4.3 inch widescreen 16:9 format LCD
CPU 400 MHz, 64MB RAM
Maps of US and Canada Preloaded on 2GB internal flash Memory
Voice Recording Capability/Record Your Own Voice for Turn by Turn Directions
Compatible with an RDS-TMC Traffic Reveiver
This review is from: TomTom GO 720 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Factory Refurbished)I have tried a Garmin 680 and a Tom Tom Go 720. You can argue back/forth about the gps abilities of the two brands, but there is one BIG negative that the Garmin has vs. Tom Tom. The Garmin navigation screen is pretty, but information poor. No distance to objective. No speed. No miles travelled. No street names as you pass them. And no option to see any of that except by slecting a different screen. Tom Tom lets you see all of that on the navigation screen. If you never had it, you may not miss it. Once you have had it, if you buy a Garmin, you will regret doing it....
This review is from: TomTom GO 720 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Factory Refurbished)I've read a lot of reviews comparing this refurbished unit with other competing units that have similar features but costing much more. That type of comparison is really not fair or appropriate when price is a major deciding factor.My goal was to buy a unit with nice features but that I would not mind literally throwing into a backpack or glove box. It must be something I could use as a reliable tool without worrying about damaging it. After doing several comparisons, I narrowed it down to the refurbished Go 720 and refurbished Garmin 680. Since the price difference between refurbished Garmin/Tomtom units and units from smaller competitors was marginal, I decided to stay with the big names. I eventually decided on the Tomtom because of the lower price and feature set (described below).Physical Unit: Appears well made with good attention to detail. Nice chrome accent makes this unit look refined. Rubberized back panel protects unit against shock. In fact, I dropped it a couple times last week and was able to rub off most of the scuff marks.Touchscreen: Bright enough and very responsive.User Interface: Garmin seems a little more intuitive and refined than Tomtom. This may be important to someone who enjoys exploring all the menus of a GPS unit. However, Tomtom met my minimum standard of functionality to get from Point A to Point B and the free Mapshare convinced me to go with Tomtom.Map: The unit I received shipped with a Version 7 map and would not allow me to get a free upgrade to a Version 8 map. Not a big deal with Mapshare. Version 8 map (not free) + Navcore 8 (free) should add LANE GUIDANCE and IQ ROUTES. But I haven't tried this and can't verify for sure.PROS:- Feature rich when compared with similarly priced units- Free Mapshare which allows participants to share map corrections; users can choose various levels of trust for accepting or rejecting user submitted changes to maps. This was enough for me to choose the Teleatlas map even though I prefer the Navteq map used by Garmin.- Loud speaker.- Bluetooth phone capability; only imports phone numbers but not addresses; not compatible with all phones so check before purchasing- FM transmitter; transmits MP3s and navigation; does not transmit phone calls over radio- Free and easy updates using Tomtom Home. Includes updates to the operating system, Mapshare maps, and Points of Interest (POIs).- Text-To-Speech (TTS). Voice sounds more natural with a touch of robotic. The TTS on a few Garmins I tested at a local store sounded more robotic than natural. It's not perfect but it adds a nice touch.- Voice recognition. Yes, the Go 720 has it. It really is a useful feature.- Custom POIs, voices, and icons from other Tomtom users.CONS:- POI is not as intuitive as on Garmin. It consists of only one level which means I can't search sub-categories. For example, Garmin allows refining restaurants per the type of cuisine but Tomtom only shows one big list. Tomtom also leaves out commonly used POIs. I like to buy fresh food when traveling but Tomtom doesn't have a grocery store POI. I can't believe they omitted the entire category. However, there are grocery store POI lists from other users but I don't totally trust them to be accurate or up-to-date.- System locked up and crashed once. I told the unit to avoid toll roads and then intentionally drove along a long stretch of toll road. It froze up and didn't know what to do. I had to press the small reset button to restart the entire unit. (This was the only instance of a major system malfunction so I'm not upset about it.)- TTS on Navcore 8.300 stutters. Yes, it actually stutters certain names in real world driving but pronounces them perfectly in demo mode. I downgraded to version 7 which removed the stuttering. Hopefully they will fix this in the next Navcore release. Again, it's not a major problem for me since they offer free updates...
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