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TomTom GO 740TM LIVE 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Lifetime Traffic & Maps Edition) | 
| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $319.00
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1164
Media: Electronics
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Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.9 x 4.7 x 3.2
MPN: 1CF7.052.06
Model: 1CF7.052.06
UPC: 636926040303
EAN: 0636926040303
ASIN: B003BEDTBY
Release Date: May 17, 2010
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| Features:
| • | Includes three months of LIVE Services--TomTom Traffic, Fuel Prices, Local Search powered by Google, Weather, Safety Camera Alerts | | • | Preloaded with maps of the US and Canada with Lifetime Map Updates | | • | Speak instructions to your GO 740 LIVE with over 130 commands with voice recognition | | • | Announces turn-by-turn directions aloud, including street and place names | | • | Make and answer phone calls safely while driving, with your compatible Bluetooth mobile phone |
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Product Description
XL 704TO LIVE 4.3" Auto GPS Navigation UnitThe TomTom GO 740·TM LIVE is ultimate widescreen navigation featuring Lifetime Traffic and Map Updates, and so much more. Real-time information saves you time, money and stress. The TomTom GO 740·TM LIVE automatically accesses live traffic feeds, updated fuel prices, Local Search powered by Google, Weather, and more--so you can stay in the know on the go. Real-time LIVE services work right out of the box via a built-in wireless data connection.* Three months of service included. LIVE Services (3 months included)
Save time, money and stress with real-time information. TomTom Traffic--View live, real-time traffic information on your TomTom GO.Fuel Prices--Get the latest fuel prices on your route or in your area. Locate the lowest priced fuel and navigate directly to it.Local Search powered by Google--Find countless shops and businesses wherever you are and navigate directly there.Weather--Your TomTom GO receives local and five-day forecasts so you can make plans based on the latest weather.Safety Camera Alerts--Know where safety cameras are located for safer, more relaxed drivingLifetime Traffic & Map Updates
Enjoy a lifetime of easy driving with two great features from TomTom. LIFETIME Maps guarantees you receive four new editions of your TomTom map each year to ensure that you are always navigating with the industry's most up-to-date map. And, LIFETIME Traffic sends updates to your TomTom every three minutes, so you can always steer clear of traffic delays and take the fastest route possible to your destination. Maps of US & Canada with TomTom Map Share
Preloaded with maps of the US and Canada. TomTom has the most accurate maps and with TomTom Map Share technology you can instantly modify street names, street direction, POIs, and more on your own device and receive daily verified updates from TomTom. Spoken turn-by-turn instructions and 3D graphics
Amazon.com Product Description
The TomTom GO 740·TM LIVE is ultimate widescreen navigation featuring Lifetime Traffic and Map Updates, and so much more. Real-time information saves you time, money and stress. The TomTom GO 740·TM LIVE automatically accesses live traffic feeds, updated fuel prices, Local Search powered by Google, Weather, and more--so you can stay in the know on the go. Real-time LIVE services work right out of the box via a built-in wireless data connection.* Three months of service included.  Complete widescreen navigation featuring Lifetime Traffic and Map Updates--and much more. |  Save time, money and stress with real-time information from TomTom's LIVE service. |  Speak instructions (over 130 commands) and make/receive calls with compatible Bluetooth phones. | You'll always outsmart traffic with Lifetime Traffic Updates. Based on incoming traffic events, your device will suggest alternate routes to minimize delays. And, with Lifetime Map Updates you'll always drive with the latest and most accurate maps. On average, 15% of the road network changes each year, so it is important to have the most up-to-date maps. With the GO 740·TM LIVE with Lifetime Traffic Updates and Maps, you'll always stay current. Just enter your destination address with voice recognition or on the touchscreen and start driving anywhere in the US and Canada. The TomTom GO 740·TM LIVE guides you door to door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions, including street names. Only TomTom has IQ Routes Technology which shaves time off even the shortest trips by calculating the fastest route based on the time of day you are traveling. You'll always drive the smartest, most efficient route. Advanced Lane Guidance* uses photorealistic images to show you exactly which lane to take in complex multi-lane exits so you can be more confident on the road. With TomTom Map Share you can instantly modify street names, street direction, POIs, road speeds and turn restrictions on your own device. The "Help Me!" menu lets you easily access local emergency providers. And, the GO 740·TM LIVE makes driving even safer with Bluetooth handsfree calling***. The TomTom GO 740·TM LIVE is the ultimate connected car navigator. LIVE Services (3 months included)
Save time, money and stress with real-time information. - TomTom Traffic--View live, real-time traffic information on your TomTom GO.
