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| TomTom 1M00.981 GO 920T Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator with Traffic Receiver | 
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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $499.95
Buy New: $429.99
You Save: $69.96 (14%)
New (2) from $429.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 2583
Color: black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 4.6 x 0.9 x 3.3
nv:Type: Receiver
Display: LCD
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Type: Lithium Polymer battery
Battery Life: 5 hours
Antenna: SIRF-GPS antenna
MPN: 1M00.981
Model: 1M00.981
UPC: 036926018324
EAN: 0036926018324
ASIN: B000VLKYVS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pretty Happy with this Unit June 1, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I travel all over the US and Canada delivering vehicles to many addresses and a GPS takes all the stress out of the job.
I've got to admit, the main reason I bought this was the remote. I'd have likely purchased a Garmin had they not stopped including remotes. I've had a Garmin 2610 for over 3 years and loved it, but the touch screen went on mine and I had to have another GPS.
When I first got the TomTom I didn't think I would like it. The interface is not as easy or intuitive as the Garmins, the remote is not as functional. Then after using it for about 6 months it's sort of grown on me. You tend to learn how to work it.
I've been able to switch the menus around so that they're handier by using a program available on the web. The bluetooth remote is great as you don't have to point it. It lets you concentrate a lot more. I like being able to play the books and music through the radio with either bluetooth or FM. The hands free is a bit useless in loud trucks, but not too bad in a quieter car.
I like that you can add second party applications to it and I've added a Calculator and a Mileage program that I found on the net. Also, as I mentioned above I was able to program it so that I have the menu items I want in the places I want. TomTom didn't do too much thinking when they arranged them.
I can't believe how sensitive the antenna is on this unit. I can be sitting in the middle of a restaurant and it will pick up satellites. Somehow sees them through the windows. My Garmin would never do that and I often had to use an outside antenna for it with trucks that had a flat windshield. Not the TomTom. It picks up signals in all the vehicles I've tried it in. I think the newer Garmins have this technology too though. My Garmin is quite old.
The poorest thing about the unit is the POI database. I've found that a lot of them are up to a quarter mile off, and it pales when you compare it to Garmin's. It has no where near the amount of POI's that Garmin has, and the interface won't let you search for them the way Garmin's does either. You can get a lot of POIs online to improve it, but I'm going to get my Garmin fixed up just to have thier database with me.
The traffic seems to work sometimes. I'm sure it's only as good as the information it gets from the stations it picks it up from. I don't depend on it much as I'm in Canada and the only place it's good for is Toronto and Montreal and for the bigger cities in the Eastern USA. I turn it on when I'm there, but I've only had it re-route me once. Got to admit it was pretty snazzy when it did. I drove over top the usual route and saw the traffic at a standstill. It doesn't seem to work all the time though. I don't think the data updates fast enough. Probably not the TomTom's fault.
The maps are a bit bad in Canada, but Garmin's are about the same. The Trans-Canada is off quite a bit in a lot of places with either machine. I noticed the streets were off a block in some small towns in Canada, but only twice. Don't know why that would be. Mostly accurate in the US. You have to watch it sometimes in town as it will take you out of the way sometimes. Garmin was the same. You just have to watch and it's not very often.
Sometimes the touch screen seems a bit over sensitive when you are panning the map in the 'Browse Route' mode. Seems to do some funny things. Doesn't seem to be so bad in the 'Browse Map' mode. Hoping my screen protector will deaden it a bit.
Anyway, I think I'll keep it. I think that the Garmin units are probably pretty fine and I sure liked mine, but the remote on the TomTom has me sold. I'm in a truck for 10 hours a day and the remote makes checking and changing a whole lot easier and safer than getting your face in the unit.
TomTom GO 920T - a great GPS unit May 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been using the TomTom GO 920T GPS for one month now,
and I must say that I'm really happy with it.
It's really an excellent product.
The only drawbacks I see are:
- this GPS seems to have a poor autonomy when used without power supply;
- the Traffic service should be included for the first year,
but the way of activating it is not clear;
- the TomTom Home software has some bugs (MacOS X version)...
But, again, this is an excellent product.
And Amazon.com is definitively the best place to buy it!
(the price is great, and the shipping was awesome: with regular shipping, I received in 2 days)
TomTom May 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
So far happy with product but havent been able to get all the options to work, I think I just need the time to learn these options. Works great on trips as long as you follow it but not so well if you decide to go another way without reprogramin trip.
 GREAT GPS NAVIGATOR May 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great GPS system. I am extremely happy with the unit. I am still learning all of the functions and options. I have had only one problem and that was with my cell phone and not the navigator. TomTom should publish a list of the phones that are data compatible with the navigator. After receiving it I discovered that my phone was not data compatible and had to purchase a new one. When you are only purchasing a cell phone they become quit expensive.
 Disappointed May 8, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Expectations were high after replacing my older 910 with the new 920T (old one got stolen). Despite the compacter design and some added features, I am very disappointed in my new TomTom. The mounting bracket keeps dropping from the windshield (the old one had a locking feature); the remote control has to reconnect almost every time the unit is switched on (looses connection when you accidently hit a button when TomTom is not started up yet); worst of all: battery life is 30 minutes to one hour (I always have to use that long/clumsy cable), there is no way the unit is reaching the 4~5 hours quoted by TomTom (it appears that TomTom has used a new type, more compact battery); no carrying case included (can't believe that you pay $450 for a device and there is no $10 carrying case included!?). This was my last TomTom.
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