TomTom ONE Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator
by TomTom
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Customer Review: My first GPS and I love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
Used it for one day so far around OKC and it works really well! Contrary to other reviews* This unit has NO SMART CARD in the slot or in the box. The SW is on it's internal memory. Right out of the box it works and needs no authorization or codes. Simple set up for US/CAN Mi/Km stuff like that.
From power on until it's ready takes about 20 seconds or so and gets full sig strength. Inputing address is easy also.
Like others have said, It may try and route you thru a busy intersection. If you know a better route and take it, TomTom quickly recalculates your route and continues to guide you in your new direction. I purposely missed my street and TT wanted me to make the next right, Then after some tracks it wanted me to make a u turn. But from where i was.. A U turn made perfect sense.
*FYI, You need to go into the menu/Pref's and select "Speed" if you want it to display your speed. Kinda important to me since the Speedometer doesn't work in the Blazer. It also has about 8 voices you can choose from.
I'm really pleased with this GPS and i'd buy it all over again knowing what i do after using it today. Especially since the price has come down so much on it :)
It comes with a car adapter and a USB plug for the computer and a suction cup mount and a CD Rom. All are pretty good quality and are NOT cheesy at all.. You'll like it if all you want is a good GPS to get you where you want to go.
*The unit is called Version 4 for those that are keeping track.
*APP. 6.560
*OS.1713
*Map Version V665.1293
Customer Review: Great unit, slight need for improvement
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all, this is a positive review!!!
Recently purchased the ONE from Tom Tom and find this unit to be VERY nice for the price. It is small, compact with a TON of features! A lot has been made of the Tom Tom "routing engine" in comparisons to Garmin and Magellan, consequently people are stating that the ONE routing engine is week in this area also attributed to the maps used by Tom Tom.
Tom Tom uses Tele Atlas maps while Garmin and Magellan use Navteq maps!!
I have been fortunate to be able to run side by side testing with all three brands. Most recently the Magellan 3140 with brand new 2007 Navteq maps...
Consistently the Tom Tom out "routed" the Magellan as well as "rerouted" faster and better when purposely deviating from planned routes. Furthermore, if the Tom Tom is using inferior mapping how does it consistently find and route to locations that the other unit cannot? Food For thought!!
Pros:
-Easy to use
-Feature rich
-VERY efficient routing engine
-reroutes are fast and accurate
-detailed "main screen" showing map, speed, time to dest, distance to next instruction, signal strength, etc...
Cons:
-Shorter than acceptable battery life (C'mon Tom Tom, 2 hours???)
-Bluetooth claims are misleading if not bogus
-no ac charger
-no case
I would love to give this unit 5 stars and I realize the "Cons" are not too bad, but they should provide an AC charger and case!!!
Customer Review: Very buggy software -Californians Beware!
Summary: 1 Stars
We bought this device about a year ago in North Carolina where it had a so-so performance. We started to notice some software problems, but nothing too severe at the time. Then, later that year, we moved to the Bay area and that's when the device really started failing.
Apparently TomTom thought a solid software design involves rebooting the device when it loses GPS. As soon as we hit an overpass, the device goes blank and it takes an exotic combination of pressing the start button, removing the power cable and re-inserting the memory card a couple of times to get it to work again.... until the next overpass. The couple of times it does manage to reboot by itself, it quietly reverts back to a random previously entered destination, causing us to suddenly get detoured and ending up driving in the completely wrong direction.
We have updated the software multiple times, but it does not seem to make a difference. Somehow it works better in Arizona and North Carolina, but performance in California is abysmal.
The maps are ok, if a bit outdated. The directions can be outright confusing, but once you understand what the voice *really* means and you start to selectively ignore what she says, you can get to your destination fairly easily.
I have read the stories about the terrible customer service, so we're not even going to bother trying to get our $200 back or getting the device repaired. We're switching to Garmin soon and this one will end up in the trash where it belongs.
Customer Review: TomTom One Affordable and very usable!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Tom Tom One has been exactly what I had figured it would be and that is very operational and helpful, especially for the price I received my Tom Tom One.
It fit right into my car (Yukon) nicely and is not a hazard or distraction and has a daytime and night time lighting that is beneficial. The Tom Tom is loud at the highest setting and easy to follow.
I am still learning all of the options and learning the options is easy. The unit was easy to start out of the box and the instructions are easy to follow.
I am still learneing how to keep it zoomed out to the level that I want it at while driving, but that is the only thing I have not been able to manipulate easy, but I am sure I will get it soon.
I would recommend the Tom Tom One to anyone who is looking for a basic navigational system. Its small but the screen is easy to see while driving and the voice over allows you to never look at the unit while in traffic but still prepares you for upcoming turns and merges, etc...
The Tom Tom one is portable and can be taken from the car and placed in your front pocket of any average collered shirt. It says it has 2-3 hours of life once taken from the charger, but I have found my unit has more life than that, so in case you need to take a boat ride on the lake, you can take it with you and navigate your general areas on the lake in a boat as well.
I like my Tom Tom one and am very pleased at the price I had to pay to get it as well.
Customer Review: TomTom One experience
Summary: 5 Stars
Considering my first GPS and not wanting to spend excessively, I store-tested the Garmin Nuvi 200, Mio C220 and Tomtom One. All nice but the Nuvi 200 cannot set up an itenerary as it will store only one waypoint. The Mio C220 has a terrible audio system, needing to be adjusted both in the hardware and software and still the volume (with the 2 tested) is almost inaudible in the store. In a vehicle? In the store, neither the clerk nor I could get the Mio to do a route simulation in anything but plodding real time speed. Tomtom One can easily be set to run the sim up to 500%. It is far superior on these points. Not having text to speech is not proving to be a negative at all. When the voice says "turn..." I turn. I will be right at the turning point and don't need the street name spoken. The two-hour Tomtom One battery life is no problem. I charge off the Mac keyboard and recharge with the DC cord in the car while driving . I found noboddy's maps are ever completely up to date so don't throw away your Thomas Guide. When my Tomtom One couldn't locate a new street, I located the proposed route in the Thomas Guide, navigated to a nearby existing intersection and eye-balled from there. Tomtom One gtabs 4-7 satellites quickly and holds them. It displays moving Lattitude and Longitude, compass, shows turns in advance, tells me which lane to drive in, etc. I can't use the windshield mount in CA but don't need it. I just set the GPS on the seat or in my shirt pocket and listen to Mandy.