| | TomTom XL 330 4.3-Inch Touchscreen Portable GPS Navigator |  | Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $249.95
Buy New: $179.89
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 1600
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 3.2 x 3.2 x 0.9
MPN: XL 330
Model: XL 330
UPC: 636926021562
EAN: 0636926021562
ASIN: B0016ORQD8
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Broken screens cannot be repaired! September 17, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I would like to give it no stars, I recommended a TomTom over a Nuvi to my Father. So he got his 330xl on Tuesday and broke the screen Wednesday trying to get the receiver into the new "improved" mount. I called and Dennis at TomTom told me "straight up" there is nothing we can do and they can't even fix it. That of course after trolling all my personal data. They offered me a discount on a new unit, thanks alot TomTom. I told them I would wait for the class action lawsuit.
 Countless problems... September 12, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I figured that since I was going to college in a big city, then I needed a GPS and one that was accurate and precise. I also wanted the GPS to pronounce the street names for me. Well, this GPS didn't do any of these. I live in a tourist area and there is a very large, well-known amusement park so I put it into the GPS to find and we followed all the directions it told us and if we would have followed all of its directions, then we would have reached our destination in the middle of a lake. That was just one instance but there many more like chain resturants were misplaced or non existant. Next, you could only have the GPS pronounce the street names if you use the computer voice which was barely audible on my unit. If you choose one of the human voices, then it won't say street names anymore so $50 was spent on a useless feature. Then comes Tom Tom home and it sounds so easy to fix a map flaw...well it is easy to to make a map correction but the correction first must be sent to Tom Tom to approve it and sent out as an update before you will see the correction on your unit. I was told that approving corrections could take up to a month. As you may have guessed, I sent this one back and bought a Garmin Nuvi 205W which comes w/o the pronounced street names but I love it so much more! The Tom Tom home sofeware was a good idea but it may be too lengthy of a process to make it worth while.
 Amazing for those with no sense of direction! September 10, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm one of those unfortunate souls who is lost once you turn me around once. I joke my internal compass always faces north (not magnetic north, mind you, just that no matter what direction I am facing my intuition suggests that's north). Needless to say, I am often lost. My friends love seeing where I'm taking them when I drive and have often bet one another on whether or not I will reach a destination I've been to a dozen times without making a wrong turn.
Now that I've gotten that confession out, onto the 330S XL.
I played with a few items in the store before I made the decision to buy this. I found that the TomTom was easy to use and incredibly intuitive. I looked at Garmin, and my only hesitancy was that when a zip code straddles two townships, it offers multiple choices based upon the larger townships and not the smaller, named community and zip, and this lead to some confusion.
As irony would have it, I recently started a job where I drive from office to office, so I was using Google Maps to plot out my travels. My problem with this was the first direction always starts with a direction to head in (NW, SE), and I am oblivious as to what direction I am facing, as mentioned previously. So I compared the two, the TomTom directions and the G-Maps directions, and they were identical. The difference: TomTom knew where I was when I didn't. I didn't have to pay attention, it was telling me when and where to turn.
The speaker was plenty loud. I know others have commented about it, but I actually had to lower mine because it kept startling me even with the radio on. I now keep it at 70% because I can hear it clearly but it's not so loud that it makes me jump.
The screen is loaded with information, and at first this is distracting. How far and how much time to the destination, the next turn, the current and next street names. After a few hours, I became aware of what everything was and could merely glance and know what was up.
The directions are very accurate - down to when to turn. Now, I wouldn't suggest this, but the directions are almost accurate enough to take blindfolded, meaning that when it says turn, you're usually right at the spot where you need to start your turn. I've seen in-car units where the accuracy isn't that succinct.
My only complaint is that it's not 100% simple to take in and out of the car - it attaches by suction to the windshield, and you either have to undo the suction or pop the TomTom from the mount. Now this foible is also what keeps it so tightly attached, so I can't really complain - I'd just rather see a different solution - it's the sort of device I don't want to leave in my car and would rather just take with me when I go into a store.
Overall, I like the thing and recommend it for ease of use, accuracy, and volume!
tom tom roadtrip September 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Perhaps a tad quiet at highway speeds but really useful and utterly reliable. A great companion on my recent trip across country and back. It twice redirected me when the interstate ahead was closed. The operation is straight forward and intuitive.
 Good GPS August 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The TomTom XL 330 S is a good GPS. I have been using it for the last 2 months and have made the following conclusions.
Pros
It has pretty good maps which can be upgraded for a fee.
It calculates re-routes within 15-30 seconds depending.
It has a nice size touch screen at 4.3 in with Google-Like "Click and Drag" ability to scroll across maps.
POI(Points of Interest) and other customizeable features(Backgrounds, Color Schemes, Icons, Voices etc...) are upgradeable via internet or manually by yourself.
Routes and Maps can be user updated to reflect Roadwork and changes of Traffic patterns (ie. 2-way street becomes a 1-way)
Route options include a choice of Fastest Route to Walking Route which means you can use it somewhat to walk around a city.
Cons
The included computer voice which speaks the street names has a low volume even at its maximum setting. It's audible when the car is quiet but a highway speeds it is sometimes tough to discern what she is saying.
Re-routes are not the most logical(if you are familiar with the area-Common GPS problem)
Overall, this GPS is a good value. It is easy to use right out of the box and has enough features and upgradeability for the seasoned driver. If you don't need Bluetooth Cell Phone features or a built in MP3/Photo viewer, this definitely fits the bill. With software updates this product should keep growing.
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