TomTom GO 720 V's Navman S80

No worries Skippy..

Does the 720 give a voice warning when approaching turns etc..

IE "turn left at John St in 100 metres"?

Cheers

Thanks DOUG

As to my above question though...do you know if the tomtom gives voice prompt warnings...like the Garmin does?

cheers

Andrew
all the info is in the first link I provided, but the the answer is YES


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That's interesting Desert..thanks

What model TomTom are you using?

Downloaded Tom Tom software from the web to my PDA.

Hi Andrew, TomTom Go 720 does give out the name of street but the PDA version doesn't.
I found the Custom Points of interest on the Tom tom range are the best ever, I hate the Garmin POI in the Nuvi range of GPS receivers, with Tom Tom you can edit, change, add delete all from the receiver.
I know nothing about Navman I've only heard bad reports.

The ONLY negative about Tom tom is you can't add Shonkymaps, or other third party maps.

Like others have said you can download other country maps without problems or costing a fortune My PDA version came with UK maps but i don't use it, with the PDA version you can also install OziCe and install maps and have the best of both worlds.

I have just recently brought the Nuvi 760 but not impressed , maybe I like the old fashioned GPSr where I can ediit waypoints and use many other features which Nuvi's don't have.

I don't know why anyone would want to veiw jpgs and listen to Mp3's where i do have the state of the art Nissan patrol Radio cassette, Cd player,
Ok made mp3's don't skip rough roads.

next you'll be able to buy a GPS with a camera , and make mobile calls from it.

Cheers Skippy

Thanks Skippy

Have you used your 720 (or anyt omtom) in the country...someone mentioned they were not happy with the tomtom in the country as it got confused with intersections....roads were incorrect etc

Any experience here?

Cheers

I'm using the TomTom Version 6 on my PDA which has the same maps as the Mapsource version 7 , 80% of the maps come from the Sensis / Where Is company.

I also use the Nuvi 760 with Mapsource Version 8 and do find some additional roads added, I know with TomTom and mapsource you can add newer maps but not sure about Navman, there has been some posts about it.

I'm still not sure when Tom tom will release Map version 7

I still think the ipaq rx5965 is a good unit for about $400 which you can also run Ozice , this unit comes with tom tom preinstalled.

There are a few people here that use it, also has wifi and has all the pda stuff which the GPSr don't have, only problem is the light in screen isn't as bright as the GPSr like Nuvi and Tom Tom 720

John,

Yes, it was the main reason I chose TomTom. Maps are available for UK & Ireland, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore & North America & Canada, South Africa and I probably missed a couple.

As a matter of fact TomTom has a 50% discount up until the 31st January 2008.

I recently bought the UK & Ireland maps for AUS $69.95.

TomTom

Last year I purchased and downloaded the Map for Hong Kong and after loading it, found the street names were in pigeon Chinese. Complained to TomTom who replied the maps are usually done to suit local population but agreed Hong Kong was special and would forward the request on to their development department.

Well, went to Hong Kong where the map was of minor value because the street names are in English and Chinese.

Blow me down if about 6 weeks later I received an automatic download of a revised map, in English.

This didn't really help with my trip, but it is good to see they actually sit up and take notice.

Thanks Sandman & Neil for your thoughts.
I have only just started thinking about what I actually need so your pointing me in the right direction is appreciated.
Off to talk to a few sales people next!!

Regards

John A