Comments on: TomTom GO 720 GPS Review

By: marshall

marshall — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:31:10 +0000

after updating software last month the tom tom no longer recognises hands free feature on phone.i tried 4 different phones. nothing works now.for such a large company they must have a software department run by idiots.

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Car GPS reviews — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:21:23 +0000

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Car GPS reviews — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:24:12 +0000

By: Rober J

Rober J — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:43:54 +0000

Comes with nifty features. I bought 2 more for my family. Highly recommended

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:43:04 +0000

Very nice GPS navigation unit. For me, it was easier to use than garmin gps navigation unit.

By: John T

John T — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:42:16 +0000

TomTom Go 720 did what it was suppose to do.. get me to places without wasting my time. The clarity of the voice was superb coupled with precise timing of the instructions led me to believe that I was actually listening to a live person.

Overall an excellent navigation.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:11:07 +0000

Good Product, Could Be Better
Nice unit, but does not always provide the best (quickest) routing to the destinaion though it gets you there. Has nice feature of lane specific directions. Good entry level unit. Overall satisfied with product for the money.

By: turner410

turner410 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:54:18 +0000

Whoops... no polarized sunglasses, please
We bought after reading many, many good reviews here on Amazon and elsewhere.

It may be a great unit - I only used it for about an hour, though, on my way home.

It was excruciating- It seemed to operate really quickly, with a fast GPS lock and quick routing.

However, I realized almost immediately I would have to return it as the screen dims really bad if you wear polarized sunglasses. I can't drive with my head at a 45 degree angle!

I read that the newer model (the 910 I think) has a different screen, which apparently doesn't cause this trouble.

Sorry, but without being usable with polarized sunglasses (which my wife and I both wear while driving) it simply feels like this unit was not designed by drivers. Two stars...

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:11:19 +0000

Never Again!
I’ll never purchase another Tom Tom GPS again. This unit is not what it seems. Can’t even find a Point of Interest where I live which is in San Diego, CA. I tried downloading POI but it’s too much of a hassle. You donwload 1 per POI. Can you imagine downloading 1000? It’ll take you a whole year! If there is a negative star, that’s what I’ll use to rate this. So, I returned the GPS.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:36:10 +0000

Poor perfomring GPS with misleading features (Bluetooth)
I wish I could give this GPS more than one star on this review but I feel as though many don't consider customer service in their ratings. Getting in touch with a TomTom representative is like trying to call Barack Obama on a direct line...it's pretty much impossible. So after going through a million prompts to answer my inquiry about incompatibility with the bluetooth feature I was finally told that they only have a few phones that are compatible with the unit and sometimes even phones that are compatible don't offer all the features like loading contact list into the GPS for real hands free calling etc, etc. If it weren't for these major drawbacks I'd give this unit three stars. It does ok on route navigation although on more than one occasion I've gone a map route and saved over an hour on one trip. This unit also lacks spoken street names which could keep your eyes of the GPS which means a safer drive for everyone on the road.

TomTom customer service sucks -1 star

Charging for online services that should be free to a faithful community of TomTom users -1 star

The screen scratches ridiculously easily, you have to buy the case or wrap the thing in a sock -1 star

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