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TomTom GO 720 Satellite Navigation
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Product Description
TomTom Go SatNav 720
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #21859 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: TomTom
- Model: 1N00760
- Released on: 2007-06-11
- Dimensions: .49 pounds
- Display size: 4.3
Features
- TomTom Go SatNav 720
Editorial Reviews
Manufacturer's Description
Elegant, slim, pocketable design.
Fits perfectly in your car and in your pocket.
TomTom announces a new era in car navigation: the GO 520 & 720. It takes everything that has made TomTom the world leader in portable navigation and builds on it. Perfectly engineered, and with a range of enhancements to every aspect of your navigation experience:
• TomTom’s legendary ease of use, made even easier
• A navigation performance that sets new industry standards with best-in-class GPS reception, best maps, unique TomTom Map Share™ updates and much more
• A focus throughout on s! afety
• Smart and fun extras
The smartest navigator is also the easiest 
TomTom has a reputation for the most user-friendly and efficient navigators. And the GO 520 & 720 are no exception.
A range of useful and also fun new features all benefit from the latest version of an award-winning intuitive user interface that makes the smartest TomTom technology easy to use.
• Easier on the eye: a 4.3" widescreen improves your view of
where you are, and makes entering instructions easier and
quicker.
• Better communicator: text-to-speech means your device can
announce street names, as well as sms and traffic messages.
Giving you easier guidance and allowing you to focus better
on the road ahead.
where to go, instead of typing it on the screen.
• Better view day and night: light sensor gives automatic
brightness control.
Instant map updates via
TomTom Map Share™
TomTom Map Share™ is technology unique to TomTom which enables you to add to, update and personalise
your maps instantly. It also lets you share and benefit from fellow users’ changes - daily, automatically and easily
via TomTom HOME. And even better, TomTom has the world’s largest satellite navigation community that can
contribute and exchange all their changes amongst each other. Making the best maps available for all of them.
TomTom Map Share™ means TomTom drivers can always have the most up-to-d! ate maps at their fingertips. Choose the changes you want - for example, choose only those submitted by many users, or only those checked and approved by TomTom. Have the inside local knowledge, wherever you go.
Easy voice address input.
Speech Recognition:
Speaking an address, to tell your device where to take you, is much easier than typing. TomTom GO 520 & 720 understand the pronunciation of city and street names. You can also answer questions while driving, so you can keep
your eyes on the road with the combination of text-to-speech and speech recognition technology.
For example:
Your GO 520 or 720 asks:
• "Traffic delay now 12 minutes; shall I try to optimize?"
• "A new text message was received; shall ! I read it aloud?"
and you just reply "! Yes" or "No".
Best Navigation
At the heart of the TomTom GO 520 & 720 is its navigation performance:
• High sensitivity GPS chipset gives you the best positioning.
• Industry-leading route calculation takes you there the best possible way.
• Should you deviate from your planned route, fast route re-calculation adjusts to your new location instantly.
• And when you first turn on, TomTom QuickGPSfix™ technology is best at finding the GPS satellites, to give you even quicker start-up.
Points of Interest that tell you more.
The GO 520 & 720 give you access to literally thousands of Points of Interest - fuel stations, parking, restaurant! s, cash machines and lots more. Many now come ready for Rich Content - extra information on your destination or stop, such as overview maps, pictures, descriptions and phone numbers.
Now you can find a restaurant you like while you’re still on the open road. (And with hands-free calling - you can even phone to reserve a table.)
Safe & efficient driving
Efficient traffic avoidance
Improve your routefinding with live traffic info. TomTom GO 520/720will calculate the effect of traffic and suggest alternative routes:
• Choose automatic or on-demand traffic updates.
• Choice of alternative routes to suit: Quickest route, Avoid any traffic congestion, Stay on same route, etc.
• Pre-program a regular route, such as "Home-Work", for a quick-&a! mp;-easy traffic check each time.
• A clear overview of t! he entir e traffic situation, integrated seamlessly into your navigation view via the improved traffic bar.
TomTom offers two options for receiving traffic information:
1. The TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver receives standard "TMC"
traffic updates (RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver is an optional extra on standard 520 and 720 models). These are broadcast at regular intervals "over the
air", rather like the traffic reports you hear on your car radio. The 520T & 720T models come with this Traffic Receiver as standard.
2. TomTom’s Traffic service*. combines traffic information from several top quality providers. TomTom uses the most reliable,
accurate and real-time traffic information available. It sends this information to your TomTom device, via your Bluetooth® mobile
phone, whenever you want. TomTom GO will even give you notice of adverse weather conditions for the route ahead
* N ot available in! all countries. A data-enabled Bluetooth® mobile phone is required. Check your network operator for any data charges.
