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

...compatibility. Most of them do work but lots of people call tomtom customer services to sort it out (usually because they havent formatted it) and it gums the phones up so I guess its a hassle that tomtom don't need. *** SD memory allows uses to move illegal map software more easily. The GB map edition has a 512MB internal memory and the UK plus Europe mapping has a 1GB internal memory. This already restricts the cheaper 512MB users from hacking the 907mb file needed to obtain complete Europe usage. Now all is not lost, most of you V3 GB users want to know if you could eventually upgrade legally (for ~£41) or otherwise to detailed maps of France plus major roads of western Europe, seeing as we all like hopping over to France. The file is 335MB and the pre installed UK maps takes about 210MB plus to make matters worse the tomtom only... Read review

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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... Read review

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Advantages: Route Planning, Position, distance to next instruction
Disadvantages: Old Maps, POI Warnings require add-on

...I purchased TomTom Navigator along with my HP iPAQ 2210 about 10 months ago. I travel about 18000 miles a year and this product has been a great asset. It saves me having to make route notes and keep referring to road atlases. For town driving it is even better as road maps do not show all local roads. I initially purchased version 3.0 but have now upgraded to v3.03 (427). I use it with a wired GPS receiver which simply plugs into the cigarette lighter in the car. In most cases you run the application and then bring up the Navigator Menu. You can then choose where you want to go; a recent location, an address, a favourite location or even a Point of Interest (more on these later). The address can be based on a post code or you can enter the town, street name etc yourself. Your ‘Home’ address can be saved as a key favourite place... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use, looks great, easy to slide in pocket!!!
Disadvantages: The battery doesnt last long enough and its really fragile!!!

...The motorola V3 is a really nice looking little phone and when they first hit the market they were a must have accesory for the fashion concious due to there long list of impressive features and there amazingly compact and sleek design, when they were first made available in the UK they were by far the most attractive and modern handset on the market and were the fashion accesory that everyone wanted to have. HANDSET OPTIONS The V3 handset was originally released in silver however they are now available in silver, black, pink, lilac, blue and a limited editon gold version, this was by far the most appealing version, it was designed by D&G and came with a gold phone charm attatched to it in the shape of the D&G logo. FEATURES The V3 has bluetooth connectivity, a camera, polyphonic ringtones, wap and is even capable... Read review

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Advantages: Slimline, Light, Ease of use
Disadvantages: Battery life, camera, memory

...I had this phone as a birthday present to replace my old monochrome Nokia. It would be unfair to compare the 2 as they are chalk and cheese as mobile technology has moved on greatly in the period between purchasing the 2 phones. The v3 has all the features I required, namely mp3 ringtones, bluetooth and a camera. As I am not a heavy mobile phone user this was more than adequate for me. The camera is only a standard VGA (256k) camera which, compared to the latest camera phones is way out of date, but in the year I've had the phone I'm probably only ever used the camera 2 or 3 times anyway, so for me this is not a problem. It has a 4 times zoom which does give you a bit of flexibility if you need to get that close up piccy. The phone comes with a large selection of built in polyphonic ringtones, so of which are good, some... Read review

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

...Previous experience of sat-navs had led me to believe they were quite pants, Oh how I was wrong. Christmas was coming up and the present I felt that my father should buy my mother was this little number. We Purchased the christmas cracker pack, which soon will not be available for obvious reasons. And it topped up to a total of £119.99 (with £10 free TOMTOM Home goodies, voices, maps etc) As soon as it reaches the car windscreen it knows what its doing, Unlike our previous PDA Sat Nav it finds and pin points exactly where you are in seconds, whereas the little PDA bless its little cotton socks got lost and confused time to time and started shouting irrelevant directions to us. TOMTOM however is clever, if you turn the wrong way seconds later it is directing you through an alternate route (Normally the more scenic and pretty route... Read review

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

..., you just need to use a small amount of common sense. You can add more POIs (Points of interest) just like you could with the older versions, these include everything from the location of all McDonalds to local hairdressers. An anti-theft idea is that you can only turn on your TomTom when you enter a 4 digit pin number, I admit I have not got round to this yet. I will keep you informed. The V3 uses software which needs either the address or postcode. There is also an address book where you can go directly to "favourites" saving you time. There are many more additional goodies in the new version, including the "Help" button, this asks you what you require & offers assistance, it gives basic first aid advice, provides routes to nearest hospital, gives information like phone numbers to pharmacies etc. Also on offer is a "Where am I... Read review

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Advantages: Great Design.
Disadvantages: Not very durable.

...There has been a lot of talk and advertising for the Motorola V3 so once it came out it had to live up to some heavy expectations. Luckily for Motorola it did. The V3 is a great phone so and hopefully my review will help you to understand that. Looks: This phone definitely has looks; it is probably the most stylish phone on the market. It is super sleek and not very tall either. The whole thing adds up the little screen on the front and the camera above it, the whole thing is a masterpiece. One of the best things in my eye about the look is that unlike most flip-phones it does not have one of those short stubby aerials sticking out of the top. Feel / Ease of Use: This phone feels great in the hand to. It just about fits into the palm of my hand (the phone is quite wide) and it is not very heavy. It also fits very nicely into my... Read review

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Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: see review

...There has been a lot of talk and advertising for the Motorola V3 so once it came out it had to live up to some heavy expectations. Luckily for Motorola it did. The V3 is a great phone so and hopefully my review will help you to understand that. Looks: This phone definitely has looks; it is probably the most stylish phone on the market. It is super sleek and not very tall either. The whole thing adds up the little screen on the front and the camera above it, the whole thing is a masterpiece. One of the best things in my eye about the look is that unlike most flip-phones it does not have one of those short stubby aerials sticking out of the top. Feel / Ease of Use This phone feels great in the hand to. It just about fits into the palm of my hand (the phone is quite wide) and it is not very heavy. It also fits very nicely into my... Read review

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Advantages: Slim, Stylish, Full Of Features, Cheap
Disadvantages: None That I Can Think Of!!

...There has been a lot of talk and advertising for the Motorola V3 so once it came out it had to live up to some heavy expectations. Luckily for Motorola it did. The V3 is a great phone so and hopefully my review will help you to understand that. Looks: This phone definitely has looks; it is probably the most stylish phone on the market. It is super sleek and not very tall either. The whole thing adds up the little screen on the front and the camera above it, the whole thing is a masterpiece. One of the best things in my eye about the look is that unlike most flip-phones it does not have one of those short stubby aerials sticking out of the top. Feel / Ease of Use: This phone feels great in the hand to. It just about fits into the palm of my hand (the phone is quite wide) and it is not very heavy. It also fits very nicely into my... Read review

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