Review 1 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Please with the unit
01/25/2010
By LandOfLakes
from Woodville, TX
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What's great about it: Hasn't gotten me lost yet.
What's not so great: Some fine tuning on road locations needed, hopefully that will get remedied when Census '10 updates are entered
"The unit locks on to satelites quickly, the mapping function does what it is supposed to do, the only glitch I've encountered is some of the really rural roads need to be fine tuned. But I can live with a road that is off by 50 feet on the screen. As noted, hopefully by the later part of 2010 the Census 2010 data will be loaded into the Tom-Tom database, and of course, for a price, we can be "dead on". What is most important for me is that the latitude and longitude coordinates are accurate, because those are what I use when notifying the 'one-call" center of where we plan to dig for construction work line locates."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 2 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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good gps
01/19/2010
By nick1979
from stockbridge
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What's great about it: gets you where you want to go with ease.
What's not so great: the mount that comes with it will not stick to any thing.
"I have had a tomtom before that was stolen. Itwas great. I use a garman at work its ok but not as good as my tomtom . The only problem I have with my new is the windshied mount."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 3 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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TomTom XL 330
01/19/2010
By Tynee529
from Bronx. NY
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What's great about it: It a great product
What's not so great: Once you install the Map. It was horrible.
"Using it on the road is great. But uploading the maps was a nightmare"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 4 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Easy direction set-up
01/13/2010
By wistam9
from racine,wi
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What's great about it: precise maps
"easy to enter new location. precise maps. GPS coverage is great."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 5 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Does the Job
01/13/2010
By rodorice
from Florence, SC
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What's great about it: User Friendly and Map Share is Excellent
What's not so great: The grip is only clockwise counterclockwise
"I also own a Magellan Roadmate 1200 and this GPS is better hands down. I live in a rural area and it is good at getting me where I need to be."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 6 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Good, overall
01/12/2010
By Anonymous
from Salem, MA
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"good price online; works great. i like the spoken street names and the fact that you can set your favorites and it will tell you when the next opportunity is."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 7 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Nice GPS
01/10/2010
By LayneG
from Tucson, Arizona
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What's not so great: I have not found one thing I don't like.
"I bought this GPS because I thought my first one was stolen! but I am glad I did it has more features like Mexico added old one didn't have. (7) million preloaded POI old one didn't have 7 million. IQ routes, Advanced lane guidance (which BTW works great) I love my Tom Tom no problems with it or the old one BTW I found in my garage 2 months later the wife borrowed it without telling me. oh well I have a newer Tom Tom with more features and it cost less then the old one which was a fathers day present."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 8 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Top 1000 Contributor
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Buy a Garmin
01/09/2010
By Blowskie
from Omaha, NE
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What's great about it: Nothing
What's not so great: everything
"Don't ever buy a Tom Tom. Get a Garmin or if for whatever reason you don't want the best you could also get a Magellen, either way it will be better than a Tom Tom"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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Review 9 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Not Dependable
01/05/2010
By Fred42
from Columbia, SC
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What's great about it: Lots of nice features
What's not so great: Not dependable, loses signal
"Used my TomTom on a road trip and the signal was lost as much as it worked. Would often lose the signal and not come back on. Terrible around a mountain area. Glad I had my MapQuest directions with me or I would have been lost. Very disappointed with this product."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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Review 10 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Great GPS
01/01/2010
By kirb62
from Auburn, AL
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What's great about it: All of the features for the price
What's not so great: After using a garmin took some getting used to
"I have been a garmin fan for years, but I received this for Christmas and love it. All the features you have in this unit would cost much more for a garmin. It took some getting used to, but once I figured it out it is very simple to use. The lane guidance feature is great in city traffic such as Atlanta. Great buy in my opinion!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 11 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Great Gift!
12/27/2009
By cmcarpez
from Lexington, Ky
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What's great about it: User friendly
"I very much enjoy the Tom Tom XL 340s. I received this for Christmas and did not ever think I would need one. The user friendly touch screen, and easy to understand directions make this GPS unit very fun to use."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 12 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Great features, poor basic address navagation.
12/13/2009
By BuddynCheryl
from Florence, S.C.
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What's great about it: Great features for the price range, nice screen layout and easy to use.
What's not so great: Poor navagation when using the go to address feature. Lots of street errors!
"I have always used Garmin products in the past, having owned at least four I thought I would try a Tom Tom for a change of pace. After using for a very short while while driving around in our city I noticed at least three street name and address errors in the first hour or so of operation. I do not feel comfortable or confident using this device to navagate to an unknown address.. SO...I'm. going back to a Garmin... The Garmin has become a product I can trust! GIMMEE BACK MY GARMIN!!!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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Review 13 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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How did I do without this for so long?
