TomTom ONE v3 Announced

Snudge · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject:

I've definitely decided to get a TomTom One and thought I wanted the 3rd Edition to get the latest maps. Would it be better to have the v2 and the older maps but have the itinerary planning?
I've never used a sat nav although understand what itinerary planning is but is it a 'must have' feature?

Darren · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject:

It is in my opinion more useful than mapshare. The question now is if you have a 2nd Edition, would you lose these features if/when you upgrade to v7?

I would not consider the ONE 3rd Edition at the moment.
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Andy_P · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:38 pm Post subject:

Itinerary planning is definitely NOT a must-have feature
(for me).
If it was clever enough to work out an optimised route from a list of waypoints/destinations, it would be another matter. But it isn't.
In it's present incarnation, I've only used it a few times in several years, and the extra hassle involved has always made me think I might just have well just done a simple "Navigate to.." to each destination in turn.

Snudge · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:40 am Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:19 am Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:22 am Post subject:

xda · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:31 am Post subject:

This is beginning to look a little like TomTom dictating and moving towards forcing you to use all their add ons rather than third party add ons.
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Oldboy · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:35 am Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject:

I find it quite handy when planning a Speed Camera Verify run, optimising the trip using AutoRoute before loading to the unit.

I rather suspect they meant to drop the "Find Alternative" icon from the menu because that is available from the status bar, if this were done they can keep the simplistic menu pages without adding an extra page - a simple mistake perhaps? - come on TT lets get on with a software update for a new unit to sort the broken menu structure, this time adding back in the missing Itinerary option, you know the code on the device will perform Itinerary functions, if not let me confirm to you that it works very well Wink

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clay · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 18, 2006 Posts: 45

Im looking to purchase a TT One but not sure if i should get the v2 europe @ £149.97 or v3 GB @ £139.99, does the v2 come with two year warranty ?

mikealder · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject:

If you want the very latest map available go for the One Third Edition, make sure you stipulate this otherwise you might be given a One V3 which is an older device, the version numbers on the One devices can lead to all sorts of confusion.
The only downside to this newer device is the messed up menu (see my earlier post) and the lack of Bluetooth, but on the other One devices the Bluetooth could only be used for a data connection via your phone, it never ofered handsfree etc. The Third edition does sport an RDS-TMC connection point for a traffic receiver, time will tell if this can actually work in the UK in a reliable manner though - Mike

Scirocco · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 10, 2007 Posts: 6

Hello folks! New to this site and only browsing to see what the opinions are on this unit. I bought one of these units today to replace my PDA and GPS units as I was getting tired of having lots of cables trailing around everywhere in the car. I have to say that I like the version 3 unit a lot. Once I deleted all the unnecessary foreign voice files it now has about 320mb available for other maps etc. If you need all the bells and whistles then spend more money but for occasional or leisure use it is ideal.

Snudge · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:50 am Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:45 am Post subject:

You can get at the Itinerary Planning option and it does work, but you loose a couple of the newer functions while doing this. It is easy to toggle the menu using a PC though and takes seconds. Just to prove the page can be found on the One Third Edition:

I am not too sure why you wouldn't want the latest maps though, I have found maps supplied with version 7 to be very good, with areas previously not covered showing road details etc.
Mike

Snudge · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:38 am Post subject:

Thanks for info Mike - well yes, ideally I would like the latest maps but I was thinking it was a case of can't have itinerary planning as well as new maps. All my paper maps are a few years old and I just used my London A-Z which was printed in 1990. I recently ended up in a Sainsbury car park while following a mate on his bike while he was using his RIDER. We got to where we wanted to go so I'm not someone who will moan at the occasional error.
Ok - I think I'm back wanting the 3rd Edition Smile

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