TomTom GO LIVE 2535M 5-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS Navigator with HD Traffic and Lifetime Maps
TomTom GO LIVE 2535M 5-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS Navigator with HD Traffic and Lifetime Maps
- Get over 1 million more miles of mapped roads in the US
- Experience the most-accurate real-time traffic coverage available with revolutionary TomTom HD Traffic Service
- Stay connected with TomTom’s LIVE Services, including TomTom HD Traffic, Local Search Powered by Google, Fuel Prices, and Weather Forecasts
- Make hands-free phone calls with dedicated Bluetooth wireless connectivity
- Drive safely with intuitive voice recognition, including one-step address input
TomTom GO LIVE 2535M 5-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS Navigator with HD Traffic and Lifetime Maps
TomTom HD Traffic Experience the most accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date traffic solution available.
The GO Story TomTom’s new GO 2000 series offers superior GPS routing and premium maps of US, Canada & Mexico. Plus, get Bluetooth hands-free calling & voice recognition–all in a new, slim design with an interactive glass touchscreen and magnetic click & lock mount.
The TomTom GO LIVE 2535M
Introducing the TomTom GO LIVE 2535M, the ultimate in driving intelligence with new, revolutionary TomTom HD Traffic*. Travel with ease and style throughout the US, Canada & Mexico with the TomTom GO. This innovative navigator boasts a slim design, crisp, sharp graphics & intuitive user menus. And, using gestures on the device’s sleek 5-inch glass touchscreen, you can easily swipe your finger to move from screen to screen or pinch
List Price: $ 299.95
Price: $ 299.95
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Thomas Wikman "Texas Swede"
October 25, 2011Lot’s of Useful Features with some Drawbacks,
The TomTom GO 2535M Live has a lot of useful features that my older and more moderately priced Garmin Nüvi 255W and Garmin Nüvi 260W does not have.
The voice recognition is quite useful as it allows you to enter commands and addresses using your voice (after pressing the little microphone button). This makes it safe to change destinations and settings as you are driving. If you suddenly find yourself low on gas (my gas gauge is unreliable) you just say “Navigate to nearest gas station”. On the other hand I have an accent and I have problems getting the TomTom to understand addresses I state. On the other hand I have the same problem whenever I call any customer support system using voice recognition. A tip: you have to make sure that it says “listening” at the top of the screen before you start speaking. It takes a few seconds for “listening” to show up.
I found the Google based local search feature to be nifty. Neither the TomTom nor the Garmins could find a Greek restaurant I was looking for. However, as the restaurant was on internet I found it that way. I should say that I like the Points of Interest feature on the Garmin better. This particular feature is harder to use on the TomTom.
Live Services featuring weather reports (local and elsewhere), local fuel prices (list cheapest first), up to date traffic, safety/speed cameras, and Google based local search, etc, are terrific services that makes the TomTom shine in comparison so my cheaper Garmins. I have gotten speed camera tickets in the past so that feature is useful. I think speed camera tickets will sooner or later be a common thing on our highways. The TomTom GO 2535M Live also has other functionality that makes it safer and more useful than my cheaper Garmins. You can also allegedly turn it into a car phone via blue tooth, which is a feature I have not tried.
Unlike my Garmins it also asks me whether I want to go on the toll road, use the hover lane, etc. You can easily configure it to always take the specific actions or never if you don’t like these questions. However, I like the fact that it always considers toll roads, hover-lanes, traffic, accidents, etc, when creating the route and allow me to select.
I think it is nice that you get the Live Services for free for one year and that map updates are free. I believe this is not true for Garmins in general (old or modern). To download the latest and greatest you have to go to their web site and create an account and download software. This was pretty straight forward and it worked. However, sometimes the software crashes (exception error). I liked browsing their web site. I could see if there were any accidents in my old home town in my native country Sweden, and there was (last time I looked).
The TomTom GO 2535M Live has a fairly large screen (5.6 inch) and is a little heavier. The fact that it is larger is both good and bad. It takes up a little bit more of the windshield real estate (but not too much) but it is also easier to see that way. I liked the fact that it is easy to zoom in and out using the slider and that you can just drag the map in any direction using your finger. Otherwise, I found the TomTom GO 2535M Live to be slightly less intuitive than my Garmins but I did not feel it was a big deal.
One thing that annoyed me a little was that the TomTom GO 2535M Live had a tendency to turn my taps into double taps (more so than my Garmins). Instead of “Main Street” I get “Maiinn Street”. Backspacing too often makes it slower to get an address in. However, unless you are driving, typing in the address is easier than using voice recognition. Sometimes the TomTom GO 2535M Live takes longer to find the satellite signal than my Garmins and search functions (for example points of interest) seem to be somewhat slower too.
Overall I am quite happy with the TomTom GO 2535M Live but I have no experience with the modern top of the line Garmins. I am just comparing with what I have. $350.00 is a little steep, and I am not entirely sure I would buy it (I got it for free). However, overall I think this is a good product that I can recommend.
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