Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Motorola MOTONAV TN20 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech


Anti-glare 3.5-inch touchscreen

Hear spoken street names and turn-by-turn directions

Over one million searchable points of interests, including restaurants, gas stations, banks and more

Lane guidance shows you which lane to use

One-year limited warranty



This review is from: Motorola MOTONAV TN20 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-SpeechIt has some pretty decent features for Motorola's entry into the GPS realm dominated by others, Motorola was a little slow dipping it's feet into the GPS market, but the unit somewhat surprised me. Personally, I prefer the smaller 3.5" screens (BUT, only if it has decent 'text to speech' which this unit does have) as I mount it on my windshield and the less windshield real estate used, the better, if this unit or any GPS unit didn't have Text to speech, then obviously the larger 4.3" and larger units are a better choice. Picked it up on sale @ $99 then put it to the idiot test to see what it could do.Opened the box, plugged it in and put the manual aside, after all, one cannot do an idiot test if you read the manual. Pressed the on button, setup was very intuitive and simple, then entering in the destination and it got me there no problem, acquiring the satellite was quicker than I was told it would be by the salesman.(But then again, some Radioshack reps may not be the brightest light bulbs out there) The text to speech was pleasant and not annoying on the initial testing. I tried to throw it a curve-ball with a tricky destination, but it got me there 1-2-3 The auto day/night was decent as well. After the idiot test I read the instructions to read about all the features that weren't obvious. The only negative in my humble opinion is that the GPS's plastic bezel, which could be smaller, and the battery life could be better when not using a power cord connected to your auto's 12-volt lighter plug in, but then again Motorola is new to the GPS game, and I'm sure down the road they will make some design changes to improve their products, but for 99 clams, I'd recommend this to a friend....

This review is from: Motorola MOTONAV TN20 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-SpeechThere is nothing wrong with the Motorola GPS. Its very light weight, small with a 3.5" x 2" screen. It has plenty of features like search catagories (fuel, hotel, shopping and so on), enter names of businesses to search, favorite places with catagories and of course enter an address.First I'll start with the good stuff:You can navigate your way by the shortest time or shortest route. You can even create detours. That is a nice feature. You can select what to avoid like ferries, gated communities, toll roads and highways.The signal is comperable to many other GPS devices. It gets a signal after being outside 3-5 minutes, but can't get a signal in downtown Chicago due to the buildings.And now the bad stuff. The voice is very robotic compared to others.This is my 4th GPS, and quite honestly I like the others. The Motorola is just lacking. You can search for businesses, but it rarely finds the one you are looking for. Searching "Best Buy" will never show the popular business, even when standing outside of a Best Buy that has been there 15 years. However, it will find "Best Buy Chinese Restaurant" 29 miles away.Another major issue is the fact that it sometimes when entering a direct address, it will tell you there are no address numbers at all on that road and it will point you to the halfway point of the road. Huh? Even a street with dozens of houses on it, the GPS will tell you that there are no addresses and tell you to set it to the halfway of the street.Searching for shopping in general is a chore, because there are no catagories or filters. Everything appears as one long list.This GPS cannot find anything. I've tried, it is a little frustrating. Its like you need to be at the location and mark it as a favorite in order to find it again. Not always, but a lot of the time.I don't like it. There is nothing wrong with it, but I just feel there are better GPS devices out there....

This review is from: Motorola MOTONAV TN20 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-SpeechAside from having bluetooth capability, real-time traffic (delayed) and larger screen this unit has more features than a Garmin unit I purchased on Amazon in 2008 for $300! The smaller screen size doesn't impact the usefulness as most safe GPS users listen to the spoken directions rather than watching the LCD screen!Amazon's posted dimensions are in error; these were copied from an official Motorola PDF datasheet: 3.7 x 3.2 x 0.7 inches for those interested in purchasing a carrying case.This unit also comes with pedestrian mode. Since it's not water-resistant it might be wise to carry a Ziploc bag along in case it rains!...




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