Great bang for buck despite minor flaws + incompleteness of functionality
Overall rating:
4/5
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| Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.Created: 06/12/11
Note: Display rating = 4 stars (I have included the display star rating here in the text as I was unable to include it above due to a bug).
This TomTom unit is meant to be compared to the current high end Garmin 3790T device.
TomTom 2535 TM PROs
- Nothing in the market currently beats TomTom IQ Routes implementation for time sensitive route calculation, richness of historical data, and route calculation accuracy
- Fastest lock onto signal and route recalculation than anything out there
- Traffic implementation is significantly better than on Garmin system
- Natural language speech engine for voice navigation is an improvement over lesser/previous models
- 5" screen size is amazing and, as such it is very difficult to go back to anything smaller
- Amazingly loud and clear speaker
- New magnetic mount is the most ingenious design to date
- Dead reckoning is helpful in temporarily navigating within tunnels in the absence of a satellite signal
TomTom 2535 TM CONs
- Capacitative screen not as bright as the Garmin so more sensitive to direct sunlight, but much better than previous models
- Screen resolution not as high, so maps not as sharp and pretty as the Garmin
- Cannot see as far ahead in 3D view as with the Garmin higher birdseye view especially combined with the Garmin vertical screen orientation
- No voice command wake-up phrase; voice navigation not fully handsfree
- Form factor not as sleek or thin as Garmin and somewhat heavy
- New MyTomTom update software is klunky and incomplete and seems rushed to market; no Google map transfers, TomTom buddies, or certain other functions available yet as in older models using TomTom HOME
- No detection of power when turn on/off car ignition

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