Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42127 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Navman
• Model: S100
• Released on: 2008-11-07

Manufacturer's Description
The S-Series S100 sets a new benchmark in GPS navigation with its exciting new S-Series S100 device. It's amazingly slim at just 13.5mm, yet packed with useful features such as Navman's brand new ClearView maps displayed on the super-flat widescreen.

At just 13.5mm thin, the S100 features a sleek 4.3-inch super flat widescreen--no bevels, just stunning, smooth looks. Navman's revolutionary new ClearView maps and redesigned menu layout make the S100 easy and fun to use, while the addition of Glide Touch makes for simple 'tap and slide' functionality. The range goes well beyond simple A-to-B navigation by including new and improved features such as 3D city landmarks, NavPix geo-tagged photo navigation, Local Search via Infobel and true Pedestrian mode.

With usability key in the design of the S100, ClearView maps strip away clutter to show simplified graphics and colours, enabling 'at a glance' map reading. While the new Junction Views feature major motorway junctions in realistic 3D to simplify complicated exits or intersections. Jointly developed by Mio Technology's R&D team and global product design agency IDEO, the S100 incorporates new 'Spirit' software, with its unique Glide Touch user-interface. Users simply tap and slide the touchscreen to open, dock, pan and scroll menus, similar to the latest MP3 players and smartphones.

The Navman S100 boasts the first European Local Search service on a GPS device. Delivered in partnership with local directory search partner, Infobel, Local Search gives you details of nearby shops, businesses, hotels, restaurants and more via the NavDesk desktop suite of content and services, allowing users to search and download Points of Interest (POIs) before setting off. NavDesk also enables users to pre-plan their route before they set off with Route Planning.

The S100 incorporates a new Capture button enabling users save their own POIs as they discover them; the integral button enables users to instantly store their current location to return to at a later date. While new Smart Economical Routing calculates the most economical route for your journey following postcode or address entry. By assessing the number of turns ahead, Smart Economical Routing uses less fuel without significantly increasing the time to your arrival.

Navman's pioneering NavPix technology is built into the S100 making it simple to navigate using pictures. The online NavPix Library gives access to thousands of geo-tagged images, while over a million free geo-tagged photos are also available via Flickr, the web-based image search which is accessed via NavDesk desktop. Destinations that don't always have an address or postcode, such as festivals, parks and beaches, are now also easier to find using geo-tagged photos.

Slim and lightweight at only 13.5mm thin, the S100 is ultra-portable and fits easily in pocket or handbag. With the built-in 2D city street maps, the S100 quickly switches to pedestrian mode so users can explore more on foot, creating a seamless navigation experience. Over 1000 pre-loaded 3D landmarks and buildings in cities around Europe also help drivers to navigate more easily in urban areas. And SirfStar Instant Fix II gives Spirit a fast, accurate location fix, even in heavily built-up areas.

The device features an intuitive address entry interface, a predictive text search function and Speaking Keyboard that speaks each letter and number as it’s typed, making inputting postcodes and addresses more accurate. And intelligent text-to-speech provides spoken road names and directions for the next turn, enabling drivers to keep their eyes on the road. The new device can also store and play favourite MP3 tracks.

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Customer Reviews

Good for Technophobes
Just bought my first sat-nav and it was the new Navman S100. After having company cars with in built systems, I needed my first portable device and after reading as much as I could on the S100 I plumped for it. As a fortysomething technophobe I was terrified it would show me up in front of the kids but it was so easy to set up and use, even for me. It is a really beautiful bit of kit and having just driven 700 miles with it, the graphics are fab and really easy to follow. The down side is that the S100 is not bluetooth enabled when i thought it would be and the battery life when the in-car charger is switched off is less than 60 minutes. Would still recommend it though.

Poor screen contrast
I've been a fan of Navman for some years and decided to upgrade a few weeks ago to the S100. The major flaw with the S100 is the screen. I found the maps almost unreadable in normal daylight. It is otherwise a good, innovative piece of kit. I exchanged the S100 after a few days for a different brand.

Hmmmmmmmmm
Navman S100 Satellite Navigation System

To be honest, I haven't had too much oportunity to use this Sat nav. Its not as easy as some I've used before but the directions and choice of route were good. Has several features I don't think I'll ever need and some features, like speed limit warnings are just irritating.