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| TomTom GO 510 4-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
Buy Used: $109.99
New (6) Used (8) Refurbished (5) from $109.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  89 reviews
Sales Rank: 6315
Color: Black & Gray
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4
Includes MP3 Player: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 3 x 4 x 3
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MPN: 1V00.580
Model: 1V00.580
UPC: 636926013185
EAN: 0636926013185
ASIN: B000F007JY
Release Date: July 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Very Nice Device August 16, 2006
11 out of 18 found this review helpful
I've used other TomTom products in the past and have really enjoyed them. So, I was excited when they came out with the new x10 series. The 510 is a great option for those on a budget who want a high powered GPS device with loads of features. It's so easy to use and accurate that it's a great option for many people. I want to get my father one too b/c his sense of direction may be worse than mine...which is pretty hard to believe. Overall though, it's a great product that anyone looking into GPS will definitely enjoy and appreciate.
 Nearly OK, but... August 5, 2006
41 out of 42 found this review helpful
I have had my TomTom GO 510 for about 10 weeks now. What a fantastic system! Two weeks after I got it, I took a trip to a very distant large city that I had never been to. Not once during that trip did I have to look at a map! Every time I went somewhere, I just put in the destination address and the TomTom took me right there - without fail. When roads were blocked, it helped me find alternate routes. When I needed to find a place to eat, or a gas station, it found something very well for me. I have enormous praise for this system. Of course, I wasn't always sure that I was taking the most direct or desirable route, but the system sure got me to where I wanted to be. There are some features that haven't tried, such as PLUS services, weather, and traffic. They require cell phone services that cost extra that I'm not willing to pay for. That said, I am still very high on this system and I have numerous friends that have borrowed it or are waiting to.
Although I love this system, there are some real disappointments with it that I'll try to highlight. Maybe the most bizarre flaw with the system is that the time display is almost always wrong. Granted, it has to be able to get a valid satellite signal to synch the clock, but even when the system is getting valid locations, the clock seldom synchs. When it does synch, it's almost always to the wrong time zone. It's a GPS system for heaven's sake - how can it not know what time zone I'm in?
I have been in some very rural areas and the system always knows where I am once I'm there, even on the roughest, unpaved, remote roads. However, I've had a hard time finding my way to those remote locations. To navigate there, the system requires that you put in the city and state. However, for some locations, there is no city, and when I put in the closest city, it couldn't find the location I was looking for. Once I was there, it knew where I was.
In my travel, I wanted to go to Pike's Peak. It wasn't identified as a Point of Interest. Odd.
The display could be better. In bright sunlight, it could be difficult to see. A brighter display would help under those conditions, or maybe a hood or shade of some kind. Otherwise, the display brightness was just fine. It would be nice to have a larger display. Us baby-boomers' eyesight may not be what it was in the past and some of the lettering was quite small. We could well use a larger display and many have the buying power TomTom should consider.
The most irritating thing about the TomTom GO 510 was the mounting mechanism. There's a button on the front of the system that's supposed to release the system for engaging or disengaging the system from the windshield mount or the computer dock. However, the button seems to have little or no effect, and the system snaps onto both in a way that feels like you're forcing it and it's going to break easily. It's very unsettling.
The documentation for the system is lousy. There's very little detailed technical information about how to use it. The documentation for mounting the windshield mount and for attaching the system to the windshield mount is all pictures - not one word - and the pictures aren't intuitively obvious what they mean. There's no explanation of the colors on the display. Sometimes roads are red, sometimes white. Land features are different colors, with no explanation. I could find no information on how maps are updated, if at all. That's a big disappointment. There's no system registration process so we can be notified when updated maps are available.
Apparently, maps are contained on the SD card. The SD card easily pops in and out with just a touch. However, when installing or removing the system from the mounts, it's way too easy to accidentally touch the SD card and pop it out. It could be easily lost. Seems like there should be some kind of safety catch or door to prevent accidentally losing it.
Finally, the system didn't work well with my cell phone - a Motorola V710. My contacts wouldn't synch and text messages wouldn't work. However, TomTom does caution that all cell phones are not compatible.
Notwithstanding these flaws, I'm still very high on this system. I like that it can be easily moved from car to car. It generally works well and gets me where I want to be. I'm satisfied with that.
This thing work July 19, 2006
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
Contrary to the many reports that this thing does not work. This GPS does work and works very well. It has a nice 4 inch widescreen that displays the route in great detail. There are also many options, ones that could me turned off and ones that could be turned on.
The first time I turned it on it took about 2-3 minutes to acquire a signal, which felt like a year. However, subusuqent starts takes much shorter amount of time and the POI database works much better than the POI in the previous generation of TomTom.
One complaint though, the mount for the car is kind of weak, and the thing shakes and it seems like it's going to fall off anytime , and as a result, the power cable disconnects itself at random times.
Great feature bundle for the price, but a bit temperamental... July 17, 2006
58 out of 58 found this review helpful
I've had this unit for about a month now, took it from New England to CA and it performed perfectly. Bluetooth and IPod connectivity are great. The custom voices (from John Cleese to Mr T) are a hoot. The unit does crash sometimes (i.e. fails to turn on) but a quick reset is usually all that's needed. In the rare cases the unit has trouble locking onto a GPS signal, I'd recommend downloading the QuickGPSFix software through the Bluetooth wireless data link. That usually helps the 510 locate the GPS signal. The other thing to keep in mind too is that Tom Tom is a UK company, so tech support is a bit hard to reach and the services are somewhat Euro-centric. For example, they still don't have the real time traffic service for North America. Otherwise, this a a fine unit. I have heard of some quality control problems when this unit was first released, hopefully this has been resolved with the latest batch.
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