have fun with.

Great keyboard-interesting software.......2007-05-15

For the price, Keystudio with Sessions is a great value. You get a 4 octave keyboard plus the music composition software, which is like a PC version of the Mac's GarageBand. My two main gripes however are that there is no Midi Out port on the keyboard. So, if you've got external Midi gear, you'll have to plunk down some extra money to purchase an external Midi interface. Also, my computer is a little underpowered so I had many latency issues when running Sessions and using the real-time effects. Lastly, Sessions does not let you edit the Midi information note for note, although you can quantize your track.

On the good side, the keyboard is sturdy and is powered through the USB cable. The software works very well, with an excellent range of instruments, loops and effects. Just make certain that you're running at least a 1.6 ghz P4 with 1 gig of memory. I had less memory when I purchased my keyboard but the added memory helped the lantency problems a bit. I have a 1.2 ghz P4 which also makes Sessions less responsive, though adjusting the latency slider has helped enormously. Lasly, Sessions has just been updated to version 1.5 and while I haven't really had a chance to play around with the update, it promises to improve responce time. I really wish M-Audio would add the ability to edit Midi information to the software since this would really make Sessions a simple one-stop shop for getting your musical ideas into your computer.

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