- Fuel Prices--Get the latest fuel prices on your route or in your area. Locate the lowest priced fuel and navigate directly to it.
- Local Search powered by Google--Find countless shops and businesses wherever you are and navigate directly there.
- Weather--Your TomTom GO receives local and five-day forecasts so you can make plans based on the latest weather.
- Safety Camera Alerts--Know where safety cameras are located for safer, more relaxed driving.
Lifetime Traffic & Map Updates
Enjoy a lifetime of easy driving with two great features from TomTom. LIFETIME Maps guarantees you receive four new editions of your TomTom map each year to ensure that you are always navigating with the industry's most up-to-date map. And, LIFETIME Traffic sends updates to your TomTom every three minutes, so you can always steer clear of traffic delays and take the fastest route possible to your destination. Maps of US & Canada with TomTom Map Share
Preloaded with maps of the US and Canada. TomTom has the most accurate maps and with TomTom Map Share technology you can instantly modify street names, street direction, POIs, and more on your own device and receive daily verified updates from TomTom. Spoken turn-by-turn instructions and 3D graphics will guide you to any address in the US and Canada, worry free. Voice Recognition
Speak instructions to your GO 740 LIVE with over 130 commands. Spoken Street Names
Announces turn-by-turn directions aloud, including street and place names. Bluetooth Handsfree Calling
Make and answer phone calls safely while driving, with your compatible Bluetooth mobile phone. IQ Routes Technology
TomTom IQ Routes Technology puts the driving experience of millions of TomTom users into your maps to shave time off even the shortest trips. Calculates the fastest route possible based on time of day. With TomTom IQ Routes you'll always drive the smartest, most efficient route. IQ Routes saves you time, fuel and money. Traffic isn't the same during Monday morning rush hour as it is on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Heavy traffic, rotaries, traffic lights, and even pedestrians can slow you down. The route you need changes depending on the day and time, so the shortest route isn't necessarily going to be the fastest. With TomTom IQ Routes you'll always drive the fastest route. Advanced Lane Guidance*
TomTom Advanced Lane Guidance gives you extra clarity when navigating difficult junctions by showing you which lane to take, so you won't miss your turn or have to make sudden, dangerous lane crossings. Photorealistic images and a pulsing green arrow indicate exactly which lane to use, so you can go confidently. *Feature only available in the US and Canada
**Feature available in the US only
***Compatible mobile phone required. All TomToms Feature  Plug & Go--Works right out of the box.
 30 Day Latest Map Guarantee--Up to date, off the shelf.
 TomTom Map Share--Modify your own map and benefit from others' verified changes with TomTom Map Share.
 Help Me! Emergency Menu--Easily access local emergency providers such as police, fire stations and hospitals.
 TomTom HOME--Always up to date.
 Fuel Price Service (optional)--Know more, pay less.
What's in the Box GO 740TM live device, windshield mount, USB cable, adhesive disk, car charger with integrated traffic, and user guide with lifetime maps voucher
About TomTom Founded in Amsterdam in 1991, TomTom has established itself as a global leader in navigation by being an innovative company with a strong brand, clear customer focus, and high quality products and services. TomTom is the world's leading navigation solutions provider with navigation products sold in 30 countries and in over 20 languages. To further our commitment to car navigation, TomTom acquired Tele Atlas maps in 2008 so we can continually provide the most up-to-date maps and intelligent routing. We have our own mapping company!
Did you know that every year roads change by up to 40% in high-growth areas? Tele Atlas manages this by using the world's most comprehensive systems to identify and incorporate these changes into our maps with unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy. All TomTom devices benefit from the Tele Atlas advantage--more coverage, more points of interest, and more freshness and accuracy. Why TomTom?
