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TomTom VIA 1435 M in-car GPS video review
#238 | 7:51 |
Friday May 20, 2011
Gadget TV
Friday May 20, 2011
TomTom's VIA 1435 M features phone pairing via Bluetooth and voice recognition for commands in an otherwise pretty standard GPS unit. Other improvements include a much more compact integrated windshield mount, which is a huge improvement, and an accelerometer to rotate the display 180 degrees. These features are a big step up for TomTom GPS units though and, with the exception of the accelerometer (we'd actually rather have a control in Settings for this), they're a sizeable improvement to TomTom's already solid line of GPS units.
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TomTom VIA 1435 M
$200
TomTom has always made good in-car GPS systems. We've always liked the simple and finger-friendly interface. Said interface changed in recent TomTom offerings but still feels familiar and works as advertised. New to TomTom is voice recognition that lets you speak commands to the GPS; commands like "navigate to address," "calculate alternative" and "minimize delays" all work and work well. It also does a pretty impressive job of recognizing addresses via voice command.
In addition to voice commands for GPS, the other major upgrade for users with a GPS unit that's a couple of years old is phone pairing via Bluetooth. With this feature turned on, you can voice dial your home number by saying "call home." You can import your address book and call contacts based on it or, and this is the better option for ease of use, input frequently called contacts into the TomTom VIA 1435 M's address book. Calling these contacts is a matter of saying "call" and then selecting a contact from the list.
$200
TomTom has always made good in-car GPS systems. We've always liked the simple and finger-friendly interface. Said interface changed in recent TomTom offerings but still feels familiar and works as advertised. New to TomTom is voice recognition that lets you speak commands to the GPS; commands like "navigate to address," "calculate alternative" and "minimize delays" all work and work well. It also does a pretty impressive job of recognizing addresses via voice command.
In addition to voice commands for GPS, the other major upgrade for users with a GPS unit that's a couple of years old is phone pairing via Bluetooth. With this feature turned on, you can voice dial your home number by saying "call home." You can import your address book and call contacts based on it or, and this is the better option for ease of use, input frequently called contacts into the TomTom VIA 1435 M's address book. Calling these contacts is a matter of saying "call" and then selecting a contact from the list.
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