Panasonic Strada CN-GP50N Reviewed

Darren · Last edited by Darren on Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:08 pm; edited 1 time in total

We have been trying to obtain a sample of Panasonic's new entry into the GPS Market (the unforgettably titled Strada CN-GP50) from Panasonic UK for some time now. Promises have been made and then broken and to be honest we have given up chasing them. However, thanks to reader John Seccombe we can at least publish this reader review of the unit. Over to John...

"I have just had an opportunity to trial Panasonic’s first introduction to the standalone GPS market, the Panasonic CN-GP50N. As a new unit on the shelves it has been received with some interest. I myself have always held Panasonic products in high regard and I am happy to say I am not disappointed. Although only a brief overview of the unit I found myself warming to it."

Click here to read the full review...
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drogg · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14

Hi Chaps,
The software must be licensed from Navigon, and Navigon is slow!

Regards
Drogg

MaFt · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:45 am Post subject:

shame they didn't use iGo! still, navigon is decent software but, as mentioned, can be a bit slow at times. it's very easy to use and very intuitive too!

i like the idea of the anti-drop tie however this seems like a cop out to say "well, we know our mount is rubbish but instead of making w=one that doesn't fall off we'll just give you some string to when it falls it won't break on the floor it'll just break as it swings agint the side of th car"... ;)

MaFt

mostdom · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject:

During general use the Panasonic is ok but do anything else and it'll just cough. I can imagine that with a few custom poi's on board it it could give up like the Navman S**.
It was the destination search that was the slowest!

Anyway not a bad unit so I just ordered another one, this time for the old man! Wink

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Darren · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject:

How much are they? I'd personally not buy a Navigon based unit as I dislike the interface and speed but each to their own!
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drogg · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14

One thing I do like about the Navigon based units is the way it names the road in your maneuver eg Turn left onto the A41.

Very useful here in the UK.

Regards
Drogg

mostdom · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject:

mostdom · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject:

One thing I will add about road names. On my Navman you can see the road names displayed on the botton of the screen as you pass them, and they are easily read on the map too. On the panasonic menu you have an option to display the road names on the map which was set to off for some reason. When I turned it on the road names were displayed all over the place, up, down, left right. You can see what I mean with the last screen shot.

This only has five names displayed, at times the whole screen was filled with them. Best left OFF.
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HERE LIES PND May it rest in peace.
Navigon 7310/iPhone Navigon&Copilot

Darren · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject:

This isn't meant to sound like an interrogation but what lead you to buy that for your father when a 720 could be had for a lot less or indeed a Garmin?
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mostdom · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:22 am Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:21 am Post subject:

Fair enough, I hadn't considered the Greece mapping feature.
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mostdom · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:47 am Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:51 am Post subject:

iirc navigon use navteq maps so it may be that the 2008 navteq maps have the extra detail for greece?

MaFt

mostdom · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:33 am Post subject:

mostdom · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject:

I have just discovered that Panasonic themselves are offering a free Speed camera Download when you register on thier website. The good news is that this means it is possable to get PGPS Safety cameras on to the unit, the question will be how.
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Navigon 7310/iPhone Navigon&Copilot

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