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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
Buy New: $399.99
New (2) from $399.99
Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 259
Media: Electronics
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 3.3 x 4.7 x 1
MPN: GO 930
Model: GO 930
UPC: 636926021517
EAN: 0636926021517
ASIN: B00160LGEC
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 The Tomtom 930 delivers as promised September 3, 2008
Electronics enthusiast (Miami, Florida United States)
I have had the pleasure of using the 930 in Europe and in various major cities in the U.S. and I have never been disappointed. I have found myself in obscure areas of Italy, Spain and France not adequately reflected on paper maps and the 930 was successful in guiding the way every time. It has proven to be an indispensable navigational tool. All other GPS devices referenced in other reviews here simply pale in comparison. Is the device entirely fool proof, no, and neither are those devices from Tomtom wannbes such as Garmin and Magellan, but it is the best available product on the market in this price range. I have owned many Tomtom devices over the years including various PDA versions of the software and each has provided years of reliable service. Further,I have had the occasion to contact Tomtom customer service/technical support from time to time and in each instance the support proved both prompt and curteous. That being said, I am not suggesting that there is no room for improvement. However, I am confident that it will be Tomtom that will lead the way in improving the navigational device experience in the future. By the way, the lane guidance feature of the 930, when available, is phenomenal.
 TomTom Go 930T Review September 3, 2008
Douglas A. Perry (Guntersville, AL USA)
The TomTom Go 930T was simple to install. It was simple to operate for basic navigation functions, however for route planning it took a little longer to learn and I had to ask for technical support.
It would preplan and create a route and it would calculate the shortest route (default option). Knowing the route I wanted to go a different way so I modified the route. After turning the unit off and then back on it would recalculate the route again and not use the modification I wanted. I later had to create an itinery and put a waypoint on a specific road I wanted to travel on so that when it created the route it would include that road.
I also found out the unit would not reverse an itiniary route for a return trip so I had to create the same route in both directions.
The map is very accurate as it had my street at the correct location which on all other maps I've seen including paper maps the location was incorrect. It appears another user had updated the street name with Map Share which is a great feature.
The traffic feature (T) works great as I was 25 miles away from Nashville, TN and it told me there was a 20 minute delay. As I approached the city, it kept updating the delay time. When I got to the location the delay was down to about 6 minutes and that was close to what the delay was. It also informed me of road construction when I was aproaching another City. This is another great feature.
Overall, I am very happy with the products performance and would recommend it.
Great August 29, 2008
R. Bean
This is my 2nd one, the first one I ordered had horrible battery life and would turn on by itself. But the new one is great. It definitely prefers the highway, even during rush hour, but a quick find alternative route fixes that. Bluetooth and the ability to play MP3 are a big plus.
 TomTom Go 930T Review August 25, 2008
Anthony J. Ramsey (Milwaukee, WI USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The product had so many features that attracted me to it. It really is a step ahead of other products out there. The problem is that, even though my BlackBerry 8100 is supported by TomTom for this product, the TomTom services are unavailable.
80 to 85% of the features work for me, but none of the TomTom services work--even though the wide varity of available services and protocols which TomTom should support, they said the US protocol did not meet their specifcations. I am very disappointed.
 What are they thinking August 17, 2008
L. Balk
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I purchased this product for the following reasons. Both North American and European maps included for a reasonable price. The ability to route by shortest distance, lease use and most use of freeways, pedestrian routes and the sleek design.
I unpacked the unit and was happy with the overall interface of the unit and the ability to customize the details that would display on the screen. After that is when it all fell apart. Within a few days I logged on to the Tom-tom web site and began to down load the updates, they included a system update, North American and European map updates. What I quickly discovered was there was not enough room to install the base maps that came with the system on the unit. I called tech support they told me I must be mistaken and the unit must be defective, I should return it for repair. Instead I returned it to Amazon and purchased a replacement. The new unit had the same exact problem, I pushed tech support for a better answer and after a few days I finally got the answer that the updated maps would not fit on the unit as designed. In fact I was told they installed an older version on the units on purpose because they required more than the 4GB worth of memory on the unit. Now even if the last statement is not accurate the fact is, the current maps which were available shortly after release of the unit will not fit. You have to purchase a minimum of a 4 GB SD memory card to install them. Now this in itself is not so awful, even if it is misleading when you purchase the unit. A 4 GB memory card is less than $50.00 but the problem is when you log on to the system you are forced to decide where in memory you want to install map updates or software updates. This is a selection you must make when you first connect to the unit. If you have multiple updates you need to continue to disconnect and reconnect. Then you have to know where you need to apply the changes you want to make. What made this even worse, I removed the 4GB memory card after I applied the European maps and when I reinstalled the card the 930 could not find the maps anymore. By this time I had spent so many hours with tech support getting inconsistent answers I just gave up. Now I think Tom-Tom could easily fix this problem by allowing me to install just the European maps I wanted. They can be purchased as regions if you did not get them with the unit, this would have been an acceptable option since I was not planning on going to Russia or several other countries that were on the base map. I have other suggestions but that would make this review really drag on.
There were a few other problems and limitations that disappointed me as well. I personally think one of the greatest enhancements to come to GPS in the last few years is not the ability to look at your pictures, or play MP3 files. But the ability to have text to speech read you the road and or street names while you are driving. This allows you to keep your eyes on the road and be told the name of the street you need to turn on. The novelty voices do not have text to speech and when you purchase them and load them there is no warning that you will not have this features. In fact at the directions of tech support to increase available memory I mistakenly removed the text to speech voice and could never return it to the unit.
After being frustrated with the unit I went out and purchased a Garmin 880 unit and actually drove with a Garmin 880, Tom-tom 930 and a Magellan 4250 in my windshield. The Magellan does not have European maps available ( or at least that I could find). My findings with this were interesting, I learned something that makes the Garmin the best choice of all the GPS units, but what I also discovered is the Tom-Tom had the worst display and the worst information for letting you know the next turn that you had to make in advance. The Magellan was probably the best with advance notice but the Garmin had the best display and road details. The one killer feature that the Garmin has that none of the others on this list have is real time updates of points of interest. What I mean by this is , let's say you are driving down route 95 and you know you will be traveling on this road for the next several miles. You are looking for a restaurant or a hotel. You can choose your options from points of interest and the Garmin will continue to update showing you the direction and distance of all the valid choices. The restaurant or hotel names and distances will continue to change as you drive. Both the Tom-Tom and the Magellan will only show you the current results and you need to start the search over again if you want updated information. This feature alone makes the Garmin the top choice in any GPS unit, imagine you are driving down the road and need the nearest gas station, you search on the Tom-Tom and all the nearest stations are the wrong direction. If you want to keep checking you need to begin the search again. If you have a Garmin you put your search in and as you drive your choices will update. In the end I retuned the Tom-Tom and kept the Garmin 880 which I think was too expensive but I like it and you can get other Garmin models with similar features for much less. Now all we need is for Garmin to add the two way feature that Dash has to their unit for the perfect GPS.
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