If you can look past the 3.5in screen, the Start is portable, easy to mount and ultra cheap. So, what's not to love about TomTom's latest and smallest GPS? ...
Compact design, responsive touch screen, EasyPort mount, speed and red light camera alerts
IQ Routes still prefers main roads, route recalculation is a little sluggish, no Australian text-to-speech voice, no lane guidance, no included AC adapter
TomTom’s Start is the company’s cheapest GPS ever, and the good news is that the overall navigation experience hasn’t been sacrificed to achieve the low price. Though not perfect, the TomTom start combines a simple, easy-to-use interface...
Published: 2010-02-22, Author: James , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: NameNothing screams road trip like the arrival of a new TomTom at the PC World offices. So when the entry-level Start turned up it was the perfect excuse to take a cruise down to Wellington.The $299 device has many of the features that are built into TomT...
TomTom has pared down features to the bare essentials to create the Start. However, it still gets the basic job of getting from A to B done. The current RRP of the version with UK and Ireland maps is under £100, and some vendors are already offering the S...
Stripped back interface is a joy to use, Gives you all the basics including UK and Ireland maps, speed camera alerts and IQ routes for smarter route mapping
Could be too basic for some, Can get confused in busy cities, Ongoing costs of map upgrades, alternative maps, safety alerts, and so on
It's Saturday, the city is choked with traffic and you're in a hurry. There are juggernauts to the left of you. Cars full of shoppers to the right. You're queuing in the middle lane and there are four sets of traffic lights, two speed cameras...
Changeable covers will appeal to some, simple, easy to use, solid navigation
Not quite cheap enough compared with the TomTom One given the reduced feature set
The TomTom Start comes with some obvious novelty value in the StartSkin covers, but we'd probably shop around for a good deal on the TomTom One to get the more advanced features on offer in that deviceKey specsGPS...
The menus, mapping and screens have been streamlined to make even the most technophobic of motorists feel at ease. Fire the TomTom Start up and you'll be presented with just two big buttons, Plan Route and Browse Map, with essential toggles like sound...
One grumble we have with the TomTom Start's layout is that advanced lane guidance is a goner. It's a genuine help on the massive junctions and gyratories and a feature all motorists could do with, not just the gadget-friendly drivers. The TomTom S...
The TomTom Start is a great little gadget if you're a bit tech-shy, but anyone with the patience to read a manual and look beyond the neon shades, should opt for the TomTom One instead.TomTom Start is tagged with TomTom Start, TomTom and satnav. Selec...
Don't get us wrong, we liked using the Start, and it's cut-to-what-matters approach is an step forward for its satnav UI. It does its job and it does it well, albeit for the casual driver rather than folk who spend their lives behind the wheel, wh...
