Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
NAVIGON Named CES Best of Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Award Honoree
Share:
NAVIGON 7100 Selected as Top In-Vehicle Accessory
CHICAGO, Nov. 21 -- The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) named NAVIGON as a Best of International CES Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for the NAVIGON 7100 personal navigation device (PND). Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the trade press to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products.
Selected as the Best of Innovations 2008 honoree in the In-Vehicle Accessories category, the NAVIGON 7100 features stunning 2D and 3D map views, easy to navigate menus and exclusive functionality. The NAVIGON 7100 shakes up the me-too GPS category with smart features that make the device easy to use, help reduce driver stress and provide meaningful real world context.
The NAVIGON 7100 boasts many industry exclusive features, including lifetime subscription-free real-time traffic to empower drivers to re-route around congestion. NAVIGON's Reality View(TM) reduces driver stress by providing photo-realistic images of complex highway interchanges. Additionally, Lane Assistant bolsters confidence by guiding drivers to the best lane relative to the route. Advanced text-to-speech technology provides spoken driving directions and street names, so drivers can focus on the road.
"We are extremely honored to be named a CES Best of Innovations Design and Engineering Award honoree," said Andreas Hecht, NAVIGON's President for the Americas. "We are very proud of the family of products we have introduced to the US market. Receiving this honor from the prestigious CEA validates the innovative thinking we have put into developing the best products in the navigation category."
As a widely renowned consumer technology awards program that began in 1989, the prestigious Innovations Design and Engineering Awards recognize achievements in product design and engineering. It is sponsored by CEA, the producer of the International CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, and endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the voice of industrial design, committed to advancing the profession through education, information, community and advocacy.
The NAVIGON 7100 will be displayed at the 2008 International CES, which runs January 7-10, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Innovations Design and Engineering Showcase will feature honorees by product category at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, Booth #70621. Best of Innovations honoree products will also be displayed at the Grand Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center, next to Experience CEA, and at CES Unveiled: The Official Press Event of the International CES on Saturday, January 5. The Innovations entries are judged based on the following criteria:
o Engineering qualities, based on technical specs and materials used
o Aesthetic and design qualities, using photos provided
o The product's intended use/function and user value
o Unique/novel features that consumers would find attractive
Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering honoree products are featured on www.cesweb.org/Innovations, which lists product categories, as well as each product name, manufacturer information, designer, description, photo and URL.
About NAVIGON
NAVIGON INC. is one of the world's leading providers of navigation products and software solutions. NAVIGON makes its own navigation brand consumer products and creates software solutions for OEM customers operating in personal navigation, wireless, and automotive sectors. Founded in 1991, NAVIGON employs more than 300 people and has offices in Asia, Europe and North America. For more information, visit www.navigon.com/.
About CEA
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $148 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,200 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES - Where Entertainment, Technology and Business Converge. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA's industry services. Find CEA online at www.ce.org/.
Source: NAVIGON
CONTACT:
Peg Herbst,
Director,
Marketing Communications
of NAVIGON,
+1-312-268-1507,
peg.herbst@navigon.com; or
Todd Witkemper
of Edelman,
+1-312-233-1369,
todd.witkemper@edelman.com,
for NAVIGON
Web site: www.navigon.com/
http://www.ce.org/
http://www.cesweb.org/Innovations
