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Price Range: $239 - $299

Product Features

* Touch-screen: 3.5 inch full TFT color LCD (320 x 240 pixels, supports 64K colors)
* TomTom Map Share instant map updates
* Maps: Pre-loaded maps of USA/Canada from TeleAtlas
* GPS: High-sensitivity GPS chipset
* Battery: rechargeable internal 3 hour Li-Ion battery

Display

Display Type: LCD
Display Size: 4.3 in
Display Color Support: Color
Display Resolution: 480 x 272

Power
Average Battery Life: 5 hour(s)
Battery Technology: Lithium ion
Battery Enclosure Type: Internal

The TomTom One 130S is a reasonably priced entry-level GPS with a solid set of features and ease of use. Unfortunately, the system’s barely audible voice directions ruin the experience.

The TomTom One 130S offers text-to-speech directions and ease of use. The portable navigation system also has a compact and simple design.

The TomTom One 130 and TomTom One 130S mark a new beginning for the company’s line of basic GPS. You still get TomTom’s hallmark ease of use and community features, but the portable navigation systems now boast more compact designs as well as a new vehicle mount that can be easily and neatly stowed away with the device.

The One 130S (the subject of this review), also includes text-to-speech functionality, which is nice to see in an entry-level device, and it’s reasonably priced at $249.95. However, during our road tests, we discovered that the speaker volume on the One 130S is incredibly low and we could barely hear the voice prompts. And if you can’t hear the directions, what’s the point of the GPS? It’s truly unfortunate since the TomTom One 130S is an otherwise solid navigation system for first-time buyers.

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Posted on May 21st, 2008 by admin
Filed under: GPS Device