Navigon announced the entry-level 2000S GPS Navigator, a portable GPS unit that sports a 3.5-inch LCD screen (with a 4:3 aspect ratio), a photo-realistic 3D road view, text-to-speech capability for pronouncing street and highway exit names, and a low price of just $199 MSRP PC Magazine reports. It's due to hit store shelves in early October.

"With the 2000S, our goal was to bring Navigon's trademark features to a new, accessible level. The 2000S delivers an experience consumers have grown to expect from Navigon products with meaningful features, stylish design and performance that are unmatched in its class," said Andreas Hecht, Navigon's president for the Americas. The 2000S seems to have just about everything the more expensive Navigon 2200T does with the exception of live traffic reports.