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| TomTom GO 920 Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator | 
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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $449.95
Buy New: $301.00
You Save: $148.95 (33%)
New (22) Used (1) Refurbished (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  91 reviews
Sales Rank: 211
Color: black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 4.6 x 0.9 x 3.3
nv:Type: Receiver
Display: LCD
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Life: 5 hours
Special Features: Bluetooth
Special Features: FM Modulator
Special Features: RDS-TMC traffic compatible
Special Features: 4GB internal flash memory
Special Features: Integrated Microphones And Speaker
MPN: 1M00.980
Model: 1M00.980
UPC: 636926018319
EAN: 0636926018319
ASIN: B000VLHN9E
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BEST DEAL - FREE STUFF - BRAND NEW: FACTORY SEALED, ALL IN ONE - 4.3" 16:9 wide touchscreen, 400Mhz CPU GPS, USA/CANADA, EUROPE maps, MP3 Player, FM transmitter, BLUETOOTH for handsfree cell phone operation, 4GB INTERNAL MEMORY, SD or MMC slot (play music, additional maps), Voice-prompted address input,, Spoken instruction including street names, Traffic ready compatible, REMOTE, TOMTOM Mapshare via TOMTOM Home Software, Charging dock and computer connector, Car charger, Windshield mount, Adhesive mounting disk, Emergency "Help me" menu, Documentation, FREE Super fast Transcend 150x 2GB SD card ($34.99 value) for music you can play over the radio. FREE gift wrapping. FREE 1-month tech support over email. I believe also included is FREE traffic subscription till MAY 08. OPTIONAL service - daily fuel prices. GREAT REVIEWS!!!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great GPS January 6, 2008
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
The 920 it great, up and running within five minutes out of the box. There are many option and they are easy to use. Ifyou get off the designated route it quickly recalulates a new route. I would highly recommend this unit
 Tomtom Customer Support..appalling!! January 5, 2008
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Was on hold for over 2 hours waiting for customer support...but no luck. Tomtom after sales service is quite appalling. I need to download HK and Singapore maps via TomTom Home and it just will not accept my credit card. Have checked with my bank who tell me there is no problem with the card and have made purchases all week, but for whatever reason Tomtom does not accept it. And if you try calling Tomtom customer service, you are left on a never ending hold. Arghhh!!
If you demand the best ! December 31, 2007
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
High quality, very attractive unit. Well made of quality materials. Looks right at home in my car. Very luxurious European looking GPS. TomTom is based in Europe in the Netherlands and the European quality shows.
Very user friendly and easy to use.
Excellent maps of the entire USA, Canada, Guam, Europe. The first time I hooked mine up it automatically downloaded and updated the maps to the latest version over my broadband Internet connection. The detail is very nice with building footprints ( in major metro areas, including here in Albuquerque ) and color shading. Routing accuracy and speed has been very good.
The MapShare feature is really cool. No other GPS manufacturer has it. Sorry you Garmin owners ! You can send and receive map & POI updates with other TomTom users over the Internet and keep your unit very current using the free TomTom Home software. You can build and maintain POI's right on the TomTom too or create on your PC and copy over to your TomTom. Thousands of POI's can be downloaded for free from TomTom user forums on the Net and copied over to your TomTom.
This unit has 4GB of internal memory and I put in my 8GB SD card giving me 12GB of memory for maps, music, and photos.
Windshield mount is simple and holds on well if you slightly moisten the suction cup first. Mine has been on for weeks now. The desktop cradle is well made and looks nice on my desk.
I am looking forward to taking it with me on our annual road-trip in Europe this spring.
I contacted TomTom tech support a couple of times with questions and their help was great. There is also the excellent TomTom user forums out there on the Net.
I highly recommend it.
mixed opinion on this one December 27, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was using a nuvi 660 and decided to try the tom tom 920. This is what I have found.
(1) The driving instructions are not as clear with the Tom Tom 920. The tom tom doesn't always voice prompt how many feet or the street name so I find myself having to look at the screen to figure out what to do. The nuvi always has a prompt such as turn left on in so it is always easy to know what to do
(2) The tom tom is much harder to use than the nuvi, but I believe it does have more options so maybe that is why (although I just may not have tried to find them all on the nuvi). You can just startup the Nuvi and pretty much figure it out (my mid 70's aged parents did anyway), but I had to play around with the Nuvi to get started (I work in the computer industry so I'm usually pretty good at figuring things out)
(3) Although the Tom Tom advertises that you can pick from several voices, the only one that will voice prompt the street names is the computer generated female voice. It took alittle bit of effort for me to figure out why I wasn't getting those street names.
(4) I took my Tom Tom to NY with me and it "blank" screened on me when I turned my car off. I couldn't get it to go back on until my daughter thought of pushing the reset button. That worked, but most people probably would have just thought it was broken.
(5) The Tom Tom seems to route me through town whereas the Nuvi seems to get me on freeways. I have the tom tom set to default to "fastest" route and there are not tollroads here so I'm not sure why it takes me through streets with lots of lights before finally putting me on the freeway.
(6) The Tom Tom seems to have more POIs which is very helpful
(7) The Tom Tom works with the bluetooth on my cell phone (a Moto Razr) better then the Nuvi (the Nuvi worked, but I was always losing my connection)
(8) The Nuvi display seems to be better. I never had trouble seeing anything with the Nuvi during any lighting conditions, but did have trouble with the Tom Tom when the sun was shining into my car from the back (so was hitting the gps unit).
I think that I'm going to send the Tom Tom 920 back and get one of the 700 series Nuvi instead. I find the Tom Tom somewhat frustrating in the way it provides directions and I think that is probably the most important thing (although I do think that the better selection of POIs with the Tom Tom would be very helpful)
TomTom 920 Go: a GPS with European, USA and Canada maps December 24, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Let's back to the primary question: why should i buy the TomTom 920 Go GPS? Personally i do not really care about the MP3 player, the bluetooth features and all the fancy features all current GPS provides (if i want such features, i buy specific devices which provide an high quality for a given features, e.g., a real MP3 player). So i bought the device for one major features: THE MAPS! With the TomTom 920, if you travel in Europe, in the US or in Canada like i do, no need to buy extra maps, everything is included. And i check the accuracy of US, Canada and French maps, this is pretty good.
After that, i also had the opportunity to check few other features:
- Connection with the cell phone via bluetooth: it works just fine with my cell phone.
- MP3 player: works just fine too, the integrated speakers are not that good but who is expecting something else in a so small device? Moreover you can plug the device to your car music system if you have an input for MP3 player.
- Voice recognition to enter your destination: kind of useless, the input typing directly the address is so efficient that i do not see the interest of such a feature. Moreover, i do not enter addresses while driving (too dangerous), i always plan my trips in advance so it is not a problem to type addresses.
- capability to personalize the voice that gives you the directions: kind of fun. :-)
Therefore at the end, if you are looking for a GPS device with a maximum of maps (i.e., a real GPS device), this choice is i think the best choice currently available. Other features are fun but not that useful. If you do not need those maps, buy a cheaper device that will work as fine as this one.
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