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TomTom GO 730T Satellite Navigation System | 
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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
Buy New: £244.97
New (17) Used (2) from £240.00
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 208
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 7 x 3.5
MPN: 1CH7.013.00
Model: 1CH7.013.00
UPC: 636926020039
EAN: 0636926020039
ASIN: B0017SLLHU
Release Date: May 5, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | RDS-TMC traffic receiver | | • | FM transmitter built-in | | • | Maps of Europe (31 countries) | | • | IQ Routes - best route based on real average speeds | | • | Advanced lane guidance for difficult junctions |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Gimmicks Gimmicks Gimmicks September 3, 2008
honestasican (London, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First off voice input is a joke: you have to press loads of buttons to get to it anyway!
This satnav is my first though I've used my boss's simple garmin lots over the past few years. I went with this one beacause of IQ routes and Lane Guidance but these are totally irrelevant when you realise how bad it's maps are. I live in North London an area you would expect to be well mapped but no, TomTom has no idea of loads of 'no left/right turn' signs or 'one way' streets. I can't believe how bad some of the mistakes are including turnings onto major roads like the North Circular and the majority of the residential roads!
It's ridiculous. The screen is dim and useless in my convertable with the top down. Now it keeps losing settings and while TomTom customer services are polite and have sent some settings via email I'm still not happy. As far as I can tell 'IQ Routes' seems only to differentiate between weekday and weekend and not time of day as advertised.
On the plus side there are millions of settings you can play about with, it has loads of POIs, and the traffic warnings are fantastic well worth the extra 10 on top of the normal 730. It also has a lovely on screen keyboard much better than Garmin.
Overall though I'm gutted I paid loads of extra money to get a top of the range product that really is no more useful then a normal one. My advice is buy one with the best maps and make sure its compatible with your phone.
 worth it August 14, 2008
Terry Farquit (Fulchester, UK)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
held off buying a satnav for a long time. don't bother with the traffic version - save yourself 20 quid - does not work in UK.
IQ feature is very good indeed - chooses different routes depending on the time of day and has been v. accurate so far.
lane feature is good stops last minute lane jumping - works on some big A roads as well e.g. A1.
voice feature is good- very accurate recognition of most roads.
definitely recommended
do they do a Captain Mainwaring voice? - that would complete the experience.
Are the extra fatures really worth it for me? July 17, 2008
Ian Grace
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Use Tom Tom's extensively travelling the length and breadth of Britain weekly, and into Europe occasionally. After the wheel they are the next best thing man has invented.
When my 520 mount gave up charging the original Tom Tom I bought with any degree of success I had to rely on the V1 (think it was called that, the cheapest one anyway) that I had to buy when the 520 had to be sent back originally. So I had to look for a new unit and chose the 730T.
Here are some observations so far (not wishing to simply repeat what others have written).
The lovely size comes at the cost of battery life - switches off almost without warning (I recommend buying a double socket adaptor that Amazon sell, length of lead from socket to socket doubler a little too short but nevertheless worth it) - I would recommend one of the older and chunkier units if you intend going rambling etc.
An annoying feature is that the 730 does not list the exact destination by house number when you turn into the road like my faithful 520 did - I mainly have seven or eight drops in a day delivering pre-owned B&O gear and I key in the addresses prior to setting off. However when you turn into the road it doesn't list the house number which can be a bit of a time waste,a minor niggle for me but one that should be noted for multi-drop drivers considering this unit.
It is great having features like playing through your radio etc., but for me the speaker is perfectly adequate and there was minor feedback problems through the car radio anyway, don't use the text feature or any of the more advanced features so why then did I buy it at the extra cost?
The traffic feature - which does not work at all on my unit and hence it is being returned. Amazon offer excellent support, but take for example this itinerary. Wednesday 1600 start driving from Gatwick to Edinburgh, returning Thursday night. Friday in London all day, Saturday to Bellenaves, a few hundred miles South of Paris, returning Sunday evening. Not one traffic signal - annoyed - but it didn't seem to matter on any of these journeys, so makes me think what is the point of having it anyway! Then again, will re-order another because the one time it saves me being stuck in a huge traffic jam will be worth the money!
Tom Tom's are not perfect by any means, but they are still fantastic and 999/1000 do journeys without fuss, if you re-route or take a wrong turn. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because I haven't had any chance to evaluate the one feature I bought it for, but am sure it will be sorted in time. Still fantastic but not without these minor niggles.
 Looks OK - But not fit to be released July 12, 2008
D. Pinnington (Cambridge UK)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
TomTom have some serious software problems with the 730T. Connecting via Bluetooth and using as a hands free car kit causes the TomTom to freeze - you can even get a "Unable to save setting: File access error" message. From then on it won't calculate a route and crashes / reboots.
TomTom technical support told me I had a faulty device (I was dubious), so I used Amazons fantastic (thanks Amazon) returns policy and a new 730T arrived 2 days later. After a few days of operation this one did exactly the same thing. This time I cleared the flash memory (search hard on the TomTom support site to find how to do this). It cleared the error - but then a few days later it happens again!
I could be wrong, BUT, I think it has a buffer overflow problem when storing SMS messages. Get one message too many and it corrupts memory and problems begin. Resetting whilst speaking to someone on the phone finally made my mind up to send it back and just buy a paperweight.
For reference I was using a Sony Ericsson W880i.
Thanks again to Amazon for their great returns policy. The shame of it all is that I quite liked the device although the user interface is a bit non-intuitive compared to my previous Garmin (Nuvi 250). BUT - my experience has been very poor and I won;t be visiting TomTom again.
TomTom GO 730T July 2, 2008
Lorimer Watson (Ellon)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I had (and still have) a GO 700 but as the windscreen mount was on it's last legs (having been glued back together a few months ago) and the maps outdated I decided to upgrade to a 730T instead of buying a new mount and maps. It's a decision I don't regret especially as I paid less than 220 thanks to accumulated Amazon vouchers.
It is certainly superior to the GO 700 and the additional features - lane guidance, Q route, MP3 facility etc are all very useful. The only feature I haven't used yet is the RDS traffic which I believe can be quite patchy but this is not unique to TomTom. GPS reception is superb, locating my position almost instantly.
I only have one major criticism (hence the 4 stars)and that is the screen brightness, which as in all previous TomToms, is pretty pathetic considering the screen technology available these days. In bright sunshine the screen is very difficult or impossible to see. Another more minor fault is the short screen mount which on modern cars leaves the TomTom almost out of reach. I intend to get round this by purchasing dashboard mounting discs and this in fact may assist screen visibility as well by bringing the device further into the car. Despite these niggles I am very pleased with this bit of kit.
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