Monday, August 23, 2004
Son of Road Trip - TomTom Navigator Bluetooth GPS reviewed
Posted by Doug Raeburn in "HARDWARE" @ 09:00 AM
The Software
Figure 6: The Navigation Menu.
Figure 6 shows the first screen of the main menu. The "More…" icon takes you to the next menu screen… there are a total of 3 screens. An interesting feature allows you to customize the contents of these menu screens.
So let's set up a route. To do so, tap on the "Navigate To" icon.
Figure 7: All of the tools that you'd expect.
The route creation tools available in TomTom Navigator are on a par with the competition. You can create routes by address, points of interest (POIs) and through your contacts list. You can also select a recent location, and set up frequently used locations as favorites. TomTom also allows you to designate a specific location as Home and you can set up a route home from wherever you are by simply tapping the Home icon.
Figure 8: Select the destination city…
Figure 9: ...and the street…
Figure 10: ...and enter the house number and you're on your way!
Address entry is similar to other navigation programs. It works like a wizard, asking you for the city first, then the street, and finally the house number. If you don't know the house number, it can also navigate to a nearby intersection. As you work your way through the wizard, the selections in the second and third pages are filtered by your previous selections.
