Some may see its lack of hard drive as a step backwards, but it’s more of a positive move by TomTom to get back to what they do best and that’s navigation, rather than gimmicky multimedia functions.

In the Box

Inside the box you get a Windscreen mount, RDS TMC Traffic Receiver, Desk dock - Comes with docking and USB cable, Car Charger, Bluetooth remote control, CD-Rom, Quick Start Guide, Accessory/PLUS leaflet and TomTom Safe Driving leaflet.

Design

One of the advantages of having no hard drive is the saving in weight, this time the device weighs a more manageable 220g, which is still on the heavier side and is a touch bulkier than say the Garmin, but it’s build quality is excellent. It features a rubberised coating to ensure extra durability and easy to access ports at the base for adding 3.5mm headphones, the TMC Receiver connector and a miniUSB port for securing to the supplied USB docking station.

The 4.3” widescreen display has been upped to a higher 480 x 272 resolution which does ensure the icons and text are crisper.

Its car cradle is still tiny but manages to hold the device to the windscreen without any problems, we are not sure if this will occur on everyone’s windscreen but we did notice that the mount did not leave any marks after it was removed. Now this may not sound like an amazing feat but with car crime on the up - with SatNavs the number one target - the tell tale signs of the cradle mark are a sure giveaway that you have a device possibly concealed in the car, so there is a real benefit of having the above design feature.

The supplied Bluetooth Remote control is also built extremely well and the buttons are easy to press, with navigation around the interface being accessible without having to reach for the touch screen.

On the subject of the screen for those who are not familiar with the TomTom devices they offer large icons that can easily be pressed with your fingers and quick access to your destinations can be gleamed at a touch of a button.

Features

To start with we will take a look at the destination input screen. As well as the Qwerty keyboard option for typing in post codes, street names or cities, you can also take advantage of the impressive voice recognition software by speaking your destinations instead, with the option for the TomTom to read back the results.

Even from a driving position it seemed to pick up 9 out of the 10 destinations we requested, now unless we have the perfect voice this shows the technology is moving in the right direction.

Text-to-speech also seems to be evident throughout the interface to, with the device being able to read back Tips, Weather Forecasts, Traffic problems, Safety camera alerts and of course road names.

As you may be aware the TomTom comes with a selection of Plus services, with the likes of the Safety camera updates, additional maps and voices costing a small or yearly fee. There are a few free services, such as the weather forecasts, Buddy system – which allows you to find other TomTom users – and a standard Safety camera database.

In order to utilise the service you will either need to plug in your TomTom to your PC via the excellent TomTom Home software, which can also back/restore your device and gain vital updates or you will need to partner with a compatible Bluetooth Phone(data charges apply) – which also provides handsfree functionality, send and read messages.

The automatic Bluetooth setup will take a while to complete and it does not support the newer HTC models at this time, so if your device fails to connect you will have to setup your connection details manually.

Another interesting feature of the G0920T lies with its Map correction software, which allows you to make adjustments to the supplied maps (Western/Eastern European, North America, UK + Ireland) and gain fixes made by other TomTom users.

You won’t need to subscribe to the Traffic reports service because the Go920T comes with a dedicated TMC/FM RDS receiver - which we will talk about in the driving tests section.