M0nit0r

Wanted to know what this community thinks when it comes to the above 2 models of GPS units.

To give you a background of my purchase history, I had a Garmin 255w and I returned it for a GO630. Now I am thinking about going back but getting the 265WT which has the bluetooth feature.

Now for the pros and cons that I have noticed in both:

TomTom:
-Excellent build quality of enclosure and looks fancy
-Screen quality is much better
-I like the smooth touchscreen
-I love customizing the startup screen, creating my own vehicle icon
-I know the processor is much faster than the Garmin
-Hate the computer voice (text-to-speech) quality on the TomTom (It can't say a street name cleary)
-Hate the speaker on it (always crackling when voice is heavy/deep, even at 50% volume)

Garmin:
-Enclousure looks a bit flimsy but it does the job
-Sceen quality is not very good (Example: When you take a phone camera and look at the screen, there are lines going up and down, which is not visible to our eyes. But with TomTom, the screen is crisp clear)
-I love the POI lookup system we could just search with the business name instead of knowing the address. And if you have you have a bluetooth phone hooked up to it, you can call them directly.
-Speaker is decent
-The computer voice (text-to-speech) is excellent at reading street names clearly
-What I noticed with the Garmin is that the update speed is slow when you select high detailed map and I wish they made a faster processor to support that. TomTom does not have this feature.

The price is within affordable range therefore I would like to hear what you guys think.