At TomTom, we believe that personal navigation should be as easy and safe as possible. We develop smart technology that gives you straightforward solutions, innovations to make life easy.
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 Great features, good functionality, but not so great on ease-of-setup and customer support. August 29, 2010
M.D. Edwards (Newport News, VA)
I've had my TomTom GO 740TM LIVE for a few weeks now and, overall, I'm very happy with it. It's actually replaced my Bluetooth headset for making calls from the car, and having it with me gives me a great sense of confidence no matter where I'm driving. I'm certain that, with this GPS unit on hand, I no longer have to worry about getting lost.
Working from the outside in, the packaging is pretty informative on the features of this TomTom model, and accurately cites them, in my opinion. Nothing is overstated.
The internal packaging nicely presents the TomTom unit itself, and comes with plenty of information to get you started and get your unit up and running. You WILL need to insert the CD to install TomTom HOME if you haven't done so for a previous TomTom model, and the install and setup of TomTom HOME is quick & easy. TomTom HOME itself is a very useful program for setting up and customizing your unit, and checks for updates to your unit as soon as it's connected and recognized (so long as you don't change that in your own system adjustments). It can, however, be a bit glitchy at times. Just today I connected my GO 740 TM to update it, and for some unexplained reason, TomTom HOME seemed to refuse to recognize it for a while. I tried turning the unit off, then back on while still in the cradle, disconnecting the unit from the USB cradle, turning it off and then back on and reconnecting it, all to no avail. After a few attempts at this and different disconnect/reconnect, power off/power on attempts, I tried one last time just turning the unit off and back on while connected to the cradle (in my mind, essentially a reboot), and FINALLY my system and TomTom HOME recognized that it was connected. This isn't the first time that I've had something glitchy like that happen, and I doubt that it'll be the last.
In fact, as others have mentioned in their reviews of the GO 740 TM, the initial system setup was quite the pain in the keyster. TomTom HOME installed just fine, but trying to get it to accept my LIVE Services and Lifetime Maps code was a chore! I registered my unit and created an account on [...], and upon connecting the unit to my computer and TomTom HOME, it immediately prompted me to do a system software update. Done and done. After that, from the first of the two TomTom HOME main pages, I tried entering my activation code via the proper page tab. TomTom HOME wouldn't accept it. No detailed notification as to why or what the problem was; it just wouldn't take the code, even after multiple attempts. *sigh*.
So, after having spent a moderate 15 - 20 minutes setting up the latest updates (which can feel like an eternity to impatient me), I was NOT going to erase everything from my unit and reinstall it all, as the Support section of the TomTom site suggested. A pop-up message even showed up in My TomTom on [...] telling me to reinstall everything after basically erasing all that was on it. Nope; not doing it. I instead opted to follow the suggestion of one of my fellow reviewers, and simply rebooted the unit by turning it off and then back on while it was still connected. Wonder of wonders, that seemed to do it. After the power down/power back up, I went back into TomTom HOME, entered my code, and this time, the system accepted it. TomTom HOME then prompted me to install the latest North America map, which took most of the unit's internal memory (the map update alone was a 2 GB file).
After that, I popped in a 4 GB Micro SD card that I had laying around, and proceeded to customize my TomTom (from the Add Traffic, Voices, Safety Information, Etc tab) and set up my initial account information, all of which was quite simple and straightforward to do. So, once you've gotten past any initial code verification issues, it should be just as easy for you to download and install customizations to your TomTom.
After tackling those tasks, it was on to syncing my Verizon Wireless LG EnV Touch with my TomTom GO 740 TM LIVE. Easy enough!
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Or so I thought. Amazingly enough, there's a very limited list of Verizon Wireless phones that the 740 TM LIVE is apparently set up to work with. Honestly, I suspect that this is entirely due to Verizon Wireless' desire to restrict GPS access to their phones so that they can get more revenue from their customers via their own VZ Navigator subscription plans. Another strike against Verizon Wireless, in my book. Good business is one thing, but being plain greedy is entirely another.
