History Of Navigon
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NAVIGON is one of the world's leading providers of premium navigation products and software
solutions.
NAVIGON has developed many industry firsts, including the first dynamic personal GPS product
in 1996, the introduction of Reality ViewTM and subscription-free NAVIGON Lifetime TrafficSM to
the personal navigation industry in 2007 and a breakthrough map updating service with
NAVIGON FreshMaps in 2008.
NAVIGON has developed a family of award-winning personal navigation devices, including the
NAVIGON 2100 max, 2000S, 2200T and 7200T units. NAVIGON fuses superb design with
robust, exclusive feature-sets to bring premium products to the navigation market. NAVIGON also
develops software solutions for OEM customers operating in personal navigation, wireless and
automotive sectors.
NAVIGON is a privately-held navigation company based in Hamburg, Germany, with USA headquarters in Chicago, IL. Founded in 1991, NAVIGON employs more than 400 people
and has offices in Asia, Europe and North America. For more information, please visit
www.navigon.com.
Corporate History
2008 - NAVIGON secures number four position in US PND Market (NPD Group)
2008 - NAVIGON introduces FreshMaps, revolutionary map updating service to provide up to 12
verified map updates for consumers over a three year period
2007 - NAVIGON awarded CES Best Of Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Award
Honoree, NAVIGON 7100 for "In-Vehicle Accessories"; Telematics Update 2007 Awards,
MobileNavigator for "Best Navigation Application"; Retail Vision 2007 Awards, NAVIGON
for "Best of the Best"
2007 - NAVIGON combined innovative design with leading functionality to successfully launch
the NAVIGON 7100, NAVIGON 5100 and NAVIGON 2100/2120 PNDs and redefine the
navigation marketplace
2007 - NAVIGON first to deliver ZAGAT® Survey content to PNDs
2007 - NAVIGON first to include subscription-free real-time traffic on its consumer brand PNDs, in partnership with Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network
2006 - Launched next generation of NAVIGON's MobileNavigatorTM (MN) branded software, including MN Classic, MN Premium and MN Wireless
2006 - Acquired NAVTEQ navigation software business
2005 - Unveiled navigation solutions for all mobile products: MN 5 and NAVIGON|TriCeiver with "High Sensitivity" Technology
2004 - Introduced MN 4 with Voice Command and expandable GPS Receiver for cars, bikes and pedestrians
2003 - Market introduction of the first mobile onboard navigation system with Europewide map
equipment and navigation to individual house numbers
2002 - Debuted first mobile navigation product with dynamic traffic jam avoidance via Traffic Message Channel (TMC)
2000 - Launched the first mobile navigation system for Pocket PC
1996 - Developed the world's first dynamic GPS navigation system, AutoPilot 2000
1991 - NAVIGON founded as the Establishment of the Society for Digital Cartography CIS GmbH, Würzburg, Germany
Products
NAVIGON 7200T - 4.3" touchscreen display with Free Real-Time Traffic Updates for Life, Voice
Destination Entry, Landmark View 3D, Reality View ProTM, Lane Assistant ProTM, Advanced Textto-
Speech, integrated Bluetooth® technology and optional NAVIGON FreshMaps content
NAVIGON 2200T - 3.5" touchscreen display with Free Real-Time Traffic Updates for Life, Reality
View ProTM, Lane Assistant ProTM, Advanced Text-to-Speech, DirectHelpTM and optional
NAVIGON FreshMaps content
NAVIGON 2000S - 3.5" touchscreen display with Reality View ProTM, Lane Assistant ProTM,
Advanced Text-to-Speech, DirectHelpTM, slim design and optional NAVIGON FreshMaps content
NAVIGON 2100/2120 max - 4.3" touchscreen display with DirectHelpTM, Reality ViewTM,
Automatic Speed Warnings, Lane Assistant, Text-to-speech and optional NAVIGON Lifetime
TrafficSM, ZAGAT® SURVEY Ratings and Reviews and NAVIGON FreshMaps content
Retailers
Amazon.com
Best Buy
Buy.com
Car Toys
Circuit City
CompUSA
Costco.com
Crutchfield
DataVision
Dell
eCost.com
Fry's Electronics
Gateway
H.H. Gregg
Harmony
J&R
MacMall
Micro Center
Newegg.com
Office Depot
onSale.com
Overstock.com
PC Connection
PC Mall
Provantage
RadioShack
RadioShack.com
RCS Experience
Sixth Avenue Electronics
Staples
Target
TigerDirect
U.S. Executive Team
Michael Roach, President for the Americas
Matt Mowat, Vice President of Marketing
Corporate Headquarters
NAVIGON USA
200 W. Madison, Suite 650
Chicago, IL 60606
Telephone: +1 312 268-1500
Media Contacts
Todd Witkemper
Edelman for NAVIGON
Telephone: +1 312 233 1369
E-mail: todd.witkemper@edelman.com
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