TomTom EASE GPS – White (1EX0.052.01)
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Turn, Turn, Turn
Ignition: on. Destination: anywhere. Gas money: covered.
The TomTom EASE is easy to use, intelligent navigation. Switch on and go right out of the box. TomTom’s 2-button EasyMenu makes getting on the road faster and easier. With just a few taps of the screen, you’ll be on your way to any destination in the U.S. Just enter the address on the touchscreen and your TomTom EASE guides you door to door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions including street names. 3-D graphics help guide you to your destination. The TomTom EASE is preloaded with millions of points of interest to enhance your traveling experience—easily find your favorite gas stations, hotels, restaurants and more. TomTom IQ Routes Technology shaves time off even the shortest trip. IQ Routes calculates the fastest route possible based on time of day so you’ll always travel the smartest route. TomTom has the most accurate maps and with TomTom MapShare technology, you can instantly modify street names, street direction, points of interest and more on your own device. And with the “Help Me!” menu, there are added safety features so you can easily access local emergency providers such as police, fire stations and hospitals. The EASE comes with an integrated Fold & Go EasyPort mount. Permanently attached so you’ll never lose it, the mount folds flat against the device, making it easy to take it with you from car to car.
Features
- Car Navigation Features: IQ Route™, Rechargeable Battery, Current Position Locator, Text-to-Speech
- Electronic Display Features: TFT Display, LCD Screen, Backlit Display, Touch Screen
- Screen Resolution: 320 x 240
- Mapping Features: Built-In Maps, Turn-by-Turn Voice Instructions, Multiple Route Options, Updatable, Map Share Technology, 3-D Map View, Turn-by-Turn Instructions, Automatic Route Recalculation
- Points of Interest: 7000000
- Waypoints: 24
- Warranty Description: 1 Year Limited Manufacturer Warranty on Parts and Labor
- Battery Life: Up to 3 Hours
- Built-In Memory Storage Capacity: 2GB
- WAAS Enabled No
- Includes: Cigarette Lighter Adapter, Car Mounts, Batteries, User Manual, USB Cable, Adhesive Mounts
- Dimensions: Length: 3.2 “; Width: 3.7 “; Depth: 0.8 “
- Product Weight: 6.1 Oz.
- Wired Connectivity: USB
- Dimensions (W x H x L): 0 x 0 x 0 inches
- Weight: 0 pounds
It is OK
This does work right out of the box but it doesn’t have some features that I feel are basic. You can’t choose whether to take expressway or local roads. It doesn’t have the abiliity to view your route as text so you can see your route. It is simple to use but sometimes you don’t want to take the expressway since it is crowded that time of day. It should have a way of either seeing what route is going to take you on or to at least choose whether to take an expressway or not. I reccommend the ONE 130s instead.
Garmin 205 vs. Tom Tom ease
I had a garmin 205 in pearl white before I bought the Tom Tom ease in white also. I love the Garmin-esque simplicity with the “plan route” and “browse map” options on the start up menu. IMO i think that this unit is way better than the Garmin for a few reasons.
1. The ability to have a tomtom portal downloaded to your computer that prompts map updates, voices, etc. It reminds me of my nokia pc suite and I love it!
2. It has way more options that the garmin. (a) switching the keyboard to QWERTY which garmin does not have.(b) Celebrity voices downloads to add a little fun (c) Options to change the start up Images(I like this because I hated the butt ugly start up landscape image on the garmin). (d) I think the pixels and icon images are a lot better than the garmin which looks a bit cheap, I think i’ve said enough about the dreadful graphics on the garmin.
3. The map share/corrections community is awesome.
4. The Tom Tom comes with a USB charger, my ex-garmin didn’t.
5. The attached mount and lock on the TOM TOM is priceless. Lord knows how many times my garmin mount got lost or fell off my windshield almost causing me an accident.
*Its like Tom Tom in general is like Mac; Young, modern and hip and The Garmin like microsoft; trying to be cool but still is old and stuffy:D
***In defense of the Garmin 205, perhaps there are more options and better graphics on the higher end models, but I bought that one specifically because I wanted a 3.5″ screen GPS. I like my gadgets small and portable .
* In comparison to the garmin 205 and Tom Tom ease, I think the exterior of the garmin looks a lot better because of the shiny pearly finish. The extra shiny coat, makes dirt glide off easily unlike the tom tom where the finish is more matte. The hard plastic is microscopically more gritty, less aesthetically appealing and captures dirt more easily; like nail polish without a top-coat if you catch my drift.
*The garmin has a micro sd slot, tom tom doesn’t. Well, to each his own. I don’t miss this feature because I never downloaded anything.
-In summary of my long-winded review, the Tom Tom ease is a better base model GPS. For the 3.5″ screen lovers, looking for a simple, flexible, option-laden, cool, fashion forward GPS with a preference for white, Go for this.