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| TomTom ONE 130 3.5-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $199.95
Buy New: $129.97
You Save: $69.98 (35%)
New (12) Used (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  90 reviews
Sales Rank: 1116
Color: Grey/Black
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 320x240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 3.3 x 3.6 x 0.8
MPN: ONE 130
Model: ONE 130
UPC: 636926020343
EAN: 0636926020343
ASIN: B0014GXCBI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Defective upload software August 25, 2008
Several other reviewers have mentioned that the unit becomes inoperative when updated online. That happened to me too. I should have listened. Out of the box the unit worked so-so, seemed to make a 15 minute trip out of a 5-minute one. I decided to update online. It took a while to get that going, not user-friendly at all. First of all I made a backup of the software on my computer (that took 30 minutes). After installing the updates, the unit could not connect to the Internet. I tried another computer, did the update all over again. When I tried to use the unit I got a flashing X across the screen. Spent the next 6 hours trying to fix things as suggested by the Tomtom help files. Nothing worked. Tried to reinstall the backed-up software. Did not work either. Thank heavens Amazon lives up to its reputation and makes my return easy.
Inaudible - DO NOT BUY!!! August 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this item because a friend owns the Tom Tom One which is great and cheap. I bought the 130S since I wanted the voice to also tell me the street names. This product works as well as the old and simple Tom Tom One and has only one flaw but this is really the decisive one: YOU CANNOT HEAR IT! Even turned up to the max, you cannot hear it. The sound is approximately 30% or less as loud as the old Tom Tom One. And sound is really want counts on this product. I even shipped it back to Amazon and they were so nice to send me new one. But still the same. Inaudible sound! So it is the product and not my model. I called the company (TomTom) and they admitted that the sound does not work well on the 130S. DO NOT BUY! You will regret it.
 FINDER KEEPER with 2 problems August 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have owned the tomtom ONE 130S for a few days.
**IT GETS ME TO WHERE I WANT TO GO ON THE ROAD WITH NO PROBLEMS.** No complaints about it's GPS functionality. It works GREAT.
There are 2 issues though:
1)PROBLEM and Solution! (May help out other customers for this product.)
Paragraph (2) of the amazon Product Description noted that:
"The ONE 130S adds text-to-speech to the base 130 model. This means instead of hearing "turn right in 50 feet", you'll hear, "turn right in 50 feet at Ohio Street". In our experience, this is probably the most useful step-up feature for a GPS navigator, and if your looking at the 130, we'd definitely recommend stepping up to at least the 130S."
I ordered and received a 'step up' TOMTOM ONE 130S GPS. I was unable to get the item to function as a 130S. It functioned like the described ONE 130 (not the upgraded 'S'.) It seemed as though it was the WRONG item, or something else was wrong with it.
This problem, or solution to the problem, is not mentioned in the printed instructions that are included in the box with the GPS or in the Adobe Acrobat Operating Manual available from tomtom HOME.
Solution was found on the tomtom website (www.tomtom.com) under the question/answer section:
QUESTION:
What are computer (text-to-speech) voices?
ANSWER:
((** "SAMANTHA - English US" is the ONLY computer voice included among the 130S voices. The others CANNOT read out street names! THIS IS IMPORTANT!-HawkEYE))
A computer voice, also known as text-to-speech, uses a text-to-speech program to convert written text. For example, an instruction like "Turn right", into the sound of a human voice. Your TomTom device makes use of text-to-speech technology to generate computer voices.
Computer voices can read a wide variety of things that a recorded human voice cannot, including street names. This makes spoken instructions much easier to follow.
For example, the spoken instruction using a human voice is limited to "Turn right". The computer voice will say, "Turn right, Church Street."
Among other things, computer voices can also read aloud the following:
Street numbers
Incoming text (SMS) messages
Traffic warnings
Weather information
POI alerts
Tips
2) PROBLEM NOT solved yet.
The "map update guarantee" map is too large to fit the available memory. I tried to download the 'latest' US/Canada map on three different occasions and the download failed because there isn't enough available memory.
Portable, easy, TomTom fixed speaker volume August 21, 2008
I like the Easyport Mount. It's much better than an additional clunky thing to pack when bringing your GPS along through the airport.
The GPS itself works just fine -- regular TomTom. I do find the computer generated voice (required to speak street names) harder to understand than Garmin's.
My initial 130S had the volume too soft problem. What finally did it for me was when I discovered that adjusting the volume made no difference to actually what came out of the speaker for the computer generated voices. It did affect the pre-recorded voices, but not the one you're paying the extra $50 for. TomTom issued an RMA and exchanged it for a new unit. This one works properly and can in fact be cranked up to be too loud.
 Great GPS August 18, 2008
This was one of the best purchases that I have ever made. A lot of people complained about the mounting kit and volume of the GPS. The mounting kit is better than any other mounting kit. Just put it on your window and turn it to tighten. It's rock solid. The disk they give you for the dash will not stick but that's nothing that some double stick tape will take care of. The volume of the GPS is fine. I think that people have issues because under the Volume preferences menu gives the option to "Link volume to car speed." Maybe that is where people are having problems? I really like this Tom Tom because it's small and compact. It get's the job done and at a great price. If you need more options I'd upgrade to a higher version of a Tom Tom. For a "Beginner" GPS it has all of the essentials. Points of interest, easy to use and get's me from point A to point B.
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