Just so you know (and don't have to go looking all over for it), here's a listing of the phones that are compatible with the 740 TM LIVE, from [...] itself:
"AT&T/Cingular:
LG CU575, LG CE110*, Motorola RAZR V3, Motorola RAZR V3i, Motorola ROKR E1, Motorola L6, Motorola L2, Motorola RAZR V3xx, Motorola RAZR 2 v9, Motorola SLVR L7, Motorola MPx220, Motorola Q9H, Motorola ROKR E1, HTC TyTN, Nokia 3650, Nokia E61, Nokia E62, Nokia N75, Nokia 9300, Nokia 9300i, Nokia 7610, Nokia 6230, Nokia 6550, Nokia 6820, Nokia 6820i, Nokia 6131, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6103, Sony Ericsson W550i, Sony Ericsson Z520, Sony Ericsson Z525, Sony Ericsson Z530, Sony Ericsson s710a*, Apple iPhone*, Blackberry 8820*, Blackberry 8300 Curve*, Samsung SGH-A517, Samsung SGH-A707, Samsung SGH-A727, Samsung SGH-i607*, Siemens SX66*
T-Mobile:
Blackberry 8700g*, Blackberry 8100 Pearl*, Motorola PEBL U6, Motorola RAZR V3, Motorola RAZR V3i, Motorola RAZR V3t, Nokia 3650, Nokia 6600, Nokia 6131, Nokia 6103, Nokia 5300, Nokia 8800
Sprint/Nextel:
Motorola 1605*, Motorola i870*, Motorola i880*
Verizon: LG VX5400*, LG VX8350*, LG VX8500 (Chocolate)*, LG VX8700*, LG VX9900*, Motorola RAZR V3*, Samsung SCH-U700*, Samsung SCH-u470 Juke*
* Hands-free calling only. Access to TomTom PLUS Services not supported."
I finally got my TomTom to sync with my LG EnV Touch by setting my phone to "visible" Bluetooth mode. Oddly enough, my LG EnV Touch had detected the TomTom in a previous sync attempt, so it was already selectable on my phone. All it took from that point was punching in the "0000" unlock code, and I can now use the speaker and microphone on my TomTom as the audio sources for my calls. I HAVE had issues with transferring the sound to my cell phone when I've arrived at my destination, only to find that my TomTom seems to opt to not fully power down when I've taken the standard steps to shut it down, and then it tries to transfer the call back to the unit but instead disconnects the call. Additionally, I still cannot dial calls through my TomTom (even though my TomTom states "LG VX11000 connected" upon startup when my phone's Bluetooth is on, when I try to select a dialing option from the 740 TM's menus, it suddenly notifies me that "no phone" is "connected"). It also seems like the bulk of the other features that TomTom offers for Bluetooth calling are inaccessible with my cellphone model, but my callers seem to feel that the microphone on the 740 TM is better than that on my Samsung Bluetooth Headset WEP870 (the features on the Samsung mono/stereo Bluetooth headset are cool, but the sound from the "stereo" headset is abysmal, as it was in the first of the two that I've tried). So, I can use the speaker and mike to make my calls, but must place those calls directly from the phone itself. Even with all of that, though, the feature works well enough that I expect to continue to use it as my go-to hands free calling method while driving.
The myriad features that the TomTom GO 740 TM LIVE has are, overall, very helpful to me. Especially now that I've just recently completed a First Aid course and received certification in First Aid, I love that, under the "Help" menu, users can access a First Aid manual in addition to other standard content. The Lifetime Maps feature DOES only include one map per quarter, or every three months, and any more often than that that you download them will be at an average cost of about fifty bucks, but that's still better than what's apparently offered with other TomTom models. I've got a family friend who has always kept up with the latest technological gadgets, and he mentioned that he CAN download new maps to his older model TomTom, but it's at an average price of about eighty bucks. In addition to that, he was pretty much blown away by the lifetime real-time traffic updates, and the fact that you can now set your preferred arrival time to your destination, as opposed to simply punching in the route and arriving whenever it happens to be when you get there. He felt that that was a great feature, and I couldn't agree more (of course, you have to LEAVE at the time that the TomTom suggests to make it to your destination by your goal, but at least you know when to get out on the road). He was also pretty tickled by seeing the Golden Arches logo pop up, as well as many other fast food, gas, and other points of interest clearly depicted on the designated route. I myself love that the imagery shown in the Advanced Lane Guidance feature really DOES look just like the road that I'm on, and it clearly indicates where you need to be when you make your turn (that could've saved us a VERY dangerous rerouting on L.A.'s 405 last year when we missed a very important turn onto another freeway, and Dad ended up driving over the sand freeway separator to merge with oncoming traffic. And I'm NOT making that up)!
