Navman S100 (GPS)

Satellite navigation devices have been enjoying something of a boom, offering greater features, much improved performance and all at a much more affordable price. But once you reach a point, you start to feel that things have become rather samey. Can...

Touch user interface, simplicity of use, encourages you to do more than just navigate, intuitive

A little expensive

The S100 is convincing in its desire to give you more than just navigation. Get to grips with all the features and take advantage of the NavPix community and the S100 becomes a much greater travel companion

Although satnavs get more sophisticated with every generation, they usually remain chunky, so Navman's S100 is an unusual development.

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The Navman S100 is a bold and innovative sat-nav in a number of areas. But it also still misses out on neat features now found on more than one competitor's products, in particular the ‘active dock', which integrates power and traffic connections into...

Last month we gave our first impressions of the Navman S100.

For those who are regularly behind the wheel, this is an excellent, feature-rich satnav.

Going purely on features, the TomTom Go 540 Live knocks the Navman S100 into a cocked hat. Sure, it’s more expensive and if you sign up to the Live updates you’ll be paying almost £100 a year, but given the vast chasm between the two in terms of...

We've just received a Navman S100 to review. We will be road testing this system over the coming weeks but thought we'd give a quick first impression of what we think so far.

The ultra-slim Navman S100 is preloaded with the latest maps of UK and Ireland. Featuring a 4.

The entry-level GPS unit in Navman's S-Series Platinum range of in-car GPS units, the S100 lacks built-in traffic, FM transmission and Bluetooth, but ...

Design, user interface, large display, keyword search method, text-to-speech pronunciation, clear map screen

Touch-sensitive keys aren't always responsive, glide interface can be annoying to use while driving, traffic channel antenna optional extra

The Navman S100 GPS unit does lack many advanced features, like Bluetooth, FM transmission and built-in traffic capabilities, but it still provides an excellent navigational experience on the whole. This device is excellent value for money.