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Navigon has recently announced new services that are available to download for their GPSs on their online shop called Navigon Fresh.  Within this online store, you are able to download Red light camera services, European map expansion, North American map expansion, 3D landmarks, and expanded POI’s. 

Let’s first begin with the red light camera service.  It’s late at night, you’re traveling on a deserted road and you come to a red light.  There’s no car around and you just want to go home so you go through the light and a few weeks late comes a ticket for going through a red light.  Don’t you just hate that?  Well, apparently Navigon does too and so they recently came out with a new service that alerts you when you are approaching an intersection that has a camera.  This way, you can potentially save a lot of money if you are one of those drivers who likes to go through red lights.  For $29.99, the program has information about thousands of cameras nationwide, it is a one year subscription, and has monthly updates. 

So, you own a Navigon GPS and are planning to vacation in Europe and want a GPS so you know where to go in terms of directions and POI’s.  Instead of buying a whole new GPS, you can opt in buying a MicroSD card and getting maps for all 38 European countries, and millions of POI’s.  The MicroSD card would sell for $129.99. 

Now, you own a Navigon 2000S, 2200T, 2100 max, or a 5100max, but they only come with maps of the 48 continental states.  What if you want to travel to Canada, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico?  Navigon recently came out with software update for $49.99 that adds these maps via the FreshMaps service. 

Navigon also released 3D Landmarks, which updates your POI’s with over 600 3D landmarks.  This is only compatible with the Navigon 2200T and should retail for $39.99.  The last service is to expand your POI’s by 2.8 million new ones and this is compatible with the 7200T and should retail for $29.99. 

Overall, it seems like a great bunch of additions and should be pretty popular.  Expect these to be ready by the Spring.