Navigon Car Kit just released

Picazzo · 10-29-2009, 10:37 AM

Check this out in their online store here

juls1585 · 10-29-2009, 10:44 AM

And go figure its reasonable priced. TomTom is basically a fail I see

Picazzo · 10-29-2009, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by juls1585

And go figure its reasonable priced. TomTom is basically a fail I see

Yes, this kit is very fair in price! As I'm the happy owner of Navigon Europe, I'll properly going to buy this kit...

iNinja · 10-29-2009, 04:17 PM

After getting that message from Chris re the blogs, my 1st blog was about this. ha.

djwindsor · 10-31-2009, 10:18 AM

Of course it's cheaper. It doesn't have a GPS or line-in. If anything, it's overpriced. Granted Tom Tom's is overpriced but at least it has a GPS chip to augment/enhance the one built in.

Picazzo · 10-31-2009, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by djwindsor

Of course it's cheaper. It doesn't have a GPS or line-in. If anything, it's overpriced. Granted Tom Tom's is overpriced but at least it has a GPS chip to augment/enhance the one built in.

Have you tried the TomTom kit? How much do you think it will gain the GPS signal?

ronnie123 · 10-31-2009, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Picazzo

Have you tried the TomTom kit? How much do you think it will gain the GPS signal?

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/t...iphone-review/
"We had a feeling that the car kit would make a bigger impact on the smaller streets, so to prove this we ran a torture test in Central London: we left the route planner on and drove around small streets randomly to test the GPS' accuracy and speed. The result? Again, the car kit proved to be quicker -- even with the slower phone -- and more accurate most of the time. Depending on the complexity of the route the iPhone 3GS' faster processor may even save a further two or three seconds when used with the car kit."
Check out the video that goes with it...I'm leaning more towards the tomtom car kit...still have not purchased a gps app though.

GADeputy · 10-31-2009, 04:21 PM

Even though Navigon's is a lot cheaper than TomTom's it's still almost $60 US and that's a lot to pay for a basic phone holder. I could see if it had bluetooth or even a speaker but all it comes with is a cable.
I bought this one on ebay for less than $7 US and use the cable that my phone came with.

iNinja · 10-31-2009, 04:56 PM

I've used my native 3gs with a standard holder in central London with no problem. Interestingly, navigon performed much better than tomtom

GADeputy · 10-31-2009, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by iNinja

I've used my native 3gs with a standard holder in central London with no problem. Interestingly, navigon performed much better than tomtom

We recently took a 2 week vacation in Europe and I also used both Navigon and TomTom. Navigon was outstanding. I ended up completely removing TomTom from my phone.