Honestly, this is the first GPS that I've ever owned, even though I did do the setting up and adjusting on my parents' Garmin during travels through California last year, but I LOVE my TomTom GO 740 TM LIVE. Just about every feature that I could hope for in a GPS is here, and many of them for a moderate monthly subscription price, if not free (if I'm going to pay ten bucks a month for GPS features, I'd rather they be on a dedicated model as opposed to my phone). Yes, many of the LIVE features "included" with this model are only free for a 3 month trial period, but the features that you have to pay for after that point are pretty much optional, in my opinion. The really valuable ones, like the quarterly map updates and the real-time traffic notifications, truly ARE included free of charge for the life of the unit, and to me, those are the most important features.
At this point, the price for this TomTom model has already decreased from what it was upon its initial release, and I don't doubt that it will continue to decrease over time, as many merchandise prices tend to do. Even if the price DOESN'T go down any further, though, this unit will still be well worth its cost, in my opinion. Yes, the website's "Support" features are really quite terrible for this day and age - there's just no denying that - but if you or someone in your immediate family is relatively tech-savvy, I believe that you'll be able to figure out a working and satisfactory fix on your own, or via the information posted on the Internet. The small glitches, bugs, and minor problems that you may encounter here and there don't detract enough from the value of this unit's features to make it less than a very good buy for what you're getting.
I've used my TomTom GO 740 TM LIVE every day since I got it, both to notify me of traffic delays on my route, and for hands-free calling. Its other features are just the icing on the cake, and have made it pretty indispensable for me. Even though it's not completely compatible with my model of cell phone, the safety features that it provides me with makes it one of the best things I've gotten in recent history. In my opinion, this TomTom model, with the features that it offers, is worth every single penny.
 well pleased August 14, 2010
rumba racal (Mayfield, KY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
We have owned this new TomTom for a short period of time, but have used it extensively on trips to Ft. Lauderdale and will be using it this week on a trip to Canada to see the University of Kentucky play an exhibition game in Windsor, Ont. If it performs as well on the east side of the Ambassador bridge as it does in this country it will be a be pleasure to drive with assurance that we will not miss the game! User friendly and visible under nearly all circumstances of sunlight and reflection.
The Best Tool for Navigation August 12, 2010
Erol Esen (Webster, NY United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
While many mobile phones have GPS and navigation features, TomTom GO 740TM Live specializes in one thing: Navigate you from point A to Point B with perfected features that I only hear people *say* they have them for their phone, but never see them actually use. This device is designed to be used.
Aside from the rugged casing of the 740TM, its screen is bigger than iPhone (3.5" v. 4.25" diagonal viewing area) and 3D viewing of where exactly you're going is very clear and understandable. The ease of use is enhanced by accurate speech recognition, as well as speech synthesis. You press a microphone icon on the screen and say 'repeat instruction' and a clear, very easy to understand, and very human-like voice instructs you where you need to go at that particular moment and place towards your destination. I wonder if they're using AT&T's speech synthesis research product called Natural Voice--you can play with it; just go to Google and type AT&T Natural Voice. It's amazing how human-like the speech synthesis is. This device accepts many more commands; too numerous to mention here. I also found 'volume up' or 'volume down' to be useful.
Speaking of Google, I finally witnessed how Google really makes their money. This TomTom device can connect to its servers or clouds via cell towers. It allows you to search Google for any location from its touch-screen, and then gives you a list of places that match your search; ordered by distance from your current location. Wow.
This ability to do Google search is an amazing service. I think I'll be able to use it free for 3 months (it hasn't expired yet,) but $9.95/month doesn't sound bad. Of course, I don't expect to pay that every month. But I might pay it occasionally like when I go to trips. If you're in a densely populated area with lots of gas stations, this device can find the cheapest for you based on your current location. For someone who is a traveling salesman, this device solves the NP-complete problem (that's a nerd-joke, never mind.)
