The perfect execution on Amazon.com has appreciated and is therefore willing to pay a possible additional price than other online providers.
When unpacking the two devices make a high-quality impression, the ingenious mount and the glass screen of TomTom just look classy and even a tad better. It is an active magnetic holder, which makes it very relieved quickly expand the unit and. It sits all really very stable and rock solid. Overall, TomTom feels but also heavier, which could be a disadvantage at pedestrians.
After switching TomTom takes about 15sec. to start and to find the satellite. Live services need about a minute to load. During this time the whole menu system is a bit slower. Navigon is ready for use out of the standby mode after a few seconds and from the OFF mode after about 40 seconds. What is striking in both devices that Navigon when operating (eg routing) but also when typing is much faster. TomTom is not slow but slow. I have a feeling that TT also worse responding to taps and you have to repeat step it before.
There are a lot of settings, both TomTom and Navigon. Whereby here TT offers more gimmicks (such as a symbol of the car instead of an arrow). Whether you need it is another question. But what I have not found in TT was for example the manual warning for speeding eg from 10km / h to warn inside places (like Navigon), etc. Here one could only either warn or not to warn choose. Both menu guides are intuitive to use, where DD indicates useful tips. The Navigon menu one must first come to right because many rarely used menu items are hidden. You find yourself here but also very fast to law and appreciates this Navigon Flow function very.
The biggest differences between the two devices are the graphical representation and the announcements. Here TT has really not done much since my first TT One. Most competitors can do better. The point is clearly to Navigon. Ingenious and intuitive tracking on the highway: the announcements come on time, you can see the screen real blue motorway signs on the one drives past. It is not depicted as beautiful in TT, which is also found to be quite. With TT's. eg the B10 sign representation and blue as on the highway and not yellow as in reality. The POIs representation is at Navigon better. Just an example. When choosing ATMs in TT, only one dollar sign is displayed. In Navigon you can choose a particular bank, which is also shown with a small picture. When Navigon I have the manual zooming in and out can not be found in the D2 mode.
The announcements while driving are well clear at Navigon, coming early enough before it and in my opinion better. If I abbiege from the A81 to the A8 tells me TT: exit in front of you, then continue along the highway and at one time says TT: drive on the highway, meaning the continue on the A8. Now, instead of turning: keep to the right, etc. It's a bit of getting used to if you umsteigt from another device on TT. The route planning and management is also different. Navigon offers in route calculation to three routes to choose from, which are also highlighted in color in the map. After you decide on one, which is very convenient. That did not TT. Navigon is upon arrival approximately 5-10m and 20-30m TT. accurately. Both devices have spun a couple of times. Navigon has the turn on the map, but said nothing and TT wanted to lead me in a one-way street in the wrong direction.
TT HD Traffic (two years for free, then about 50 per year) I found good, the opinions of users are also different here. NAVIGON TMC one should not expect any miracles.
Voice control works in both OK, I personally would not use it as well in my built-MB Navi. Speakerphone is also OK, but can not get to the full car kit. There were no problems during mating and when phonebook transfer from an old and new SonyEricsson Samsung G2. Mobile phones are automatically connected when starting the car via Bluetooth.
Software and map updates from Navigon went in the first time and without any problems. Here have huge difficulties many TT users.
Conclusion: I originally wanted to make up my mind after all the specifications and features of the more expensive TomTom and Navigon will now retain. It is also the opinion of my wife, who has tried both devices. One more interesting point. There are today on 04/12/2011 seven returns of TomTom Go Live 1015 Warehouse Deals to have and not a single Navigon Premium 72. Does it mean something? I hope you have a little bit helped with the decision.
