Kept me alive and on-track in LA.
family traveler, practical, budget-conscious traveler, into trying new things, love to travel
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DEC
18
2007
It was a great experience and really made my entire trip much more relaxing. When I would type in my destination, the system would quickly guess where I wanted to go before I even finished writing, and could set up a route in moments. The search feature is also great when you are hungry and want a restaurant nearby, are a tourist and would like suggestions, or simply someone who can't remember the address of that event hall they're supposed to be at right now.
It gave very precise vocal instructions, even within feet of turns or other important points. Also the volume on the device can go up to an obscene maximum which could be good for those that like to play tunes while driving. Without reading any directions I understood how to use it well within 15 minutes and a less tech-savvy person would probably understand it perfectly in under 30.
The only real drawback I can think of is that when I would make a wrong turn (sometimes voluntarily) it would take a little while to reroute. It wasn't unreasonably slow, but could have cost me if the next turn had come up before the directions did.
If this product was really ambitious, it would combine the TomTom GPS navigation with TomTom Traffice so that a route would be created using the most accessible roads at that time of day.
Otherwise it is a great product -considering its price- and everyday family travelers should be perfectly content with its performance.
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