Looks like the new TomTom Go 920 T has all the right stuff:

• 4.3 inch, 480X272 display
• 4GB internal flash
• SD slot
• RDS-TMC traffic receiver
• FM transmitter
• Bluetooth
• Lithium-polymer battery with estimated 5 hour life

It’s a beauty. Too bad you’ll have to wait until the end of the year, and you can only guess at the pricing.

Sometimes, relating what a GPS is telling you to your actual surroundings can be a challenge, in spite of (or because of) the popular 3D view. Add some live video, however, and the GPS info becomes that much more meaningful. TomTom has something interesting going on here, and this patent filing is something to keep in mind as one ponders the future of GPS devices.

The same day TomTom announced their new GO 720, they also unveiled the new TomTom GO 520, which is the successor of the older GO 510. GO 520 will only be available in Europe offering only local maps – depending on where you buy it from.

Here are the features of the new GO 520:

- 4.3 widescreen 16:9 format LCD (WQVGA: 480*272 pixels)
- CPU 400 MHz, 64MB RAM
- 512MB, 1GB (TomTom GO 520) or 2GB internal flash memory (TomTom GO 720)
- SD card socket
- High sensitivity GPS receiver
- Compatible with RDS-TMC traffic information receiver
- Integrated FM transmitter
- Bluetooth
- Battery lithium-polymer (5 hours operation)
- Optimised integrated microphone and speaker for high quality hands-free functionality
- Dimensions: 118 mm x 83 mm x 24 mm
- Weight: 220 grams
- GO 520 will also make speech recognition available in certain European countries allowing the – users to speak the address they want to go to instead of trying to typing it in.

NOTE: The US version of TomTom 720 does not seem to offer speech recognition.