Great features do not have to require a huge investment. Take TomTom Go 520, for instance. It’s loaded with all the essential travel tools, but it comes at a price you can very well afford.

View preloaded maps of your region on the 4.3” wide color touch screen. You can be assured that these maps are accurate and updated as TomTom comes with the latest map guarantee. Also, it makes use of map share technology, which allows users to make corrections to the maps and share them with other TomTom users.

Detailed POIs are preloaded in TomTom Go 520. By selecting a particular POI, you’ll get to view relevant information just like the POI’s address and contact information.

You’ll be amazed to know, too, that this TomTom talks – literally! It gives you voice directions of where you are supposed to make a turn, and voice alerts of upcoming POIs or incoming messages. It even tells you the names of the street you are passing by. All these mean that you can concentrate on your driving and let your gadget do the rest.

What’s more, TomTom GO 520 has the ability to provide you updated traffic information. You have a couple of options for this; one is via the TomTom RDS-TMC traffic receiver (included in the gadget), and the other is through subscription to TomTom Traffic.

There’s also the Help Me emergency menu, where you can find several locator icons to help you find your way back. Here you can see links to phone numbers of police stations, and routes to the nearest hospitals and other landmarks.

TomTom Go 520 has a very friendly user-interface. It can be customized to suit your preferences. Since it is sleek and slim, you can conveniently take it with you on your road trips. Lest be forgotten, TomTom Go 520 has a built-in FM transmitter, too, so you will never feel bored even if you are going all by yourself.