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Pronunciation is very bad. I found it hard to find a nearby road, when you zoom out minor road disappeared. because the FM band is so full without quite spots, I needed to use a patch audio connector.
I think it is dangerous device, since I need to look down at it if I don't have a passenger to read it for me. Getting history from other devices is much easier. Highway 405 is four-west-five, can not say Santa Monica, San Diego, and more.
I needed to get location history to geo-tag my photos and could not get my tracks with out third party software and have not figured it out yet. Radio audio link will not work in So. Calif.
Browsing is difficult. We do not recommend Tom Tom.
Not easy to switch modes especially while driving. My old Garmin (maybe 5 years old) at least knows when to switch from day display to night. When I set up home it refused it and went to the other side of the lake. I bought this because I reject the update policies of Garmin which I think are a rip off. Of the many I looked at Tom Tom seemed the best of the lot but they sure have a long way to go.
I have owned a 730 for 8 months. If I would have known this I would not have purchased a Tom Tom. Also, it will no longer automatically read incoming text messages.
Although I have tried to make the GPS work with 2 different blue Tooth phones. As of January 2010 the AT&T web site only sells 2 of phones the rest have been replaced by AT&T with new technology. As a GPS it is a GREAT unit.
Tom Tom has a list of 40 different phones they support for my AT&T network. It functioned properly with all the Blue tooth functions for a while. Then after a few weeks it would not link up to the phone automatically or down load the phones calling list.
It is too bad Tom Tom's GPSs can not keep up with today's changing technology. I will contact Tom Tom and ask if they can fix my 730.
The TomTom Go 730 was given as a Xmas gift to my father. Since I was ignored for so long and with Xmas fast approaching, I had to purchase the TomTom Go 730 from a local big box store (at a higher price) on Xmas eve.This was not a good experience and I would recommend never purchasing anything from Electronics Expo (I have read numerous complaints of people having experienced similar problems with them). I requested an exchange in the hope that I would receive the item before Xmas.
I ordered the TomTom as NEW through Amazon, however the item actually came from Electronics Expo. After being ignored by Electronics Expo's customer service, I placed a complaint with Amazon. He loves it.
This did not happen as apparently Electronics Expo no longer had the TomTom Go 730 in stock. Upon receipt I opened the undamaged UPS shipping box only to discover that the TomTom Go 730 had been previously opened: the factory seal was broken, the manufacture's box was ripped and torn, the TomTom had had its protective film removed from the screen, the device was in its protective container upside down, and the multiple accessories had been removed from the factory sealed bags. After many emails to Electronics Expo explaining the situation and condition of the item, I was finally issued a Return Authorization.
This apparently worked because I was quickly responded to, and the price of the device was finally credited back on my credit card (although not fully). Also they were pretty shady in that even after clearly explaining the situation to them multiple times, they insisted that it was UPS that had opened the item, which clearly was not the case (the outer shipping box had never been opened and was in very good condition).Amazon, however, did their job perfectly.
I love love love this unit and it is way better than my girlfriends Garmin.One of the things I like about it is Tom Tom home where you can customize what you put on your Tom Tom besides just the basics. It works pretty good and it is simple. You can't do this with Garmin.If you want to be able to customize your GPS the Tom Tom is for you.I have read that Tom Tom's POI's are not good. Best Buy pushes Garmin like the own a stake in the company.
Of course it comes with POI's already on it too but you can add allot more by using Tom Tom home.The screen I did notice does fade in the sun and that is the only problem I have seen with my unit. They were the reason I bought my girlfriend her Garmin. After researching everything and playing with my dad's Tom Tom I decided to but a Tom Tom Go 730. I did research on Garmin's and Tom Tom's and I bought my girlfriend a Garmin. I can't receive messages on it with my work blackberry but I can make calls and receive calls on both phones.It alerts you in plenty of distance too and speaks the street name well. I love the lane guidance I find it very very helpful when you have to take a certain lane on the interstate.A huge feature about this unit is you can make map corrections and upload them to other Tom Tom users.
Please, when you go to Tom Tom home you can download whatever you want for POI's 1,000's of them. I was amazed how many POI's they have on their site.
If you pick celebrity voices or anything other than the computer voices it won't speak the street name will just say turn right or left but it tell you this when you pick a non-computer voice.Bottom line if you want a great GPS then this unit is for you and you can't go wrong getting a Tom Tom. My dad has a Tom Tom and loves it and my sister has a Gramin and she said she liked my dad's Tom Tom better.
You can still see it in the direct sun light but it is allot lighter.The windshield mount works like a champ I love it and have not had any problems with it at all.The Bluetooth works great too. I have seen reviews that say the Tom Tom is not user friendly.
It does have more options in the menu than Garmin but you can choose to simplify the menu and it will take away features so the menu looks like a Garmins pretty much you can change it back if you like too of course.It picks up the satellites allot faster than Garmin and it reroutes faster too. I was able to connect my Iphone and my work Black Berry Curve on it.
From my experiences they are better than Garmins hands down.
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