First week living with the 1000

mow · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:09 am Post subject: First week living with the 1000

I have now had the opportunity to evaluate the new Tom Tom 1000 and here are a few initial observations.

Firstly the looks and feels good. Slim and good looking with the glass screen and brushed back panel. But I won’t dwell on this as most will have seen many pictures of the new unit.

Connection to the new “My Tom Tom” is proving to be troublesome, with the unit itself showing a connection to a computer but the web site showing “unit not connected”. Having queried this with the Company I understand they are having troubles with the new “Home” and that my unit was actually connected although the message showed otherwise. As you know there is very little functionality on My Tom Tom at the moment but I understand this is being addressed. I am somewhat amazed that this was left this late in the day to at least complete it to a stage of being able to log in !

I personally think the new revised menu system is excellent. Relevant icons dependant on the action you are taking makes trawling through pages of menu a thing of the past, and the “make your own menu function gives you the opportunity to have your own shortcuts on the main map screen.

I like the new touch screen, far more responsive than the old units, especially for entering numbers. You can “over tap” or “double tap” and move through menus by mistake but you do get used to the responsiveness. A slider lets you zoon in when in GPS map view, but when just viewing the map you can zoom using finger movements as an I Phone.

Some good news. Reflection. With the unit off you think you’re going to be in trouble with a mirror like image facing you, but turn the unit on and the screen is bright and clear. Yes there is still some reflection, but the brightness of the screen seems to overcome this. I tested it in bright sunshine, had to move the unit slightly from front on, but from then on had no problem at all. Actually I would say it is better on visibility in sunshine than the old unit with the mat screen. (Now it may be the rake of the windscreen, or may be autumn sun, but so far so good as far as I am concerned)

I love the mount, no more sliding or fiddling around to get a fix. Straight on click ! And of course off again. The connector is held in to the unit magnetically and again fits quickly and securely. I don’t understand why Tom Tom have not stuck with a USB, Mini USB combination, utilising their own connector on the unit end (does mean taking the cable with you to charge at home) but may be they have future technical reasons for this.

Live services and traffic have worked well, but as this is my first unit with this facility I can’t compare the response with other units. However it seems pretty quick to load etc.

I don’t think the route planning is particularly quicker than my last unit, but it is perfectly OK. GPS signals do however seem quicker to get a fix.

I know some will hate the lack of User POI’s, inability to see the unit’s content on the PC and the lack of Itinerary Planning. My Tom Tom has a long way to go to get to the Home level of functionality. But on the whole if you want a good looking unit which is intuitive in its menu structure with far less clutter and does what it says on the box i.e. gets you from A-B avoiding traffic problems give it a go.
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Trevor1234 · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:28 pm Post subject:

Hi mow
Thanks for an interesting report.
However, as Tomtom have abandoned custom POI and the Itinerary function I will stay with my 720. When ever Tomtom add something new they also delete other functions that we users use frequently. Why this should be baffles me.
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Andy_P · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:59 pm Post subject:

dhn · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:08 pm Post subject:

Well, they have (finally) added one thing, Andy..........

"You have reached your destination on the left side (or right side)"

[not for pois though]
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MaFt · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:56 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:07 pm Post subject:

Very good..... Smile

mow · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:39 pm Post subject:

andy-c1 · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:08 pm Post subject:

thanks for the report
just reminds me not to buy 1 yet as it seems to be still in the trial stages ...
Our company has done the exact same thing and is alienating some of our best customers Crying or Very sad

Looks like I will have to do the usual and skip a generation or at least till next apr/may when my free traffic runs out
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mjdj1689 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 132

Does anyone know where I can get a GO 1000 additional mount kit please ? I just cant find one in stock anywhere ?

Im happy with my 1000 for the time being, but its an older map being the 850 ones, and you cant even update that yet, just one thing remember we have the map guarantee, and keep your receipt as if you have your unit over 30 days the tomtom home 3 might say you are out of the 30 days for installing the newest maps.

mow · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:12 am Post subject:

Greenglide · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:34 am Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:40 am Post subject: Re: GO 1000 additional mount kit

Jammy31 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 14, 2010 Posts: 5

Good review Mow. Did the unit work straight out of the box without connecting to a PC or doing any registration? Eg the HD Traffic.

mow · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject:

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