If I don't continue to use the Live service, I can always hook it up to my PC and plan my routes that way. The USB connection is easy and effortless. It comes with software that emulates the actual device exactly with real data that you can configure the device from your computer.
While it has an internal 2GB non-volatile memory, you can expand it with a microSD memory card.
It lets you upload photos, music, and txt files. Its document viewer works well; it could be used like an eBook reader.
It works as a speaker phone when connected to your mobile phone via Bluetooth connection. I have an LG phone.
Its windshield mount has a superb design. The suction cup to hold has a mechanical twisting action that gave me a high level of confidence that it will not fall down.
The logo isn't too shabby, and I shall take the liberty to speculate why this product is called TomTom. It must come from Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, which begins with his aunt calling for him, "Tom! Tom!" I wish all the lucky owners of this hands-on product pleasant adventures.
Evolutionary process seems to converge on specialization. This device is at the forefront human ingenuity for navigation.
Very nice full-featured GPS August 11, 2010
Mary Jo DiBella (Rochester, New York USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love GPS units. As a 61 year old woman who has spent much of her adult life 'LOST!', the idea of a gadget for my car that can FIND me is just wonderful. I always offer to review these when they are available because I just really love them.
This is a nice, full featured GPS. I brought it along on a recent 'antiquing weekend' trip, where a friend and I did a totally freeform trip with no specific destination in mind, just a general idea of where we'd go. The GPS served us very well.
My review will in places compare it with the GPS I am accustomed to using, a new Garmin Nuvi 3790T. It might seem a bit unfair to compare these two because the Garmin is admittedly their high-end unit and considerably more expensive than the TomTom, but I offer the comparison because TomTom did very well!
Physically, this GPS has a 4.3 inch screen which shows up well on a sunny day. There are a lot of customization features that allow the user to lay out the screen and choose which options show up, and where. It can be switched from a 2D to 3D view easily and I did notice that the 2D view allowed for panning out a lot further than the 3D view did. The speaker is on the back of the unit, and the volume is excellent, easy to hear and can be turned up very loud indeed. It comes with a suction-cup windshield mount and I confess I am not overfond of these. TomTom does say that they are compatible with ProClip car mounts, and I am a ProClip fan so I have one of these in my car. The TomTom attached to it very well in its bracket.
If you like to remove your GPS from the car when you park and carry it with you, this one is a tad heavy for a purse and a bit too thick to fit in a jeans pocket.
On our trip, we wanted to go to a particular area and follow a specific route. No GPS that I've ever found is especially easy to use this way. They want a destination, and they want to plan their route. If you want to stick as much as possible to (in our example) Route 15, a GPS is not going to be happy about it. I did manage to do it with this TomTom by pulling up the map view and tapping on Route 15 any time we went off that route and wanted to return. I used my fingernail to hit the screen, but a stylus might be easier to use for this kind of fine control.
If we missed a turn, there was no irritated voice saying 'Off route, recalculating' as I normally hear from my Garmin. The TomTom simply recalculated quietly and brought us back on-route as soon as it could. I did appreciate not having to listen to it complain when we ignored it .
The search function in this TomTom was not as good as in my Garmin. I asked it to find nearby 'Antiques' and it found no matches, though the Garmin did manage to find 6 shops, so clearly TomTom could afford to do some improvements in their search algorithm. Of course you can pull up a list of nearby shops and manually look for what you want, which works just fine.
The 'Live' features in this device worked very well. We were warned in advance several times of traffic jams ahead, and the unit offered to bypass them if we wanted. It also offered to avoid toll roads and unpaved roads.
I really loved the voice recognition feature on this unit. My Garmin often misunderstands commands...I will say 'Go Home' and it will say 'Call Mom?'. This TomTom unit easily recognized what I was saying and I liked it a lot. It easily paired with my Droid cell phone and the voice dial features worked great! I rarely use the voice command feature on my Garmin because it simply doesn't understand me very well. TomTom definitely wins this comparison.
