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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: 6051
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
Electronic compass:
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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| Customer Reviews:
 TomTom GO 510 GPS - Overall Good Buy May 12, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have been using the GO 510 for about a month now, and for the most part I have been satisfied with it. It is easy to use and intuitive. I has most of the features of the higher priced TomTom units as well as the Nuvi's. There are a few thngs i have found annoying, the touch screen has a tendency to "skip" a little when entering information and enter multiple characters or go too far by mistake. I have large fingers and it could just be me. The bluetooth cell phone handsfree is not the best, the speaker is not nearly loud enough to hear the other party at highway speeds. The cancel route button is buried in the menus, as is the speaker volume control. There is no mute button directly accessible from the fromt screen. Fumbling through menu screens while driving and trying to get the thing to shut up is agrivating. The navigation & routing for the most part is pretty good. Occasionally you will ask yourself, "What the hell is it doing?" but for the most part it is right on. Some of the additional features are useless unless you live in Europe, as they are not available in the USA, and the Traffic updates are available only in very limited cities; so I would advise against the premium subscription package. Most of the other features are great. All in all for the money, it is hard to beat.
 User friendly & accurate May 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am very pleased with my TomTom GO GPS navigator. The digital maps that came with the navigator are accurate and up to date. The navigator is easy to use and I would certainly recommend this product to anyone considering purchasing a GPS navigator
TomTom review May 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love my TomTom 510. It is very user friendly. Wouldn't travel without it. Highly recommend. Only drawback is that if you mount the suction cup close to the dashboard heat source, the unit will detach from the windshield and fall off.
 Don't be fooled by the features: the 510 is a poor purchase May 12, 2007
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought this to replace an old Magellan Navigator, and after using it for one month, I've found it to be inferior in almost every way. To give you a sense of the problems:
1) The TT 510 doesn't recognize a lot of rural street names around my area, referring to them instead by route number. This is fine if you've been told the number, but if you just have a street name, the TT will be no help at all.
2) In Manhattan, the TT 510 can't ever seem to find itself. Actually, this is kind of entertaining if you know where you're going anyway. Although the display catches its location whenever you're moving, when you hit a stop light, the TT seems to think it's still moving, and the map does these bizarre spinning screens as it tries to reorient itself. Pretty useless, however, if you need directions: the TT continually recalculates the route, and if you follow its advice, you and TomTom will enjoy an escalating spiral of confusion.
3) My Magellan had one serial number that I never needed to use. My TomTom has a Device Number, a Product Number, Activation Codes . . . and each of these is a string of 10 to 15 alphanumeric characters that are impossible to remember. Operating the device is a pleasure about on par with figuring out your taxes or reinstalling Windows.
4) Speaking of operating systems, as of this writing, the TT 510 won't mount on an Intel-based Macintosh running OSX 10.4.9. I can't find any information about it on the TomTom website, but the problem is mentioned frequently online. When I talked to technical support I was told that they're working to fix it, but have no idea when that will happen. In the meantime, I can only connect it to my Mac while running Windows XP in Boot Camp.
5) In the hopes of improving the map, I downloaded the one free update they'd give me. After installing the new map, the device required me to go to a new website, input my product and device codes, and then input another activation code. This code (predictably, given my history with the product) didn't work, leaving me with a $300 paperweight.
In a hurry to get to a meeting, I called technical support. The technical support staff member insisted upon getting my address and phone number (despite the fact that I had to provide this information to them online when I "registered") before he'd answer the simplest questions. He then went through the same process that I did with the website--difficult, because relaying nonsensical "product codes" over the phone involves lots of pronunciation difficulties--ended up with the same activation code as I did, and then had no ideas once that failed to work. As a result, I was late for my meeting with the problem unfixed. On the road, I called customer service to leave a complaint, and was transferred to technical support, who tried to help me, even after I explained that I left the device at home as I hurried out the door. This representative then promised that I would receive an email that evening with a new code and a follow up call the next day. Didn't happen.
6) The TomTom software, a common gripe among the reviews here, truly deserves everything negative said about it. Simple tasks, like updating a map, can wind up losing your list of favorite locations. Updates take forever to unpack and transfer. The help function doesn't. TomTom Home primarily acts as a conduit for purchasing further software add-ons. Any convenience to the user in being able to organize his travelling life is completely coincidental.
In conclusion, the device isn't worth the money you'll pay for it, despite the whizbang features like celebrity voices and bluetooth integration. As a GPS navigator, it's substandard and difficult to work with. If it is merely unimpressive out of the box, the TomTom 510 becomes a true exercise in frustration when you try to update it. That annoyance derives from TomTom's business model, which is based upon selling maps, voices, and other features to the TomTom "community." My guess is that the alphabet soup of device keys you purchase with your TomTom are there to keep you from pirating the software. It's incredibly effective: having used their activation system, I no long wish to use, much less pirate, their wares.
Sadly, it's beyond the point that I could return it to Amazon, so I suppose mine will be offered on e-Bay shortly.
TomTom GO 510 Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator May 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very reliable, easy to use. Well worth the $$.
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