Get to know each other I bought my TomTom recently when I knew I'd have to deal with a city I don't usually go to, Cambridge, MA. Cambridge has all sorts of crazy streets and cow paths and one-ways and things. I avoid it as much as possible, but I had to go to a reception there. I bought the TomTom and tried it out on places I was already familiar with to get used to how it worked. Some things take a bit of getting used to. It may say "Right turn ahead" when you know there is only a fork in the road, but when you...
[TomTom The One XL Vehicle Nav System (1S00.080) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/23/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (38 of 38) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Good starter GPS This is my first GPS unit and I wanted was something simple. I needed one quick, so I ordered the TomTom One XL, which was on sale at the time (from Dell, which charges a hefty restocking fee). I had experienced some buyer's remorse when I learned about the Mio c520's text-to-speech function, but after using the TomTom One XL on 6 road trips I think the TomTom One XL is a good choice if you want the latest large-screen GPS w/o all the bells and whistles, which suits me perfectly.
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[TomTom The One XL Vehicle Nav System (1S00.080) review by Peter Ly "pdot" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Peter Ly "pdot" | | Review Date: | 09/01/2007 | | User Location: | Ventura, CA United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (34 of 34) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Good buy, overall Like some of the other reviews, I researched reviews of GPS devices for a while before I settled on the TomTom One XL. After a couple of road trips with the XL, I'm confident I made the right choice. A lot of the concerns others have stated never bothered me or were not noticed.
Some thoughts:
1. Simple interface that got me from point A to point B with no major problems--intuitive, I have not needed to refer to the manual.
2. I found the rerouting to be quick and seamless wh...
[TomTom The One XL Vehicle Nav System (1S00.080) review by C. Vicknair can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | C. Vicknair | | Review Date: | 07/26/2007 | | User Location: | Baton Rouge,LA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (32 of 32) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Value, Easy to Use, Free Updates, Fast Location Finding... This Review is for the Tom Tom One XL (larger wide-screen version of the Tom Tom One).
I have had this product what I believe to be around a month. I wanted to wait so I could form a good idea of how I felt because my initial desire was to run back to Amazon and just put five stars and that would be that. However I do believe that I owe it to TomTom because of their great product to do a more in depth review.
Out of the box the GPS (global positioning system) works flawle...
[TomTom The One XL Vehicle Nav System (1S00.080) review by J. Bradley Alexander "McGyver" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | J. Bradley Alexander "McGyver" | | Review Date: | 10/19/2007 | | User Location: | NC | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (31 of 31) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Mixed feelings on TomTom one xl vs. garmin nuvi 250w Well, I've had a tomtom one xl and a garmin nuvi 250w for two weeks now and have tested both out in Canada and the US, both on streets I am very familiar with and in areas I've never been before. They both cost exactly the same when I bought them so that isn't a consideration in my evaluations. My feelings on both devices are mixed. A quick rundown of winning points for each is given and then I will go into more detail below. I still haven't decided which one I'm going to keep (I still have ...
[TomTom The One XL Vehicle Nav System (1S00.080) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/02/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (25 of 25) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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One week with TT One XL I am looking for a portable GPS for my coming trip to the East Coast and I decided to try this unit on my recent trip to the SF Bay Area. I am familiar with GPSs as I have one in my Acura (which is supposedly the best built-in available). Here are my observations:
(1) The GPS reception is very good even I did not hang it on windshield.
(2) It's obvious that this is a EU company (for example, they use the term "motorway" instead of freeway or highway).
(3) I was confused when ...
[TomTom The One XL Vehicle Nav System (1S00.080) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 07/09/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (23 of 23) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Better than the TomTom GO 910 I owned the TomTom GO 910 before I purchased the TomTom ONE XL, and I much prefer the ONE XL. Here's why:
1. The ONE XL is more portable, so it fits easily in pants pockets or a woman's purse. This is key because, unlike the chunky GO 910, you won't leave the unit in the car for thieves to smash your window and take it (even when the unit and all wires are out of sight in the glove compartment).
2. The ONE XL sticks more easily to the car windshield because it's lighter. The GO 910 ...
[TomTom The One XL Vehicle Nav System (1S00.080) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/22/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (17 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Basic navigation only - POIs are useless! This could be a nice product if it weren't for the lousy mapping information. The wide screen is nice, menu controls are O.K., audio instructions are clear. The point-of-interest information, however, is inaccurate to the point of being useless.
Wanted to look for a Home Depot on my newly bought TOMTOM, nope: generic 'shopping centers' only, you can't look by chain name. Took it on a business trip, had it direct me to the nearest mall - no mall, only the offices of a 'mill' (no kiddin...
[TomTom The One XL Vehicle Nav System (1S00.080) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/23/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (17 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Takes the worry out of going to an unfamiliar location I bought the TomTom One XL in a Radio Shack store in a town where I was looking for a UPS pickup center and could not find it,even though I had map printouts and directions from Google. Since the unit was charged out of the box, I was able to use it right away in my car and got to the street in the industrial section of the town without any problems. Getting out of that frustration of having been lost was great!
The next week, I used it during vacation when we drove from NY to North C...
[TomTom The One XL Vehicle Nav System (1S00.080) review by Ray can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Ray | | Review Date: | 07/14/2007 | | User Location: | Pleasantville, NY United State | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (16 of 16) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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TomTom vs. Magellan I had my choices narrowed down to the TomTom ONE XL and the Magellan Maestro 4040. It was a tough call but I choose the TomTom. In a nutshell, the TomTom is more designed to get you where you need to go and the Magellan is designed to tell you where you are and what's around you.
The Magellan has more current maps and identifies the roads that appear on the screen. The TomTom has fairly current maps but only identifies the roads you are approaching and a few adjacent roads.
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[TomTom The One XL Vehicle Nav System (1S00.080) review by G. Ponder "Coppertop" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | G. Ponder "Coppertop" | | Review Date: | 07/02/2007 | | User Location: | Birmingham, Al USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
98% (208 of 212) Users Found This Review Helpful |