Hands-free calling. Safer and simpler
Hands-free calling, via Bluetooth®, lets you take a call with just a tap of the screen, or with speech recognition 
just by saying "yes". So you can
keep hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. With optimized acoustic design, enhanced noise reduction, echo cancellation technology and the
new high performance speaker the GO 520 & 720 give you the best hands-free calling experience, comparable with Bluetooth® hands free car kits.
We take your safety as seriously as you do
Technological innovation and smart design combine to make TomTom ! GO 520 & 720 best in class for driver safety. Of cours! e, clear visual and spoken instructions in your chosen language mean that following navigation directions is a calm and relaxing experience. Plus, a range of features make it easier to concentrate on the road ahead:
Choose which options you want to help you drive safely:
• display of current speed limit
• speeding warnings
• recommended driving breaks
• warnings of schools or places of worship
• unpaved road warnings and more.
Smart & Fun Extras
Driving’s only half the fun
Your GO 520/720 has an MP3 Player on board with up to 2GB of memory* and transmits to your FM radio, via the FM Transmitter**, so you can play your digital music over the car audio system. It’ll even go quiet as you hear navigation instructions and
hand! s-free phone calls there as well. You can personalise it too:
• Record the navigation instructions in your own voice, or a
friend’s (hear your special someone say "Turn right, sweetie!")
• Choose the icon that shows where you are on the map,
or even create your own.
• Download your own ringtones or map colour schemes,
and more, through the "TomTom HOME" software
* Available via an optional SD card
** The use of the FM radio frequencies by short range devices is governed by local laws and
regulations which may vary from country to country
Tele Atlas is a leading worldwide map data provider for personal navigation solutions. In a rapidly expanding industry and changing world, Tele Atlas continuously produces rich, fresh and accurate quality maps. Tele Atlas brand promise: find more, reflects how we see a world where people do not just want to move from A to B, but want to find interesting things and places on the way: restaurants, hotels, petrol stations, museums and so on. It's not about just guiding users to destinations but also helping them easily find the people, places and products that interest them the most.
Reviews
Perfectly engineered; New TomTom GO 720, the ultimate car navigator. Elegant, slim, pocketable design - perfect fit for your car and your pocket. GO 720 takes everything that has made TomTom the world leader in portable navigation and builds on it. Perfectly engineered, and with a range of enhancements to every aspect of your navigation experience. Speech Recognition: Speaking an address, to tell your device where to take you, is much easier than typing. TomTom GO 720 understands the pronunciation of city and street names. You can also answer questions while driving, so you can keep your eyes on the road with the combination of text-to-speech and speech recognition technology. For example: Your GO 720 asks: "Traffic delay now 12 minutes; shall I try to optimize?" "A new text message was received; shall I read it aloud?" and you just reply "Yes" or "No" Best Navigation At the heart of the TomTom GO 720 is its navigation performance: High sensitivity GPS chipset gives you the best positioning Industry-leading route calculation takes you there the best possible way Should you deviate from your planned route, fast route re-calculation adjusts to your new location instantly And when you first turn on, TomTom QuickGPSfix technology is best at finding the GPS satellites, to give you even quicker start-up Navigation innovations include: See where you are: Building footprints, for a more realistic representation of your surroundings Hear where you are: text-to-speech means your device announces street names, for even easier identification of your turn Today's best maps. And tomorrow's. TomTom GO 720 come with the latest and most complete maps pre-installed on 2GB internal memory, for accurate, door-to-door navigation throughout Western Europe. Coverage includes Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Republic
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Customer Reviews
Pluses And Minuses Over Older Go Model
I bought the 720 recently and am generally pleased with it having owned an original Tomtom Go since the company released it.
There are obvious benefits to the unit such as more simple menu navigation and of course what perhaps could have been incorporated into the original Go, being postcode navigation which I feel is essential as I drive for a living. I mostly simply point and click to find destinations but there's less pointing and clicking than with the older technology of the original Go.
The internal speaker of the unit seems to slightly distort at the higher volumes when directions are given. Perhaps this could be down to the thinner unit dimensions as opposed to the original Go, only allowing for a more compact and less powerful speaker. It doesn't run as loud anyway. Tomtom might have been reckoning that the internal FM transmitter allowing for playback through the car stereo could be a solution but possibly have made a slight mistake it seems to me. I want a radio to play music on, not listen to voice commands from a sat nav system.
The Bluetooth connection with a Sony Ericsson W810i phone was a very seamless operation, with the contents of the phones address book very quickly copied to the 720. I am not sure though that I would make the move from a bluetooth headset that I currently use with my phone to relying on having to speak at higher than normal volumes with the 720. Calls have so far been full of complaints at the other end of the line because people can't hear me with the unit.
