Introduction
While name-brand GPS manufacturers like Garmin and Magellan duke it out in the high-end GPS market by piling on extra features like media players, relative newcomer Navigon has set out to distinguish itself with something new entirely. Its fresh flagship model, the Navigon 8100T, features fully 3D-mapped terrain, which shows everything from mountain tops to valleys in vivid, life-like detail. After our misgivings from Navigon’s earlier effort, the 7200T, we set out to see whether Navigon had pulled its act together for its magnum opus – and we came away pleasantly surprised.

...the 8100T should definitely be on your radar for its superior 3D rendering, free real-time traffic, and swank design.

by Mary Weston on November 8, 2009:
“Last week we purchased the 8100T and will be returning it today. I would not want to recommend this product to anyone. It is absolutely brutal trying to input destination addresses by speaking, very frustrating when the address information I input comes back...” More...