Thread: TomTom through 220 GPS unit

TomTom's Via 220 GPS unit is an entry-step navigation machine. It deficiencies characteristics such as Bluetooth hands-free and voice control, which can be got on the somewhat more costly Via 180, but it nevertheless remains best value for money, and furnishes a user-friendly navigation experience.

The TomTom Via 220 has a common, but comparatively attractive plan. The plastic construct experiences sturdy and well constructed, and the display is recessed into the bezel securing it from scratches when placed in a glove box or other compartment in your car. Together the speaker and the power button are construct into the rear of the unit, and the speaker is loud and clear.

The TomTom Via 220 adds an incorporated mounting system. It permits the unit to tilt in multiple instruction, and the circular lock system creates it simple to quickly plug and get rid of from a windscreen. The Via 220 does not need excessive force to mount, and did not fall off our window throughout trying. It is definitely one of the excellent mounting systems we have seen on any movable GPS unit.


TomTom GPS units are good regarded for having an simple-to-utilize interface, so it is no surprise that the Via 220 extends a excellent user feel in this area. It borrows near to the similar appearance and feel from the last, high-end GO 1000 and GO 1050 units. Characteristics add rounded edges on selection boxes, the power to create your own customised "menu" on the map display, and an excellent on-screen keyboard to aid content entry. However, while the Via 220's 4.3in resistive touchscreen is big and clear, it often needs a forceful touch to function. This is most evident when utilizing the keyboard to enter an address.

Once you have chosen a destination, the TomTom Via 220 displays the quickest route available utilizing IQ Routes and permits you to change the route if necessary. Here you can avoid a roadblock, calculate an options route or travel through a waypoint. The IQ Routes technology utilized through TomTom is based on actual-life user information instead than the traditional maximum velocity method.

It decide a way through regarding entire possible routes and then choosing the one that supposedly assumes the least time, with the technology hoping to avoid chief roads where necessary. In our experience, the TomTom Via 220 even preferred to calculate routes utilizing main roads instead than backstreets that are often quicker, though this is an consequence that is occurred on each GPS unit we have tried.