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| TomTom ONE XL 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Maps of the U.S. and Canada | 
 enlarge | Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $299.95
Buy New: $139.99
You Save: $159.96 (53%)
New (21) Used (3) Refurbished (4)
Avg. Customer Rating:  233 reviews
Sales Rank: 30
Color: silver/black
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): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 1.2 x 4.7 x 3.4
MPN: 1S00.080
Model: 1S00.080
UPC: 036926016559
EAN: 0636926016551
ASIN: B000PCBVA6
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Great for the money July 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 60 year old mom in NJ. She found it pretty easy to use right out of the box. The only complaint she had is the address doesn't clear between uses. She'd forget to change the city and have to start over. Not a big deal but a little annoying.
Happy with this GPS. July 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The TomTom works great and so far we haven't had any problems with it. Would recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable device to get them around.
Driving Ms. Fiona July 21, 2008
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
As a former U.S. Army Ranger, I said that I would never buy a GPS. Then I got lost four times making a trip of about fifteen miles in an unfamiliar area. If someone had been selling a GPS on a corner for a thousand dollars, I would have purchased it then.
I had bought TomTom Ones for my son-in-law and son-out-law, and they both loved the devices. When it came time to purchase my own GPS, because of my aged eyes, I opted for the XL, which I guess stands for Extra Large. The XL offered lots of customizing options, including route preferences, all of which were easily programmed. The first thing I did was to change the voice from the default voice to the sweet brogue of an Irish woman. She told me to get on the motorway rather than the freeway and that I was coming to a roundabout rather than a traffic circle. Her given name Kathy didn't sound very Irish, so I called her "Fiona". I also changed the cursor from a blue arrow to a little red sports car to make it more in keeping with my geezer mobile.
Fiona shows me an oblique map of my route, and tells me when to make turns or change lanes. Of course the real test of a GPS is whether it gets you to where you want to go. I couldn't find many places around home to test Fiona, although when I couldn't find a COSCO on Long Island, I told her what I wanted and she led me to the door. On the other hand, she couldn't find a Starbucks.
I decided that the ultimate test would be a 2000 mile road trip to the Gaspe Peninsula. I trusted Fiona enough that I didn't bring any maps. For the most part, she was reliable, except on a few occasions where the highway made a big arc around a small town, and then she led me across a chord through the center of town. On the other hand, when the highway would have led me all around the tip of Gaspe, she showed me a shortcut across the Peninsula that saved thirty miles. Occasionally, she seemed to lose a satellite and showed me driving through a field parallel to the highway, but she usually corrected herself within 30 seconds.
Fiona can be programmed for a multi-stop trip, to a specific address, a town center or a point of interest.
Her menus showed that she could be linked by blue-tooth to my mobile phone, presumably for traffic updates, but my phone told me it didn't support that service. I believe this service is not available in the US, but it would have been nice if the documentation had made that clear.
Fiona's maps can be updated by computer, and while she came with U.S. and Canada maps, other maps are available. I wish that I had had Fiona when I rented a car in Japan that could only chide me in Japanese.
Now I have 2 problems: my girlfriend is jealous of Fiona; and I have two women giving me instructions when I drive.
 Terrible Customer Service July 20, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I wouldn't buy another TomTom. The company only provides a 14-day warranty against defects and failure. When I contacted them within one month of ownership, they basically told me "tough luck".
I would switch to a company that prides themselves in the quality of their products.
Stay away from Tom Tom July 15, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you want a good product stay away from Tom Tom products. I have used 3 different products from tom tom and maybe I'm a slow learner or tom tom has bad products, just stay away from tom tom so many better gps units to buy that are better
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