All in all, I do like this GPS and I will use it again in the future. The price indicates that it's one of TomTom's high end units, and I do think the feature list is very nice.
Bought Three -- Kept One -- Returned Two August 10, 2010
GeneAlbert (U.S.A)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Over a period of about three months, we (my family and I) bought and used the following three GPS systems in various locations in Texas and under varying driving conditions:
1. Garmin nuvi 1690 nuLink
2. Garmin nuvi 3790T
3. TomTom Go 740TM Live
Here is what we observed:
1. The Garmin nuvi 1690 nuLink has the best POI/White Pages/Google search system and decent Traffic information (minus any I.Q. Route or nuRoute to take into consideration varying driving patterns by day of week or time of day). Menus are very easy to use. Includes paid cellular (nuLink) traffic capabilities.
2. The Garmin nuvi 3790T has a "Pretty Face". On looks alone, the 3790T will win any GPS beauty contest. However, over the course of about a month of driving, mostly in a high traffic metroplex locations, nothing stood out that would indicate that the nuRoute traffic feature was making any significant difference in routing. Searches are based on built-in POI only, no Google search, etc. No cellular traffic (nuLink) capability for traffic reporting in "off the beaten path" driving locations. Menus are very easy to use.
3. The TomTom Go 740TM Live is a real "Work horse" when it comes to traffic handling. Its I.Q. routes, combined with superior traffic handling software (what it can do with the traffic data it receives), make it stand out head and shoulders above the other GPS systems we tested. When it comes to "good looking" maps, the Garmin products have it beat, but not to the point of not letting you know exactly where you are at the moment, and where you are going next. Menus are a bit cumbersome, but the fine tuning capabilities that the system allows is superior to the other GPS systems we tested. Finally, the combined use of the "T" on the TomTom (free lifetime traffic) and the "Live" (paid cellular traffic) offers a very complete traffic coverage system. When one of the traffic systems (T or Live) loses its signal, the other takes over without missing a beat. None of the other GPS systems we tested (with nuLink or with T only) have this capability. The "M" on the TomTom (free lifetime Maps) is another plus.
We decided to keep the TomTom Go 740TM Live system. By the way, unlike the experiences reported by some, we compared the Customer Services of both TomTom and Garmin, and did not find any significant difference between the two. Thirty minute wait times on the phone were not uncommon on either, and usefulness of information seemed to depend on which agent answered the phone.
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|  | Seagate Barracuda 7200 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 32MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive ST31000528AS-Bare Drive |
| | Kindle Lighted Leather Cover, Black (Kindle 3G Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" Display Kindle) |
| | Apple iPod touch 32 GB (4th Generation) NEWEST MODEL |
|  | HDMI Cable 2M (6 Feet) |
| | Kindle 3G Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" Display, White, 3G Works Globally - Latest Generation |
| ![AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters) [Supports 3D + Audio Return Channel]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B001T9NUJE.01._AA42_PU_PU-5_.jpg) | AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters) [Supports 3D + Audio Return Channel] |
| | Kindle Lighted Leather Cover, Burgundy Red (Fits 6" Display, Latest Generation Kindle) |
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| Most Gifted | | Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6" Display, Graphite - Latest Generation |
| | Kindle 3G Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" Display, Graphite, 3G Works Globally - Latest Generation |
| | Kindle Leather Cover, Black (Fits 6" Display, Latest Generation Kindle) |
| | Kindle 3G Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" Display, White, 3G Works Globally - Latest Generation |
| | Kindle Lighted Leather Cover, Black (Kindle 3G Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" Display Kindle) |
|  | Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G, 6" Display, White - 2nd Generation |
| ![Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation--with iPhone OS 3.1 Software Installed) [OLD MODEL]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B002M3SOBU.01._AA42_PU_PU-5_.jpg) | Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation--with iPhone OS 3.1 Software Installed) [OLD MODEL] |
| | Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G, 9.7" Display, Graphite, 3G Works Globally – Latest Generation |
|  | Apple iPod touch 32 GB (3rd Generation) OLD MODEL |
| | Kindle Lighted Leather Cover, Burgundy Red (Fits 6" Display, Latest Generation Kindle) |
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