Tom Tom one V3 Europe with TMC receiver - Good VFM

Advantages: Price, Free traffic updates, slimline, Tom Tom one home
Disadvantages: Accuracy of TMC (not tom toms fault), Map problems,

...I Recently replace my Garmin Street pilot unit with a TOM TOM V3 Europe (Traffic edition). I mainly did this because I wanted a low cost traffic solution, and I was able to get this from Halfords for under £170.00 (at the time of purchase) It came complete with the TMC receiver module. Another reason for choosing Tom Tom was how disappointed I was with my Garmin, and how much better my Wife's Tom Tom one original was compared to it. The unit is small and light, and the TMC receiver stays in my car fixed on with suction pads. It has a touch screen, and the menu icons are quite large. However I have thick fingers and I find that the touch pad keyboard screen used for Post codes/addresses is too small and I often get letters/numbers that I havent touched. The display screen is smaller than compared to many other units, but I have...

P_S_Price 16.04.2008 (17.04.2008) · Read review
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Review of TomTom ONE V3 Europe

Tom Tom ONE V3

Advantages: Easy to use.
Disadvantages: Some local information missing.

...I am hopeless when I am driving and I do tend to get very lost. I looked around for all the products on the market because I did have a strict budget. This fell into my price range of £50-£100 and so I thought I would go for this one. It seemed the easiest to use and also being fairly hopeless with technology I decided that this was the best product to go for. When it arrived it was really easy to set up. There are step by step instructions for you to follow from the moment you turn it on and if you follow them all it only takes 10 minutes to set up and then you are ready to go. On top of that it is easy to charge as it comes with an in-car chager and a USB cable that you attach to your PC and it charges from there. To get up to full battery you need to charge it for only 2 hours. The touch screen makes it easy to use...

sarahtheoneandonly 08.01.2009 · Read review
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TOMTOM one great while it worked

Advantages: quick and easy to set up ,fast GPS pick up
Disadvantages: breaks way too easily

...On buying my Tomtom one i was very excited and also a little disapointed with the size of the box, i purchased a TomTom one v4 europe with traffic updates. The set up was very simple no CD to mess about with and put in my "Man Draw" never to be seen again all the software for your pc is on the unit itself just plug the usb lead in and away you go. The new easy mount part is truly rubbish you click the unit into it and unless you get this right it will pop out, now bearing in ming you will be doing this on a windscreen of a car and if you have a car like mine a Ford Galaxy the windscreen is a mile away and proved fiddley to mount correctly also the USB leas from the charger just doesnt want to go in the hole so you have to take it off again and plug it in then try and snap the unit back into its mount fine on a nice cool day but not...

pete01x 03.06.2009 · Read review
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Tom Tom ? - Ding Dong ! . .

Advantages: Just Brilliant.
Disadvantages: Price, risk of theft, otherwise none.

...?" button, this is an obvious boon if you break down or have an accident. You can charge this new version while at your comp, as the power lead is a USB. There is also a lead so you can connect to Tomtomhome, here you can "interact" with Tomtom's website, and download upgrades and extras. I have had very few problems using this piece of kit, apart from the odd time when the road has been re-routed, and the software has not been updated, but on these new versions, you have the facility to report mistakes, road closures, one way streets etc. I have avoided telling you how the device works, this has been well covered, and to be honest, it is so simple you just do it. I nearly forget, the v3 comes with the speed cameras already installed. This allows you to decide on a warning tone to be sounded, and a display is given as to your speed...

smudgeybabes 18.05.2008 (25.05.2008) · Read review
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Review of TomTom ONE V3 Europe

TOMTOM or is it SCOTTSCOTT????

Advantages: Actually knows where its going!
Disadvantages: Not enough Memory space, and no expansion card slot

...). And if any of you are wondering, YES it does fit in a volvo S60 cup holder, (bet your glad i mentioned that, you would have been thinking all day whether it would) The Touch screen is superb, and the user interface works with it in a way no other Sat Nav could, we got fed up with the PDA with its tiny buttons and having to use a Stylus in order to put in a postcode. TOMTOM boasts a full 6 digit post code search and puts you through the front door of the place your going, im not kidding. As soon as you enter the drive it politely announces that 'you have arrived at your destination' in its rather sexy woman voice, or for the ladies, whatever they please, american man, autrailian man, or even GERMAN MAN that shouts ACHTUNG LEFTZIG TURNUNG AHEADUNDSCHLAF!. (I made that up) All in all, just think when you are browsing for one of these, it IS...

