 "Tom Tom Go 720" | 2008-08-26 |
| - Reviewed By R75WH-40 |
| Love it!
After a long search of similar units, decided on Tom Tom.
Honestly i am extremely glad I did. I travel extensively in Europe(Central), Canada and the US West Cost, my current domicile.
The software, like any other, needs some time to get used to and to understand the underlying thinking; i.e. in Europe the shortest distance at times includes Cow trails, which does present a problem, when you are in a sportscar. So I won't select that option there.
It's great for hiking in towns (San Francisco for instance) once you changed the setting accordingly.
The telephone support center is all over the map, some employees are exemplary, while others won't give you the time of day.
J.D. Powers' rating is NOT a yard stick all the time. It's the luck of the draw, don't give up! Some employees are without peers.
Overall though, you can't go wrong if you travel both on foot and car aas well as in Europe and Canada.
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 "Didn't live up to expectations" | 2009-11-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A37AD155FG9I0S |
My biggest complaint is battery life. I've had the unit for only a few months, and it seems the battery has fizzled - from fully charged to dead has deteriorated to about fifteen minutes - that's with sound turned off and screen brightness turned way down. The first unit I received (and returned for an exchange) wouldn't hold a charge overnight. This one barely will. So I have to live with the dangling cord and connecting/unconnecting every time I park in an area where I have to worry about it being stolen, which is about everywhere in Baltimore.
My next complaint is that the thing has a mind of its own. Sometimes I power down with sound muted and it's still muted when I turn it back on. Other times I power it up and it starts blabbing at me. Sometimes it beeps at me for speeding when the sound is muted, sometimes it doesn't. The switch between night and day colors is unpredictable and annoying, with night colors persisting from the night before for up to fifteen minutes before switching to a new dawn.
Next, the menu system isn't well thought out. To cancel navigation you have to go to page three (and if you don't cancel, you have to endure the unit constantly updating the route to a position you're not going to). To add your present location as a favorite, you have to go to page five.
Also poor is the computer interface. The Home program is enormous, it starts at boot-up even though you didn't ask it to (and you weren't offered the option), if you exit Home and later connect your device, when it attempts to connect it wants to INSTALL Home rather than simply start it, every connection with the computer risks wiping out anything user-entered on the device (better not forget to backup!). When I updated my map it wiped out my favorites.
Adding points of interest is a pain - you go through a list, choose what you want to add, and then it dumps you at the start of the process, with no easy way to find where you left off. Points of interest are added by any user, but many of them are redundant and there's no way to know what's what (except that some have stars and some don't), many don't even tell you what country they're for, and if you load U.S. points of interest you get things from other countries as well. On the "manage my device" screen, which shows where files are stored on your computer, you can't highlight and copy file paths so as to navigate to them easily in explorer.
Note that if you're willing to live without purchasing updates for a while because you don't need every single one in your day-to-day life, be prepared to pay for them anyway - when you DO decide to update, you'll have to pay for all the ones you skipped (though apparently sometimes they'll offer a slight discount if you need four quarters or more).
Customer support is poor. Two of my three calls to customer support connected me to people who did not understand words such as "reinstall" and "default," and who could not understand that I could run out of space on a particular hard drive.
The best thing I can say about the navigation is that I've seen parts of town that I never knew existed. The routes may be good according the the algorithm, but not in real life. It will tell you to make a u-turn when it would make more sense to go around the block. It will send you by different routes between the same two points, seemingly at random - or does it somehow channel Elvis to know which route is better on a given day (I don't have traffic services)?
I wish I had gone with a Garmin. |
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| "tomtom 720 go makes it easy to go" | 2009-10-31 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3067QXXGOCGO2 |
| the tomtom 720 go is easy to use for a beginner the mounting went quick and the tomtom home helps a lot i bought it from amazon and my son was so impressed he also bought one and sold his sony gps |
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 "Easy to use and works greate" | 2009-10-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3FXH8ERXWTNYH |
Works well. Gets the job done. Great price at Amazon.
Cons: Does not come with a good mounting fixture. Have to buy seperately. |
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 "NIce Little Gadget, but rsearch first" | 2009-10-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: ACNN8HUI1WHTL |
| I really do like all the features that this gizmo has to offer, but i wish i would have done a bit more research. I have a top of the line ATT LG Encite phone... and guess what... yep many features are just not compatible. One major example is "Text To Talk". It also seems to link only when it really feels like it. Another issue is the built in mp3 player. Once again it only seems to play when it wants. I get a lot of audio error messages. Still a simple reset fixes all that. The biggest issue that I have is the fact that the battery really only lasts about 2 hours. Its to the point I just leave it plugged in. As for directions, clarity, and reliability for a GPS unit.. its right on. Nice easy touch screen (Can get a remote) with a big display and very clear picture. |
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| "Great Quality" | 2009-10-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1AVPX3K65ZQQ5 |
We had a Tom Tom 510 Go and was pleased with
with it but wanted to upgrade the maps at $55.00
we decided to add an additional $50. and purchase
a flat screen model.
A great choice, my husband loves the new Tom Tom |
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