300 - 500 or 700?

taxi_mark · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 10

Hi im thinking about buying one of these but can't decide which one to get i have just found this forum and know little about these tom toms so a bit of help would be appreciated.
Some of the things im unsure about if i buy a 300 can i upgrade it to a 700 but downloading stuff from here or is the 700 simply better?
What does pda stand for or something like that?
Sorry for being dumb!

Antoeknee · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 29, 2005 Posts: 267

First place to look is the TOM TOM web site that will give you an over view of the differences between the 300, 500 and 700.

No you can't upgrade 300 to 700 as there are hardware differences.

Personal Digital Assistant is another way of using sat nav, think most people would agree that a dedicated unit is probably best option unless you own a PDA already.

Darren · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject:

Basically:

300 UK Street Level mapping and BT Phone connection for tomTom PLUS Services such as Traffic Updates etc

500 As 300 but ADDS Handsfree Phone facility and Major Roads of Europe

700 As 500 but ADDS Full Europe Street level map data, remote control and uses a mini hard drive rather than SD Memory cards.
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taxi_mark · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 10

If i buy a 300 can i download european maps or do i have to buy them as an upgrade? Also what about speed camera alerts can i download these?

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:28 am Post subject:

You can't download country specific maps. You can only upgrade the map that you originally purchased. Other country maps have to be bought.

This is what makes the 700 a better buy if travelling in Europe a lot.
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Darren · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:40 am Post subject:

DavidHobbs · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject:

sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

If you go to Europe a lot the 700 works out about the same price as the 300 plus maps on CD plus blank card to copy them to.

BUT the 700 map is western Europe as one single detailed map. The 300/500 with upgrade will get all the western European countries, but you will need to switch maps at each border crossing.
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