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For several months now my clients have wondered where the GPS navigation system is in my car. The answer was that it was the Sacramento County Thomas Guide sitting on the back seat. Recently I finally broke down, succumbing to the self-imposed pressure of being the premier (only) Sacramento Map Blogger, and purchased a TomTom One. This unit is TomTom’s entry level navigation system, and my first impressions are that I like it quite a bit. Originally I had been looking at the TomTom 910 at about $200 more or the TomTom One XL (which is basically the TomTom One with a little more screen space). However, as I played with the one and with the 910 in the store a bit, it struck me that the extra screen space was not something I needed, since even an old guy like me could read the map on the TomTom One screen fairly well.
Of course, there was the usual bubble pack to contend with.
Bubble pack is the scourge of technological society.
Other than that, my experience was mostly positive. The user interface was quite simple to use. To be honest, I know a Realtor with a $660 per month car payment with a Navigation system that has a somewhat simpler interface, but given that I got the whole system out the door for less than half of a single car payment, I’m happy.
One of the features of the 910 is the Text-To-Speech, which allows the unit to call out road names instead of saying a more generic “In 400 yards, turn right”. In practice I’ve found that The TomTom One’s generic street names have not been a problem at all. Having the TomTom One on and talking to me made getting where I was going pretty much a no brainer.
There was only one area (quite near my house) where the street configuration had changed recently where the TomTom got confused. To give the unit its due, however, this was after I’d selected that street as an alternate route. The primary route probably would have worked without a hitch.
Right now I’m going to take the unit out to see how it does in a more live scenario. When I don’t get lost, I’ll report back.
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