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| TomTom ONE Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator | 
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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $239.99
Buy New: $144.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  439 reviews
Sales Rank: 1744
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4 x 1 x 3
MPN: 1N00.181
Model: 1N00.181
UPC: 036926014838
EAN: 0636926014830
ASIN: B000H866BM
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Pretty Good October 7, 2006
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
I just took this unit on a 5000 mile road trip from Chicago to San Antonio, to Phoenix and back. The unit was worth the price, especially for finding routes off the interstate system.
The GPS was almost always very precise. Sometimes it would suddenly place me a couple hundred feet away and give me instructions for getting back to where I already was. The voice directions used the word "yards" when it should have said "feet". The POI database was often incorrect. It would tell me that I had reached my destination when it had actually put me in the middle of nowhere. Gas stations would turn out to be closed down and new ones wouldn't show up. In some areas, POIs are about a half mile off.
The PC software did not work with the device, so I could not set-up itineraries in advance of the trip. When I returned home, I saw that the program update was available, which included the fix. Now, if only the POI database were updated and the units fixed in the dialogue, the product would rate 5 stars.
 waste of money October 4, 2006
9 out of 33 found this review helpful
Looks nice but i had to return it because of constant glitches. Instead, I got a Garmin Nuvi which costs more but is well worth the money. You get what you pay for!
Needs some tweaking, but all around a great nav system. September 6, 2006
131 out of 135 found this review helpful
I've been using my TomTom ONE for a week and a half or so and overall, I'm quite happy with it. Out of the box or after having been moved a significant distance while off, the unit takes about a minute or so at most to determine its position. From a warm start, it's usually a matter of seconds.
Route calculations are generally finished quickly, as are recalculations when you fail to follow the route. Since the shortest rout distance-wise isn't always the fastest, I've diverted from the TomTom's original route and it usually recalculated a new route within moments of me going 'off course.'
I've only run across a couple downsides to the TomTom ONE, neither of which is too serious. First, the maps (at least in the DC/MD/VA metro area) are a few years out of date. There are a number of roads which just aren't in the unit's database. Some streets 'lose' their name for some reason. For example, one section of a street on the map may be labeled as 'Main Street' and another part of the same street may be "Unnamed Road." City names can be kind of iffy as well. When trying to input a specific address, I've often had to resort to entering the address by zip code since the TomTom's map database considers my home to be in a neighboring city name-wise and it won't find my street name in the city in which I actually live.
The second thing that kept me from giving the device 5 stars is the client interface on the computer. The client is supposed to allow the user to access the ONE and perform certain functions on-screen, but apparently is missing some component to actually emulate the unit. I've not gotten a response from TomTom regarding the problem, but have read elsewhere online that they know there's an issue with the client.
Overall, the TomTom ONE is a very nice, basic navigation system. Updated maps and a fixed version of the PC client software will hopefully be forthcoming and would make it a 5 star product.
Great little device but needs a few fixes... September 3, 2006
193 out of 209 found this review helpful
This is my first GPS (not counting the Delorme Earthmate which is too antique to compare). So I'm impressed! There's a lot to like here given that I wanted a basic "no frills" device.
The One boots up and fixes within 1-3 minutes probably depending on how much open sky it can see. The unit recalculates routes in seconds and I've only run into the dreaded "turn around when you can" advice once. The SirfStar III chipset is a big improvement over what I read about older devices. I love the suction-cup holder--it's amazingly steady and hasn't come off accidentally yet (helps if you wet it a little). The voice and speaker quality are very good although I don't see much impact of the "link volume to car speed" function. The navigation is accurate but you do have to be careful--the One has already tried to lead me into a restricted area of the Pentagon! It also calculated a route that took me off a highway and immediately back on just to take advantage of 1.5 miles of unrestricted HOV. As with any advice based on old data, things can change--so be careful. Another caveat is that the Tom Tom One is a popular item for theft--hide it well or take it with you. And don't leave the suction-cup holder showing--the bad guys will break in to see if you left your One in the car.
I also really like the fact that the device contents are on an SD card which makes backups easy and straightforward. And the connector is a 5-pin USB so I only need one cable for it, my camera and my PDA. And I love the fact it's running Linux--that gives me all sorts of ideas.
The maps are a little wanting--I've got about 20 Favorites built up and it failed to find house numbers for some buildings built in the past 2 years. In fact, one restaurant it didn't find as an address it did find as a pre-installed POI (point of interest). So I have no idea until I drive there whether the POI it knew about, but couldn't find as an address, might be an old location for that restaurant! Which points up another perplexing oddity--you can't view the address details of saved routes--you can only rename them or delete them. They need to fix this.
One disappointment is that the emulator is not working for me. That's the part in the PC or Mac (PC in my case) client that gives you a direct interface to the device. Tom Tom has been working with me on this and the Help Desk has been very good and answers within a minute or two, but it is a disappointment. Tom Tom says it's almost certainly something in the client that's not supporting that function and are promising I'll see an update to the PC client that fixes it. I think I believe them (well, the first half of the statement anyway) given that the PC client appears to be a quick kludge of the older client for the more expensive models with the unsupported functions (MP3 player and image viewer) dimmed out when the client determines the device is a One. I hope they fix this soon. Most tasks can be completed on the device itself (at greater inconvenience) but one or two can only be done through the emulator. Until they fix this it'll be tough to deploy this to entities like sales forces that need to quickly enter the day's routes and itineraries before getting on the road.
Another odditiy is that the client keeps wanting to download and install the prior (beta) version of the device Operating System. Oh well, rushing tech to market means they get to use us as beta testers. I guess I'm getting used to that.
All in all only one star lost for the problems with the PC client. Now someone needs to start a U.S. Wiki!
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