The 720's screen is larger than the original go and I belive that i'm right in saying that the processing power means that destinations are found more quickly than with the original Go model. I haven't tried the european maps out personally, but the cross border travel means less user input is required. The original model required countries to be selected when entering them (as long as you have the european maps on cd). This apparently recognises countries as you enter them.
A niggle at this point would be that although the unit has a nice usb cradle and car charger, it isn't supplied with a mains adaptor for charging purposes. The guess here would be that you update it using the usb cradle and of course connect it to the cigar lighter socket when in vehicle. It doesn't though seem to charge particularly quickly by these means.
A nice feature to me by the way is the speak to the unit user input for directions by City/Street/House Number. Clever stuff, though it's a whole lot easier and quicker personally to simply type the postcode in. A personal choice. Darned if I can get it to respond to voice commands to find anywhere in Bournemouth:-), simply because it's not understanding the Bournemouth part of my voice instruction.
All in all I think i've made a reasonable move with purchasing the 720. It doesn't do much more of a job in getting me to destinations than my original go model, has loads more gimmicks attatched to it and a couple of worthwhile new features. A quarter of a grand to buy roughly, what's that in gallons of fuel? If your paper map reading skills are as bad as mine then how long will it take for you to recoup your money in saved fuel costs that this device could make?
Fantastic - buy one!
Overall I am really happy with this unit from Tom Tom; as far as getting you from A to B it can't really be faulted. The operation of the unit is very easy, and the instructions are clear and concise, which means you can keep your eyes on the road. It has saved a lot of arguments on family trips, as my previous GPS (the wife) was not quite so accurate with it's dialogue!
The only reason I don't give this a five star rating is a couple of the additional features don't work properly, namely: on the jukebox, there is no way to make the 720 recognise a Playlist, and the manual could be a bit more comprehensive. I have contacted Tom Tom about this and they have ignored/evaded my questions. Also, although the handsfree function works well, the GPRS traffic update service only works about 90% of the time (this however may be down to Virginmobile).
To summarise, this is a fantastic buy, and I would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone.
A solid and reliable performer with lots of features
My first Sat Nav was an integrated NavTech system and its wasn't a patch on my TomTom Go 720. I have used TomTom GO 720 in the UK, Spain and France and also played with the GO 520 and 920. As far as the 720 is concerned I can't think of any major faults and even though it has some niggles I wouldn't be without it and it is fully recommended, in fact I would recommend the entire GO range. However only buy the 920 if you need worldwide maps as the additional features aren't that impressive for the extra money.
Build Quality : Well built but quite bulky but as it is purely for use in the car this isn't a problem. The sound is clear and can be set to automatically adjust to the ambient noise level. The windscreen cradle is well made and durable and although connecting it to TomTom is ok it is a bit clunky and fragile. One little niggle is the on/off button which seems to have a mind of its own and can take any random time to activate from a short press to a long five second press. The display is large bright and clear and the colour scheme is fully configurable.
Reliability and accuracy: Like all Sat navs it does get confused now and again, but it is rare and I generally have faith in its advice. Some sat navs seem to be shy of using minor roads when routing but TomTom uses them very effectively. When entering an address TomTom does not currently support postal or zip codes in other European countries and I would have found this useful. The voice commands are clear and precise.
Software: The touch screen interface is very easy to use but make sure you have the latest software version as the new version has a lot more features. This can be downloaded after purchase. I requested an update to the maps but I have been told that I have the latest version, in which case there are a few areas where TomTom thinks you are having an off-road experience because of changes in the road system. An advantage to TomTom GO as opposed to TomTom ONE is that the European map is combined into one map whereas on cheaper TomToms' you have to select the map that you require.
Battery life: Sort of irrelevant as I always use the supplied cable for use in the car's 12 volt socket.
Reception: Can take up to 30 seconds to lock on to the signal but once it has got it there isn't a problem.
Memory: Once everything is loaded you don't have a lot of memory to play with. I have around 14 Mb and I can have problems uploading large upgrades to the software. To help I have deleted lots of things that I don't use such as most of the voices and the speed cameras in Belgium. I am not sure if you can buy a 2Gbyte card for TomTom but I think it should be sold with a larger memory card.
PC Software: Early versions of TomTom Home (the program that sits on your PC and enables you to do updates) weren't that good at updating so make sure you have the latest version. However all versions install easily and connection to TomTom is reliable.
Other Features used:
The blue tooth connection works well.
Hands free works well but you can only have one phone connected at anyone time.
There are many other features including a traffic information service that can be connected via Bluetooth from your mobile.
Note that the 720 is not an MP3 player and one of my friends has the 920, which is, but even so it isn't really a replacement for an in car music system so it is a bit of a gadget.
Finally, from my own experience and that of friends, don't buy an expensive in car system as TomTom seems to whip them all for much less money.
