TomTom ONE 125 Review : 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

TomTom ONE 125 – GPS receiver, 125 or not the flashiest newest portable navigation device market, but that’s OK. Not everyone needs the latest and greatest. What are the offers of 125 is a reliable entry-level GPS for first-time buyers or those who are the most basic navigation. Similar to TomTom 130S (except that it does not include maps of Canada and text to speech features), GPS is easy to use, and fixed costs at $ 179th 99th There are compromises, of course. For example, you get a 3rd 5-inch instead of the 4th screen of 3 inches, and, as already mentioned, you can not feature text-to-speech. However, this TomTom ONE 125 Review offers where it counts to follow precise guidelines and audible.

 

Design and Feature – TomTom ONE 125 Review

Key Features and Benefits

Like the rest of the company features a series which offers 125 features TomTom navigation base in an easy to use package for first time buyers and minimalists. The system comes with maps of the United States only biased, and you can enter your destination by address, city, zip code, or intersection. Alternatively, you can a location of your favorites or recent destinations list, and automatically route home from your current location by pressing the Home icon.

The 125 offers a variety of routing options, including toll roads, fastest or shortest, with or without, and so on. As already mentioned, there are also pedestrian and bicycle modes. Once you’ve entered your trip, check road are available on the card, such as instructions in text mode, or get a demonstration running. If at any time you want to avoid a part of your itinerary, you can click the “Find” Alternative “symbol, and new directions.

The system also supports automatic route recalculation, multi-destination travel. The NDP points of interest include all major categories, including ATMs, gas stations, lodging, and meals. Unfortunately, you can not search through the kitchen in restaurants. If you have more specialized interests, the catalog also features entries for beaches, campgrounds, cultural centers, and more. There are several ways of drawing POIs: You can browse your route to your destination, or close to home.

Maps in 2D or 3D mode. A status bar at the bottom of the screen displays useful information such as distance and direction of the next round, the remaining time and distance arrival. If you want more information or less, you can customize what is displayed on the status bar in the Settings menu. Tapping the left half of the tray (where your next statement account is displayed) is the voice repeated directions and gives you access to the volume control. There are also two icons on the upper right and upper left corner that let you zoom in and out on the map.

In more visual cues, the TomTom One 125 offers voice directions turn-by-turn directions, but unfortunately, unlike the One 130S, not get the feature text-to-speech means. This allows you to listen to more General statements like “turn 100 feet” rather than specific street names on the left. Even if One 125 is a primary system, we would have liked to see the inclusion of a text to speech functionality have.

There are some extra goodies. As the latest TomTom, which includes a 125, “Help Me” safety feature “that you access a range of tools and information in case of emergency. For example, there is a “Where am I?” feature that gives you your current location, latitude, and longitude, and the next intersection found. There is also the police station, hospital, car repairs and other services with a simple tap on the screen. It is very convenient and gives you a bit quiet, especially if you’re in unfamiliar territory.

Design – TomTom ONE 125

One thing you see on the TomTom One 125 to the right of the box, its simple design and compact. It’s shape is similar to the TomTom One 130S, 3rd measuring only 8 inches wide and 3.2 inches high with 1 inch thick and weighs 7 oz 6th It is small enough that you keep it in hand, navigating walk or ride a bike, and the GPS for pedestrian and bicycle routing modes as a bonus.

On the front, you find a 3rd 5-inch WVGA touch screen. With a 64,000 color output and a resolution of 320×240 pixels, the image is powerful when the display on the small side. After a series of examinations, 4. 3-inch models recently, a 125-screen is very small. However, we have been able to read clear maps, and menus are easy to see. The user interface is intuitive and straightforward, with two pages of the list and large, easy to understand icons. In Settings, you’ll also be able to change the colors on the map, adjust the position of the tray on the map, select night mode, and much more.

The onscreen keyboard is a bit cramped due to the small screen, so we must make errors when typing addresses. The good news is that the offer of recognition 125 words, it will start to surface potential results as soon as you begin entering letters. We are pleased that you had to choose between QWERTY and ABC format, and there is also an option to upgrade to a larger keyboard on a smaller if we can not imagine any reason you do.

It is not very different from the NDP. At the top, you will find a power button. A mini-USB connector/power supply is located on the bottom. The loudspeaker is located at the back with clips to attach the car mount.

The TomTom One 125 is provided with a vehicle mount EasyPort (windshield and dash), a USB car charger, and reference materials. EasyPort The car mount is the same as with the TomTom One 130S. The accessory consists of a large circular ring that attaches to the back of the GPS and an adjustable arm to attach to the windshield or dashboard disk. A security seal, there is also a button to lock the accessory in place.

Support EasyPort does not look very stable, and we met some problems on the road. We used the method to the dashboard – is technically windshield mounts are illegal in California – and most of the time, the GPS in place, but there were times when we drove over some rough sections of roads, and 125 emerged from the cradle. We understand that TomTom has wanted to keep things simple and small, but we would be an essential accessory if it means more security.

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Performance – TomTom ONE 125

We tested the TomTom One 125 in San Francisco and Los Angeles. From a cold start, it took about two minutes for the GPS, an update to get to our position under cloudy skies, while housing Subsequent was much faster. As we drove around San Francisco and got the unit a good job of tracking our location and keep up with our movement. It could also take a GPS, as through the Financial District, where tall buildings often block a clear lead in the sky.

We have GPS visits to two: one from San Francisco to Los Angeles and one from the Marina District of San Francisco headquarters downtown CNET. We entered our point of departure and ends on the first trip, and One 125 with a journey back in less than a minute. Although the track was pretty easy, smooth PND guided us through several heat exchangers, especially in Los Angeles, as we neared our destination.

We have experienced similar positive results on the second trip. The TomTom ONE has offered 125 exact directions, and unlike the TomTom One 130S, we could hear the voice instructions tours no problem. They were loud and clear, but here we have the text-to-speech functionality. Finally, we ran several laps on the track conditions to re-route and test the GPS could meet again soon on the track.