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| TomTom GO 720 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $449.95
Buy New: $319.95
You Save: $130.00 (29%)
New (7) Used (3) Refurbished (4) from $234.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  164 reviews
Sales Rank: 2125
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 3.2 x 0.9 x 4.7
MPN: 1M00.780
Model: 1M00.780
UPC: 636926017114
EAN: 0036926017112
ASIN: B000SATCUQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 So So December 31, 2007
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Tom Tom 720 maps are not very accurate compared to Mapquest or Google Maps. They do not take you directly to your destination. The FM transmitter is not very powerful. It is easier to MapQuest the maps.
A Very Satisfactory and Easy to Use GPS, BUT--- December 31, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The TomTom 720T does what it claims IF you have the right cell phone. (Had to change to Motorola from LG) The maps are updated frequently but it doesn't appear updates get around to my area often. There is a new final section of I-795 from Wilson, NC to Goldsboro, NC that the map still doesn't know exist althought the highway itself has been completed more than six months. Though I am complaining about this, I notice that MapQuest may be worse where accuracy is concerned. As for the mapshare feature, I have it set up on my cell phone, but I don't know how to correct a route yet. I can use the detour and all of the built-in corrections, but these do not solve the seemingly ridiculous problems. I gave my son a Nuvi and I believe it is worse than the TomTom with maps, but it is far superior to TomTom for finding dinning places, and other points of interest. I guess TomTom will get around to my needs "sometime, somewhere, someday" or I will have to "find a new way of living" Ginger is my mini dachshund's name!
oversold the number and quality of the POIs available free December 30, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Tomtom wants you to BUY most of the POIs that I expected to be included in the unit, walmart, bestbuy, many diners, resturants are not included in the box or available free from Tomtom
 TomTom is the best car navigation system December 28, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I received a Tomtom go 720 for Christmas and I have been very impressed. We were vacationing in Ruidoso New Mexico and I was surprised to find that even the un-named dirt roads in that area were on the built-in maps. These were "open" roads through public lands. No one can live out there, yet still the TomTom identified each intersection and told me which way to turn. Amazing...
I have used several GPS systems, both car and handheld types and the Tomtom is the drop dead easiest to use of any I have tried. Even though its simple to use, most things can be modified in the preferences. Want to use a "qwerty" keyboard instead of the default alphabetical one, no problem. Change the symbol of your car, sure. Color schemes, voices, left hand or right handed operation, start up screen, you name it, I think it can be changed. Even though its easy to make these changes, no changes are needed to use the unit.
The routing I have found to be superior to other GPS systems - this is especially true of the built-in units the high end cars sell for $2,000 or more (I have experience with the BMW, Lexus, and Caddy Navigation systems). Sometimes these units come up with some truly weird ways of getting somewhere. IMHO most navigation systems need some help with the routing, but the TomTom needed the least amount of help. Also with the Tomtom it is very easy to modify the route the system comes up with by specifying you want to travel "via" and type the city. TomTom also does require you to specify the exact address you're traveling to, you can easily pick the city center. This is something that the other systems need badly as they make entering the information so difficult in the first place that you only want to enter the bare minimum of information. The other units frequently force you to use the entire address, and then make it difficult to fix a mistake without starting over.
I have yet to use the iPod features of the TomTom, but If those work well, that's just free bonus feature.
The upshot here is that all GPS receivers are going to be similar in accuracy so it's just ease of use and completeness of the maps that make the difference. On both of these marks, the go 720 is way beyond the competition.
Perfect GPS December 28, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my son for Christmas. My husband has the TomTom 910 and we had such good luck with that one we felt comfortable buying another TomTom. The TomTom Go 720 is thinner than the 910. This seems to have a lot of the same functions. I like the portability of the unit and how many POI's it has. This unit is worth the money!
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