TomTom GO 720 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
- 4.3 inch widescreen 16:9 format LCD
- CPU 400 MHz, 64MB RAM
- Maps of US and Canada Preloaded on 2GB internal flash Memory
- Voice Recording Capability/Record Your Own Voice for Turn by Turn Directions
- Compatible with an RDS-TMC Traffic Reveiver
TOMTOM 1M00.783 Auto Navigation System/ Refurbished. The TomTom GO 720 4.3-inch GPS offers you the ultimate driving experience. This stylish new device combines groundbreaking new technology that allows you to make daily map improvements, with a host of new features, such as safety extras, and the ability to record driving instructions. The TomTom GO 720 features a new elegant slim design with a high-quality finish that allows it to fit perfectly in any car or to be carried in a shirt pocket. The large 4.3-inch touchscreen has TomTom¿s renowned easy-to-use and intuitive user interface with 3D graphics, including building footprints, that ensures you will have an even better overview of your surroundings. With the TomTom GO 720 you will get the best navigation, the best maps, safe and efficient driving, and Bluetooth compatibility. TomTom¿s award-winning software means groundbreaking new technology for the ultimate driving experience. TomTom guides you door-to-door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions, including street names. TomTom has the most accurate maps, and with TomTom MapShare technology you can instantly modify street names, street direction, and POIs on your own device. The GO 720 makes driving even safer with hands-free calling. And now, there are added safety features so you can easily access local emergency providers. Previously Road Tested TomTom GO 720 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
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Posted by Rhodos
on Mar 19 2010. Filed under Technology.
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1. Once it started calculating the route and never stopped. I had to shut it down when it reached more than 3 mil different ways to get to the point.
2. It reset couple of times on a road just for no reason.
3. It always resets when I choose a TTS voice and that tries to say more than 5-6 words. The voice starts choking and then the device resets.
4. It is so annoying when moving on a freeway that I had to turn off the speaker. Otherwise, it is unstoppable even if your exit is in 15 miles and there is no any other freeways around.
5. It does have sense of humor - it said “Exit right..”, I slammed on the brakes and barely made it, well just to hear in the very next second “.. in two miles”. What…?
6. It is not clear how to exclude some roads from the route. Especially when you need to do it in two clicks.
7. There is some other stuff could’ve been said (e.g. blinking background color, manual power on/off, etc.) but lets go to the positive part. Yes, it can be used in a passive mode - as a locator to show where you are. Well, that’s it.
Rating: 2 / 5
This is the best GPS in this price range with a lot of cool features like FM transmission (music, phone and etc), bluetooth, 4.3” wide and brigth screen and others.
I have no trouble at all with TOM TOM GO720.
Love it..
Dr.Pinho
Rating: 4 / 5
The Go 720 did not meet my expectations for a GPS which is required to navigate you from point A to point B effectively, in the sense that the GPS keeps telling me to keep left , keep right , turn right and so on without specifying the name of the street or the name of the road to turn to. I find this very inconvenient, by contrast a basic model in the navigon series offers better navigation. The FM transmitter is of very poor quality and I was pissed off by the fact that the latest map guarantee has already expired. I am actually contemplating to return this product and get the navigon instead.
Rating: 2 / 5
DO THE MATH BEFORE YOU BUY THIS REFURBISHED UNIT!
I’ve a TT LE (2d Ed.), like it & decided to upgrade to the refurbed GO 720. The unit has great features and the price ($119) was OK.
However, ‘refurbed’ to me means ‘like new’ and the major problems are AMAZON does not tell you that it carries only a SIX MONTH factory warranty and that the map is at least 21 months old (on my unit). Cost to upgrade to the latest map from v.7 xx is $47 plus $48 for 4 quarterly updates. So, you’re looking at another $95 or $215 for a ‘refurb’ with a 6 months warranty. AMAZON should have full disclosure on their listings so the customer can decide! Another poster said they should be ashamed. How true! I may return it because of this. By the way, Staples ‘Black Friday’ ad will have a brand new TT GO 830 for $169 with an extra coupon discount of 10% on a single item.
Rating: 3 / 5
The device itself is great. But the refurbished model arrived set up with Dutch menus. If this happens to you click the wrench icon then the “more” arrow until you see a flags icon (takes about 5 clicks) then select your language of choice(the manual inexplicably doesn’t offer this information). It also didn’t include the software CD and tomtom doesn’t honor their latest map guarantee on the refurb unit. The refurb unit also has a short 6 month warranty.
To sum this review up the unit itself is great. The refurb deal isn’t, in light of the short warranty and old maps.
Rating: 1 / 5