Fully integrated portable GPS navigation system with real-time traffic receiver for avoiding accidents and congestion
Receives up-to-the-minute traffic updates and automatically suggests alternate routes
Preloaded street-level U.S. and Canada maps with over 7.6 million points of interest
5-inch, sunlight-readable, color touch-screen display; turn-by-turn directions with voice guidance
Includes free 3-month subscription to traffic service; 1-year warranty
This review is from: Cobra Nav One 4500 5-Inch Portable GPS NavigatorMy wife bought me a Cobra 4500 for Christmas. It's a very attractive vehicle GPS with a big screen, crisp resolution and looks/feels sturdy. However, I have some complaints about the software design that I'd like to share. First, the routing software makes some directional mistakes when on freeways. For instance at freeway interchanges, sometimes it will tell me to get onto the upcoming freeway in the wrong direction (i.e. "keep to the left onto I-10 West" when it should say "keep to the left onto I-10 East"). It will always correct itself at the last second, but the correction usually ends up being just before the ramp. In an unfamiliar city, that would not give me time to make a safe lane change. Also, the 3-D graphics are so poor that I've had to select the traditional map view to navigate. As for traffic, it's hit and miss. Sometimes I get the traffic icon on the map as soon as the radio announces the accident, but sometimes I get it 20 or more minutes later, or not at all! Also, for some unknown reason the software developers decided to program the unit so that the user is unable to get a traffic warning notification pop-up unless a speed reduction was posted with the accident. I've encountered several major accidents where traffic has been at a near standstill, yet the pop-up that allows you to select auto re-route did not come up on the screen (probably because speed reductions are not being posted by the traffic provider, Clear Channel Radio). If the pop-up doesn't activate (which it has yet to do for me), you're forced to use the normal detour function to get around the accident. This process is very cumbersome because you have to zoom in on the icon, look at where the accident is located, and then get to the detour screen so you can select your detour -- not something you want to do in heavy traffic! Hey Cobra, why not let the user decide if he/she wants to be notified of all accidents instead of the unit deciding for us??? I've notified Cobra of all of this and I'm hoping they will come out with a software update to correct these problems. Until then, I'm only lukewarm about the unit....
This review is from: Cobra Nav One 4500 5-Inch Portable GPS NavigatorWe were in need of a navigation unit to guide us through our July 4th road trip. The route was Houston, to Corpus Christi, to San Antonio, Austin, and back to Houston. The 2000 Acura TL that we have has navigation but it's too small for a family trip. So we took the van and the Cobra Nav One with us. At first, it was love at first sight. The unit is gorgeous!! The bright touchscreen was big, bigger than any other competitors unit. And bright, oh boy, even during midday in Texas sun at the beach, being mounted on the dash, the unit was easily readable and legible. Best I have seen yet. The map data it has was incredible. Even the tiniest nooks and cranes in the backroad is contained here. Even the slightest curves on the road is acknowleged. The bazillions of interest points it has came in real handy when you're in a strange town looking for a particular restaurant.Those are the good pointsThe downside comes, when you actually use the main feature of the unit, navigation and routing. The software is one of the dumbest I have used. It's routing capability is not nearly as flexible nor as dynamic as the navigation system that comes stock with the 2000 Acura TL. Once the route is set, the Nav One unit will STICK to it. If you change direction, it will keep nagging you to turn around, 70 miles turn around, to return to the original route, instead of making a new one. The only way to fix that, is to go back to Main menu, and choose the destination again. Only then it will reroute with the new direction. The Acura TL navigation does all that automatically. Much smarter than the Nav One... The routing itself is majorly flawed as well. We did not get lost in Corpus Christi, as it is a small city with simple laid out. That changed quickly as we got to San Antonio. The unit got us lost multiple of times. At one point, it tried to get us to drive into a 1-way street, the opposite direction... At another, we drove under a bridge and the Nav One lost signal and shuts itself off instead of staying on to reconnect o_0. Don't get me wrong, I love the Cobra Nav One. It is gorgeous and flashy, target for thieves no doubt. However, all the bells and whistles become meaningle...
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