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TomTom ONE v3 Great Britain | 
 enlarge | Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
Buy New: £107.90
New (22) Used (1) Refurbished (2) from £107.90
Rating:  43 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 6.8 x 3.5
Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers.
MPN: 1N01060
Model: 1N01060
UPC: 636926017374
EAN: 0636926017374
ASIN: B000TXHDM6
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW - UK SPEC - UK STOCK - SHIPPED FAST
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 Does what it says on the box but beware no SD card slot! September 3, 2007
Mr. M. N. Walters (UK)
96 out of 97 found this review helpful
Having never had a TomTom before and been encouraged by other users, I jumped at the opportunity when the new One v3 was available - Map Share being an excellent new feature where you can make and receive map updates for free.
The device is excellent but with a major niggle - no SD Card slot! I was shocked to discover this as it's not clear from the TomTom site or even the box that it arrives in! What's even more shocking is that the previous version does have an SD slot - so this v3 in some respects is a step back! The only improvement is on-board software but I bet v2 owners can upgrade to allow map share anyway.
So if you want to add maps in the future - avoid this. It only has 512Mb so you can't load Western Europe.
A shame as in other respects, an excellent device.
 No frills, no fuss, just gets on with the job October 15, 2007
Mrs. Gillian Griffin (Surrey)
62 out of 62 found this review helpful
Bought this sat nav as it was the cheapest TomTom there was(everyone seems to recommend TomTom),and we only wanted it for use in the UK. Very easy to use, instantly worked out a new route when we took a wrong turn. Knocked spots off the nav man we had borrowed before. Took a little bit of getting used to some of the phrases it uses, but only a minor quibble.Screen is very clear and easy to follow. Would definately recommend.
TomTom One v3 September 15, 2007
A. Bayley
48 out of 52 found this review helpful
First main point is don't fall into the trap of believing you can upgrade this device with new maps. It will only do Great Britain. If you need Europe you will need to buy the other TomTom Europe. TomTom have tuned into the mobile phone style of marketing which means the only print worth reading is the small print, if you can find it. TomTom also advertise a TomTom 1 with bluetooth, BUT only to connect to thier subscription services, not phone calls etc. as you would assume.
Generally speaking the navigation is not bad once you realise your brain dwarfs the processor in the sat nav. Many instructions are best ignored
"keep to the right" being one of them, unless you want to stick in the 2nd lane 3 miles from a roundabout with irrate drivers tailgating you and overtaking on the inside. It should stick to giving directions not telling you how to drive.
The voice is loud and clear but the battery life is deliberatly only 2 hours to contrast with 5 hours on the x hundred pound models so you need to plan for for dashboard spagetti if you are going on a journey.
My person view is that this a handy gadget when used sparingly, otherwise you may end up using it navigate to the body shop because it can be yet another distraction to looking where you are going.
Speed camera alerts are good as is the warning that you are exceeding the speed limit.
The bottom line is that this sat nav is very impressive for the price.
Helpful piece of kit but use as an additional mapping tool October 24, 2007
Silverfrog (Leeds UK)
43 out of 44 found this review helpful
In my opinion, my people buying the TomTom expecting it to solve all of their problems in navigation and 10 out of 10 times it will work perfectly. To avoid disappointment I would advise that you buy this as an additional tool to help you get from A to B. I originally bought this with the same expectations and was a little disappointed. Although it is a very good purchase and undoubtedly helps in getting around, it does have it's quirks.
What's good?
I like being able to turn the colours to night colours so that the screen is not too bright when driving at night. It remembers where Home is so wherever you are you can just click navigate>Home and it will calculate the best route. It remembers addresses you've entered before. You can browse the route before your journey and it can even 'play through' the journey so that you can see what it will look like when you're on the move. I've never had problems with not being able to obtain a signal sitting in the car as you might find with some PDA sat nav's.
Additional Points of interest - There are sites dedicated to adding different points of interest to your TomTOm. As my wife and I really like to visit English Heritage sites, initially struggled to navigate to them as they didn't really have addresses as such. But there are sites on the web that have lists of specific types of points of interest. So I was able to download and install several Heritage sites and now they show up on the map all the time with a little English Heritage site icon (just like a petrol station or parking might be). You can turn this on and off too. These points of interest depend on who has submitted them as they rely upon the specific longitute and latitude co-ordinates i think. Other interest points can include swimming pools, doctors, certain stores, pubs and clubs etc.
You can change the voice settings - there are some sites that have downloadable voice settings - like humourous comments, you can even get the Simpsons
What's annoying?
You can't set the zoom to remain at a certain point. I like to zoom out a little bit more so that i know what the road looks like ahead but it always zooms in very closely when coming to a junction but doesn't zooom back out to my original setting. Sometimes you can't always find the address you are looking for to navigate to which can be frustrating so you need to pick the nearest area or landmark.
Summary
All in all i really like my TomTom and have found it a worthy purchase especially for the price. Its a very useful tool but should not be relied upon too heavily.
Easy to use - just stay in the UK November 7, 2007
Mr. Shumit Rehman (London)
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
I have had Tomtom on my pocket pc for a year or so and always found it easy to use. However the wife wanted an all in one unit which would be as easy to use. We tried out the cheap Garmin (Available at Halfords) and found it nowhere near as friendly as Tomtom so when the price dropped for this I decided to go for what we already know.
The Tomtom people are billionaires now and you can see why. The unit is small, easy to use, easy to see, loud, sticks very easily to the windscreen, AND it takes you from a to b. The speed camera warnings are great too although I need to update it still.
So why only the 4 stars. Well I think upgradeability is an important concept and by removing the sd slot I will never be able to use this abroad. However I still have my Pocket PC and we will be using that should we ever drive abroad. But for now this is the easiest and one of the cheapest units around.
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