tubster011 06.01.2008 · Read review
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tom tom one europe

Advantages: ease of use
Disadvantages: none

...I have been using the Tom Tom One for over 16months now, so do consider myself an expert on this particular piece of kit! Why did I buy it in the first place - that bit is easy, I travel a lot in a new job and to towns I would have never heard of before - on top of that I had some fantastic inside information that I will share with you. A friend of mine is in the car lease business - everything from Ford to Ferrari! Obviously most of the high end vehicles have built in sat nav. As he delivers cars to their owners all over the country he has used them all, so he is the real expert. Guess what - he always carries his Tom Tom One with him He has become so frustrated with other systems unuserfriendliness (if that is a word) that he sticks with what he considers to be the best - the Tom Tom One. His advice - unless you need...

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Versatile Road Cat - Tomtom XL Europe.

Advantages: fast, upgradeable, reliable, robust, costumisable, portable and much more
Disadvantages: confuses speeds at times, battery power loss while switched off

...I don't know what the experience with this product has been for others, but I certainly have my views. I feel this product is of very good value for money and most of the time does get you where you need to be, the only reason why I am only giving 4 stars instead of five is to the fact that it has for me a few niggly bits....It may be only mine it may be faulty but I believe that not to be the case I feel this is probably a problem for all, however just commonly ignored due to the usefulness of this device. I purchased mine about 4 to 5 months ago, came home installed the software and away I was getting all the updates (permitted ones) and ready to go. I even went on a few trips just to test the little devil, I was over the moon. Good and easy to use extra large screen voice command and customizable that was exactly as I had dreamed...

rcandeias 02.12.2008 (12.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of TomTom ONE XL Europe

TomTom Europe 22

Advantages: It's a TomTom. Easy to use. Does what it's made to do. Good value.
Disadvantages: None.

...I recently purchased the new TomTom Europe 22 from Halfords. I was originally going to buy the V3 of the TomTom Europe as the price is genuinley lower than the new one is. I'll get to that now. I actually, did, buy the V3 model first. When I did and went to set it up in the car I noticed the windscreen suction piece wasn't in the box and to top that, the actual sat nav seemed 2nd hand. Scratches - deep scratches - all over the sat nav. So I boxed it all back up and went back into Halfords. Served by the same person - baring in mind, it's the assistant manager. I told her the situation and that I wasn't pleased. She said, "I must of forgotten to tell you the sat nav I sold you was originally a display model". Which I don't believe as I doubt a display model would have scratches all over it as it's stuck behind glass. She explained to me...

Greeny1980G 08.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of TomTom ONE V4 Europe

The Real Tomtom ONE V3 GB Review

Advantages: Great features, Price
Disadvantages: None - Maybe battery life, restricted internal memory

...get one and they were out of my price range but in August 2007 V2 got a price cut and V3 entered the market cheaper than ever at around £140/150, or now a bargain at £132.00 as shown above. It was a little steep for me but because the features all seemed so worthwhile I had to get it. Tomtom have kept choosing simple with all the features on the ONE being the same as the ONE XL (just has a bigger screen) and also you can get one with Europe maps and one with GB. So there are four straight versions, easy (minus the expensive tomtoms higher up the range which have features most of us wont use). The other advantage of picking a tomtom is that they are market leaders and they seem to look after there customers, offering easily accessible software upgrades for the unit, decent support and map updates. So which one to choose the new V3...

NickUK 13.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of TomTom ONE XL United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland

Just worth every penny

Advantages: Easy to use and still going strong a 18 months later
Disadvantages: none really

...In my job I have to use my Tom Tom all over the country. It is one of the best purchases I have ever made for my job. At the time (over a year ago) some of my friends decided they would use their fancy PDAs to be their Sat Navs. But they constantly lost signals and we would miss turnings and would have to get road maps out or stop and wait for the signal to come back. This is why I decided to buy a separate bit of technology to get around the country and I love it. It has only crashed once and that's because I accidentally managed to knock the memory card out. But all I needed was a pin to reset it. It does really what it says on the tin, it gets you from A to B with very little fuss and I recently attached it to my computer and downloaded some free software which made it even better to use. I haven't updated the road maps but...

bumbybumbum 26.08.2008 · Read review
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