
It does the job, but.
Pros
- Plays MP3s.
- The FM transmitter integrates with the MP3 player and audio directions very well.
- Has SD memory slot for MP3 and photos. I have not used it.
- Upgradable maps, for a price. I have not yet tried this feature.
- It has live traffic updates, for a price.
- Integrates with a bluetooth phone. I don't have one so I don't know if it works.
- Additional 'features' are available via their TomTom Home software, for a price.
- Their TomTom Home software is Mac OS X compatible.
- The Mapshare seems like a good addition. (Users upload errors and corrections.)
- Does it's job of real-time navigation. It's hard to get lost using this device. It's accuracy seems to be fairly good, within 50-100 feet. Which is all commercial GPS is really good for without using differential GPS or some other such third party system.
- It's real time route re-calculation seems to work fairly well.
- It's POI listing is a bit dated but useful as is.
Cons
- User interface is no better and no worse then any of the others. They all seem to be designed by the same company.
- Only plays MP3s, no AAC or Ogg Vis (or even WMA). The TT Home software for transferring MP3s is not intuitive or easy. I tried transferring MP3s by hand but for some reason that does not work. The resultant files are unplayable.
- The cross country route planner consistently makes BAD highway choices. Sometimes VERY BAD choices. Google Maps is actually better, MUCH BETTER. (I have not compared it to the other device.)
- It's estimates for cross country time of arrival are consistently long by a good 10-30%.
- Within 30 minutes of first using the TomTom Home software I toasted the device. Three hours later I some how restored it's functionality. It's been five weeks and TomTom has yet to respond to my request for help. Their web site support is one of the worst in the industry. (They did mark my request as solved without contacting me.)
- The TomTom Home doesn't come with a manual and I had to learn via trial and error. Unfortunately more error then I would have liked.
- The TomTom Home software is "suppose" to integrate with Google Maps. It doesn't. That would be a GREAT FEATURE and one reason why I purchased it.
- The online purchases are in Euro. Apparently TomTom is a european company.Get more detail about
TomTom GO 720 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator.