Re: [OT] Anyone got a Tom Tom One?

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 From what I hear it's better than previous units for reception ...
how
about brightness ... on anything other than a dull day the previous
units were poor ... they were also bad for running ahead, and that may
not have changed ... ie: great for showing where you are, but not much
good for navigating ahead or planning a route, or chossing options, etc
... the DVO built-in systems, we've found, are a lot better than Tom Tom
... 'though that's probably not much help !

Chris



Keith Finnett wrote:

> Yep, I've got one (also for the wife) and it's a brilliant device.
> I've also
> compared it to using a PDA + TomTom software, and there really is no
> competition - TomTom One wins hands down.
>
> k
>
>
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> Chaps,
>
> I'm thinking of getting the wife a sat nav box, but as she won't be
> using it that much, I don't want to spend too much on it (save that
for
> new toys for myself!). Having looked through Tom Toms website, there
> doesn't seem to be much difference between the One and the 300 apart
> from the One has faster CPU and the 300 has a soft case. Is this
> correct? Anyone with any experience of using the TTOne? Any gotchas or
> problems?
>
> TIA,
> Lee