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| TomTom ONE 3rd Edition 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator | 
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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $199.95
Buy New: $144.99
You Save: $54.96 (27%)
New (9) Used (5) from $123.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  581 reviews
Sales Rank: 38
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 1 x 3.2
MPN: One 3rd Edition
Model: One 3rd Edition
UPC: 636926017428
EAN: 0636926017428
ASIN: B000U9WVW6
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
TomTom ONE 3rd Edition July 25, 2008
I have only used it a couple time, it seems to work good. One time I put the wrong road in, it sent me there, but I was wrong. So fat, so good.
Very much worth the price. July 24, 2008
This GPS is very much worth the price. It is probably the best GPS available for under $175 and I am VERY satisfied with the product after using it for about three months now.
Why only four stars? Because this GPS does NOT read street names out loud. This means that instead of saying: "Turn left at Elm Street in 200 yards," it will say: "Turn left in 200 yards." Most GPS systems that read street names out loud cost over $200. TomTom does make GPS systems that can read street names out loud but they cost significantly more than this one. While this particular model does NOT read street names out loud, you can look at the screen to see the street name. While spoken street names certainly makes navigation easier, I have not found the lack of this feature to be too much of a problem (and I have been navigating completely new territory having just moved to a new state.).
Other than the lack of spoken street names, I have nothing but praise for this device. It works great. The user interface is an extremely easy and intuitive touch screen menu. You can save favorite destinations, it automatically saves recent destinations, it calculates routes quickly, and you can change the voice. There are several cool voices available including a hilarious Austin Powers voice.
All in all, I would highly recommend this GPS model because you simply won't find a better one for the price (believe me, I looked). If you absolutely need spoken street names, then this is not the model for you and unfortunately, you'll have to spend a bit more money.
 Stay FAR FAR AWAY from this July 23, 2008
TomTom ONE 3rd Edition 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator
I've had a TomTom ONE 2nd Edition for a bit over a year. Have used it extensively on the West Coast and a bit in Florida and New England. It has recent but not the very latest maps.
In short, it's a disaster. I've used it to navigate to popular tourist destinations in Florida (the Everglades) and Oregon and to many other destinations. The only reliable navigation I get is going to a built-in POI. When I enter addresses (for buildings that have been in their location for 15-100 years), TomTom misses by 0.1 mile to as much as 2.6 miles! Once it sent me ("fastest route") over rough gravel forest roads, ultimately ending in a closed road that forced me to retrace my track for 10 miles.
The routing engine seems to have problems as well. It will go out of its way (that's my gas and time) to avoid some left turns. It also doesn't consistently know when [old] center dividers prevent turns (wasting more of my gas and time). Also, the unit is off by a factor of 1.5-2x when estimating trip times greater than 15-30 minutes. It's as though the unit assumes you always travel at exactly 30mph, even on interstate highways and freeways. Miserable for planning trips.
TomTom support offered a solution: Take a chance and buy some new maps...
Best way I've found to navigate with TomTom ONE: Go to Google Maps and get a map, then use TomTom to get you close and finish up with your handy Google map. Once you're at the destination, you can create a Favorite by marking your current location, and TomTom will navigate there reliably from then on.
On the good side, I like its graphics and the fact that I can create my own POI categories. This is something important that I wish Garmin offered in their Nuvi. Also, satellite acquisition is very fast and route recalculations are acceptably fast.
My TomTom also requires hard reset every several times it's used. TomTom's support had a good solution for me: buy a new TomTom.
I'm sort of taking their advice: am buying a new unit, but it's going to be a Nuvi... I'd recommend the same for anyone considering a TomTom ONE.
Highly configurable GPS July 23, 2008
If you're a bit of a computer geek, you can do a lot of easy customizations to the pictures, voices, and distinations. The screen is also comfortable to view. The one minor problem with this unit is that it can take a couple of minutes to achieve a satellite signal, which is rather annoying, otherwise everything works well.
Good overall July 21, 2008
PRO's
- If you are travelling in new territory, or need to plot your way around town for yard sales on saturday morning, this device can be useful! I loved it for driving around Toronto, Chicago etc.
- It is a nice size, the voice is loud enough, and it finds satilites and routes quickly.
CON's
- The rural Canadian maps are pathetic! 25% of the time the arrow representing my car is in some forest or field, and the unit is trying to figure out how to get me back on the rural Hwy that I am already on.
- TomTom need to improve the software for sharing map updates. There should be a mode where I (and others) record where we drive so they can fix the coordinates on maps.
- I should also be able to add a street by pressing a button and driving down it! I would love to hand my TomTom to a friend so they can use it to find our cottage, but since the road does not exist, I am out of luck.
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