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Tom Tom POI's are not very updated and makes it more difficult to find options. Only grip has to do with Tom Tom, not the seller. Thanks to the seller for a great transaction. I like that I have full Tom TOm on my windows mobile phone. Worked really well when we moved across the country. I tend to use Tom TOm to route if I know an address, but I still use google maps for finding a place.
Seems to be correct in directions although I only use it on rare occasion. Tom Tom offers an upgrade but it claims the upgrade does not support pda phones. $28 to convert my AT&T Tilt to a stand alone GPS is a great deal. Be forwarned that the GPS drains battery life fast.
The documentation could be better. Once installed it works great. This will only install if you don't update the desktop software. The screen on the Omnia isn't quite the right size for this software but is quite usable.
I came from Germany, so I need it for everyday. The instruction for installation is bad.
It was accurate all the way to the door of our rented beach house. It fatigued too quickly otherwise for our wander. When we took it to CA, after flying into LA area, we had to drive to the coast in the dark. Clarity on the screen was always very good.
It found a very nice back way inland by its fast re-routing when we had decided to go 15 miles out of our way for an In and Out Burger. Verbal directions were comprehendible and in time for action. On the wander, we found Google maps better for deciding what was possible, but the Tom Tom far better for navigation. I have enjoyed this product for specific uses, not every day navigation.I purchased this with a Freedom Keychain GPS unit. It also tried hard not to let us go into the western side of Rocky Mountain National Park, full of switchbacks, but eventually convinced it to take us there. We have used it for a "wander" where we decided where to go on the fly through the mid section of the country, and last used it for Southern California navigation.
The POI lists are good, but for "what if" type inquiries about where to go, another software was found superior. It was helpful to show us how many more hairpin turns we had to go and we had an error free drive. My palm had more trouble with maintaining bluetooth connection. It has worked very well with constant car adapter power. I've now had my Tom Tom for my Palm Treo for 7 months. The maps were, however, very good once we decided where to go.
Keeping power to the system was also a problem in that my long lasting battery was totally fatigued by using the car adapter the whole trip.
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