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RE: [OT] TomTom Go 910


  • Subject: RE: [OT] TomTom Go 910
  • From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:42:10 +0100

How's the Bluetooth connection to various phones though - my 700 is
notoriously bad for phone connectivity with hardly any phones supporting
all the features and even then I've had lots of problems :(

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> John Nye
> Sent: 21 September 2006 23:44
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] TomTom Go 910
>
> Yep, great bit of kit!
>
> Bought it early July rather than a built in satnav in the new car.
>
> Took it to Florida for 2 weeks and the maps were great and I was over
in
> Spain last weekend where the maps were just as good and so much better
> than
> the Ipaq I used to use with navman software (this was a few years old
so
> hopefully their offering is better now).
>
> If you have a compatible phone - there is a list on their web site (I
> bought
> a 750i)- you can use the tomtom as a handsfree unit via BT to the
phone.
> Also lets you send and receive sms via the tomtom (it reads them out
to
> you).
>
> Remote control is great also, easy to use (no poking of touch screen
> required!) without crashing the car... which is important -:)
>
> Also has an ipod interface so you can play the ipod through the
tomtom,
> but
> not something that you would necessarily want to do as everytime the
> tomtom
> wants to talk to you it mutes the music so I think I'm going to have a
> separate ipod interface kit fitted to the car. There is an audio out
cable
> so you can connect into your car radio if you want.
>
> And lots of voices and other things to play around with (has 7 pages
of
> various preferences most of which I've not touched.... yet)
>
> With all the Europe and USA maps on there is about 13Gb left for other
> stuff.
>
>
> My only regret is not having bought it in the duty free shop in
Manchester
> as I'd have saved a fair bit of dosh!
>
> John
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Rob Mouser
> > Sent: 21 September 2006 22:53
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] TomTom Go 910
> >
> >
> > Anyone here had any experience of the new TomTom 910? Seems
> > to be the perfect solution with its 20gb hard drive and media
> > software?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
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