12/12/2009
By WillR
from Woodbridge, VA
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What's great about it: Simple instructions, good price, great features
"The Tom Tom XL 340S has great options and features. I've been using it every day for two weeks and it has gotten me to my destinations without difficulty. I really like the emergency features although I haven't had to use them."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 14 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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2nd TOMTOM-Still the best
12/01/2009
By jmits2
from Rochester NY
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What's great about it: Easy to operate, many extra features
What's not so great: Windshield mount is harder to install on some vehicles
"This is my second TOM TOM device and I am pleased that I stayed with the TOMTOM brand. I looked at similar units from Garmin and was disappointed at what I found for the same price. The TOM TOM home program makes map updates and adding additional POI files easy. The audio on this device is loud and very clear."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 15 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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GPS
11/29/2009
By Abeverly213
from Birmingham, AL
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What's great about it: Easy set up
What's not so great: can't find the RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver USB, and short battery life
"I use to use the GPS in my phone, and this is oh so much better. It's easy to use, and i love the fact that it tells you the distance to your next point and how long it will take you to get there as you are traveling a long distance. And it also shows you the current speed limit in each area you are traveling and how fast you are going over or under the current speed limit."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 16 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Great GPS
11/24/2009
By EL305
from Hialeah, FL
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"This is the first real GPS I have ever had (Previously used my Phone's) and so far so good, It works great and guides me everywhere I have asked it to without issue, even in those far from the city areas, TomTom needs to get their act together in what has to do with the software/firmware updates though, they definitely have issues with that, the vast majority of negative reviews I have seen about the XL 340s is about people getting frustrated with the software and maps updates, that's why I gave it a 4 in ease of use, the actual GPSs graphical interface is very user friendly though .
The main problem I see is that the new software they attempt to put in does not fit in the first upgrade attempt, then on second attempt the old firmware will update first thus being able to detect the problem and remove the old stuff first then it all goes smoothly, but most people never make it to the second try it seems because the error messages are not clear enough, just disconnect the device totally from your PC and retry the updates, old stuff has to go first then the new maps will fit."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 17 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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The Best
11/17/2009
By Car
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"I used to travel a lot in USA, easy to handle, with many points of interest listings."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 18 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Errors with internal memory disk
11/07/2009
By Tutankamote
from Texas
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What's great about it: It's customizable
What's not so great: Simplistic interface
"Pros:
+ Fun to customize
+ Nice pc program to backup/update your GPS
+ Excellent customer service
+ Includes maps of Mexico
+ Good price for the value
Cons:
+ Error when updating the maps. After calling CS, the issue was resolved but kept having issues when connecting the GPS to my PC saying that the drive had some errors. Initialy the map updating had some similar issues and some files were corrupt.
+ Maps are really simple and colors are not well defined
+ USB cable is hard to connect to the GPS
+ Cradle adjustment is only clockwise/counterclockwise. You cannot move it forwad/back like other unis"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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Review 19 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Great Value and Amazing Technology!
10/24/2009
By Kaiser2010
from Westland, MI
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What's great about it: Custom Voice Prompts, Custom Vehicle Icons, Custom Startup & shutdown Pictures
What's not so great: One or two places in a route that Do Not Allow Left Turn.
"The Bad: 1.- I have found 1 or 2 places where the GPS tells you to turn left, however when you turn right and make a legal U turn, it gets a little crazy. But it eventually comes back to normal. 2.- Cancel Route Button, I wish they would make a easy cancel route button, like when you reach your destination such as a Store in a Shopping Mall or movie Theather. 3.- No beep sound when touching the Screen. 4.- Low Volume Control, when driving at low speeds the volume seams too low @ 75%; Even in my quiet truck.
The Good: 1.- I can have Homer Simpson, Beavis and B.head, or George W. Bush, etc. Tell me how to get there. :) 2.- It has amazing detail on streets and Toll Roads in Mexico. 3.- GPS Signal is better than others, It works even inside my Brick Wall apartment :). 4.- Slim and Light Weight.
Final Note: After 9 years of using diferent GPS systems, from the old systems up to the modern ones. From the navigation in the old pocket pc to my After Market stereo w/navigation. I must tell you that this TomTom GPS is the easiest to use, and it has all the great features from the others. However its maps and directions are still a little rusty, but nevertheless are worth the price. I would buy another one next week if this one was to break today."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 20 for TomTom XL 340S GPS
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Not A Good Product.
10/23/2009
By rusty1959
from Apex, NC
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What's great about it: It is a fun toy for adults.
What's not so great: Is not good with detail.
"First. I used this GPS for a month. I found out that when you get to an address you don't know if it is on the right of the left, (Magellan tells you). It just says you have reached the address when you are in the middle of the road and don't know which way to turn.
I also found out that a lot of roads have the wrong names on this GPS. Also the address are in the wrong places. Would you like to know why? Because TomTom uses Map Quest for their mapping. Everyone knows that Map Quest is 75% Wrong on their maps.
So, I go and pay TomTom over $50.00 to do a map update on this GPS. Guess what? Nothing but all kinds of problems with the downloads, (I have high speed cable too). When downloading I got error messages. Over, and over, and over, nothing but errors. So I took it back to Best Buy and got another one. Same problems. I when through 3 of them and then I called TomTom and the guy said he had 8 calls from people that day with the same problems. DO NOT BUY TOMTOM. Buy Megallen. Megallen has got their stuff together. I Bought the new Megallen Maestro 4700. It cost more and it is ... like ... WOW"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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