North American map update due anytime soon?

[bigvernster]

I have only had my 720T for about 6 weeks now but have been an eager lurker in this forum for a few months and have plucked up the courage to make my first post.

A bit of a speculative question here.

I am off to Las Vegas / Daytona Beach / Orlando for the month of July and have a 720T with WE 715 maps. I obviously want to purchase the N.A. maps, the sooner the better so I can add my own POI's etc but don't want to find out that a newer map is released before I go and outside my 30 day windows for free map update.

Does anyone know if there is likely to be a map update for N.A. ( especially with the x30 range just around the corner) before July or will it be safe enough to go ahead and purchase now?

Thanks for any info, I have already found this forum to be of great help to a noob.

[dhn]

[bigvernster]

Thanks for the reply dhn

I ordered a Transcend 8gb SDHC card and card reader from Amazon this morning as I plan to use the Tomtom to play mp3's (if I can find a free fm frequency) whilst travelling instead of my Ipod so this will take care of the storage issue. I think I am right in assuming that the 720 will recognise all 8gb on the card so long as it is formatted correctly which is why I bought a card reader as well.

Thanks for the info on the 920 POI's. I am dowloading them as we speak.

I think I will hold off for 5 or 6 weeks before purchasing the NA map just in case a new one appears before I head off

[Andy_P]

[DennisN]

[bigvernster]

Thanks for clearing that up Dennis.

I was under the impression (I'm pretty sure from info from the US tomtom user forum) that if you purchased a map from Tomtom and it was updated within 30 days of you purchasing it, you were entitled to get the new update free, which seemed reasonable.

My 8gb card should arrive tomorrow so I'll purchase the map then and see what happens.

Thanks again

[Toneloc427]

I would really recommend waiting another month to purchase the NA maps - the new x30 series will have a new map release, and there's really no reason TomTom couldn't release this map for other models at the same time. They may wait a bit in hopes of increasing x30 sales, but it shouldn't take too long for the new maps to be available for at least the x20 devices.

There will be some significant upgrades to these new maps, including the IQ Routes and Lane Guidance, which have not previously been available.

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