TomTom ONE XL-S 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator by TomTom
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Digital camera reviews of TomTom ONE XL-S 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
Digital camera Review: Excellent Basic GPS For The $$
Summary: 4 Stars
Gift recipient is very happy with this Tom-Tom. Wanted basic plus a little more and this is a great first GPS product for those who haven't had one before. Basically, it was pretty much plug in and go...very happy with easy of installation.Digital camera Review: Excellent Buy
Summary: 5 Stars
Have been most pleased with the TOM TOM ONE XL-s. Was a great time saver in finding my way through rural, south Virginia to a road race course in the middle of nowhere! Highly recommend this unit for most basic, auto, GPS needs. Plan to buy a friend one for Christmas!Digital camera Review: Excellent Choice!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am really happy we purchased this product. We bought it right before we went on a cross-country road trip, and we would not have made it without our TomTom! It was great at finding gas, food, entertainment, parking, as well as all of our hotels. It made a couple mistakes, usually when the signal was poor, but it always corrected itself quickly and we were able to find our way. The screen size is larger than most this price, and it makes a big difference, it is much easier to see where were are in relation to other things and using the touchscreen is more convenient. By plugging it into a laptop with an internet connection, I was able to receive map corrections made by other users, so it continues to improve itself. I will never go on another trip without it!Digital camera Review: Excellent GPS
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are like me, you have read the GPS reviews. Again if you are like me, the reviews offered little help. For every article touting Garmin, there are just as many for TomTom. I had the opportunity to compare a friend's Garmin with the TomTom I had recently purchased. Here are my observations.
The first thing I notice is the Garmin is simple and intuitive. Logic instructions and prompts guide you through the menus. The Garmin turns on automatically if it is plugged into your car's power outlet. A very convenient feature assuming you are not concern with leaving your GPS visible (GPS units are commonly attributed to vehicle break-in). When providing directions, the Garmin indicates which side of the street the destination is on. Also the Garmin categorizes restaurants into ethnic groups (i.e. Asia, French, American, etc) and provides phone numbers for many Points of Interest (POI). Speaking of POI's, many third party Internet sites offer additional POI's files you can add your GPS. Most of these files are in the Garmin format.
For some inexplicable reason, Garmin also indicates cemeteries. I never knew there were so many along a route I had been traveling for years! If you want to know where the cemeteries are, this is the unit for you.
With all this, why did I choose the TomTom? The ability to customize routes is one of TomTom's greatest strengths. While the Garmin menu is simple and intuitive, you are locked into limited route variability. With the TomTom I can modify any part of the route. This becomes important when you want to avoid a difficult turn onto a busy highway. Also, the TomTom maps appear more accurate. For instance, the Garmin did not recognize jug-handle turns (a side road for making left turns on a divided highway). The TomTom always identified jug-handle turns in the drive instructions. Providing me with which side of the street the destination is on, as the Garmin will do, is of little use if I can't get to it. In rural areas, the TomTom clearly identified minor unpaved roads. The Garmin only showed a blank spot (almost like one of the old world maps you may see in a museum, where a part of the earth is blank and labeled "Dragons be here").
The text to speech is better in the TomTom as well. The Garmin indicated that I should turn onto the "Penna" Turnpike. The TomTom correctly stated it as the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Also, the Garmin announces roads as "Route One-Two-Three" or "Route seven five" while the TomTom would state "Route One hundred and twenty-three" or "'Route seventy-five".
In the end, you will need to consider what is important to you. Hopefully, I have provided some insight and help with your selection.
Digital camera Review: Excellent GPS for the dosh
Summary: 4 Stars
Simply a neat device, works very well. This is my first GPS and I bought it for a long family road trip during summer vacation and it earned its keep within the first couple of days. Downloaded a 'custom' voice ("Mullet Man") and he had me smiling, if not actually laughing out loud, throughout our voyage. The only problem is with mounting ... there's no place on our minivan's windshield that I could mount this device and have it reachable and visible to both the driver and navigator (front seat passenger), so we often had to set it on the storage bin between the front seats which resulted in it getting bounced around a bit.