http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/ Engadget Comments for TomTom Ease splashing down later this year for not much coinage (hands-on) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Jan 7th 2010 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/
I'm not even going to hope for Dvorak :P]]>Jan 7th 2010 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Because after 2010 they will be switching to bankruptcy.]]>Jan 7th 2010 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Donald Melanson says: This TomTom device should also have the option to use both QWERTY or ABCDEF, my old TomTom Navigator on my WinMo phone had that option.

Also, remember that a lot of people feel at ease with ABCDEF, as they know that's coming before and after each key.]]>Jan 7th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/
I still don't even know why they're bothering with a low-end GPS, with the QVGA resolution, when existing smartphones can easily do that job (some with much bigger screens). Can't see where the market is for the Ease?
]]>Jan 7th 2010 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Jan 7th 2010 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Because iPhones are about $900 and these are about $180?]]>Jan 7th 2010 5:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/
Personally I think that low cost GPS units are the way forward. I cannot understand why you'd pay £200+ for something which tells you how to get from A to B. It's a hell of a lot of money.]]>Jan 7th 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/because not every moron wants to waste the already crappy battery life of their smartphone even more when they are already in their car driving somewhere.
I like TomTom a lot and have TomTom 7 running on my Windows Mobile Treo Pro and it comes in handy when I'm using someone else's car but ultimately a dedicated PND like this is much preferred when I'm in my personal ride. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Jan 7th 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/I guess I'm one of the luck few that have a charging cable for my phone in my car. Lucky me. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/I think the way forward is that every car comes with a GPS standard just as they do with car radios, CD players, and air conditioning nowadays.
]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Maybe because the keyboard would would only fit 8 keys in a row and due to the size of the screen vs the minimum size of usable virtual key.

You really want a keyboardQWERTY like this?
QWERTYI
ASDFGHJK
ZXCVBNMO
PL[space]]]>Mar 20th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/-This message was brought to you from 12 years ago.
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I shat brix when I saw that UI, along with the abundance of gradients. It's almost as modern and creative as the iPhone OS'!]]>Jan 7th 2010 3:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/
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That was voice to text of him really getting into an egg McMuffin]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Jan 7th 2010 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/yep they have that in UK]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/
They must of delays the US release to to have something to show off at CES]]>Jan 8th 2010 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/
They must have delayed the US release just to have something to show off at CES]]>Jan 8th 2010 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Jan 7th 2010 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/I personally haven't felt the urge to write essays on my TomTom... sure a qwerty would be nice, but it's no big deal for entering postal and zip codes.]]>Jan 7th 2010 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/]]>Jan 7th 2010 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/
Open mouth, insert foot.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/It does have a qwerty. You get the choice of ABC or QWERTY keyboard on these units in the settings. ABC is default cause on the small screen the QWERTY is rather small n squashed, where as the ABC layout make better use of the limited screen size.

But yes QWERTY is much easier to work with.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/
Frankly, the TomTom was worth what I paid, but my wife's fairly ancient Magellan 2200T has a much better interface, better screen, and more features. If only the still made maps for it, because the 2007 or 08 set that is on it is miserably out of date. There, the regular updates from TomTom are a bonus.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Jan 7th 2010 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/tomtom-ease-splashing-down-later-this-year-for-not-much-coinage/Jan 9th 2010 5:19AM