Max

Your first step in car navigation? TomTom ONE combines ease of use, portability, TomTom’s touchscreen technology and a sleek new design.
Drivers can enjoy the benefits of a TomTom ONE immediately, thanks to TomTom’s award-winning plug and drive navigation software pre-installed on a memory card.
This means there is no need to download complicated software, just plug in and start using. TomTom ONE comes with the latest regional maps of your region. With TomTom ONE, everyONE can find their way from A to B!



EASY

• Just plug in, switch on & GO
• Slim Portable Design: Easy to take from car to car
• Touch-Screen Operation
• Clear and Accurate: Turn-by-turn voice instructions.
• Crystal-Clear 3-D and 2-D Graphics
• Door-to-Door Planning: In your region.
• View Route: Review and test the calculated route before you start driving.

SMART

• A Choice of Routes: Quickest, shortest or avoiding toll roads.
• Itinerary Planning: Plan your trip by defining multiple waypoints and destinations.
• Integrated GPS Antenna
• Multi Lingual: Speaks more than 30 languages in over 50 voices.
• User Interface: Now including 18 languages.
• Postcode Navigation: For simple and accurate selection of your destination (UK & NL only).
• Thousands of Points of Interest available
• Make it your own: Save personal favorite addresses for quick route planning.
• Compass Mode: Displays compass on screen to have even better orientation while driving.
• Tip Feature: Discover everything ONE has to offer through useful onscreen tips.
• Extensive Guided Tour: Pick up the features even quicker and get the maximum out of your TomTom ONE.
• Car Speed Linked Volume: Volume of voice instructions will increase/decrease depending on speed of car.
• Anti-Glare Screen: Always an optimal view, even in direct sunlight

CONNECTED

• Built-in Bluetooth™ Connection
• Ready for TomTom PLUS services: Real time information on traffic congestions, weather conditions and extra downloads such as detailed city maps, additional voices, points of interest and much more.
• USB 1.1

Technical Specifications

• 32 MB RAM - CPU: 380 MHz
• 3.5 inch, 320 x 240 full TFT colour LCD touchscreen
• 110 x 89 x 34 mm, 260 grams
• Operating temperature: -10 to +55 °C
• USB port and cable for PC connection
• Internal rechargeable Li-Ion battery
• Integrated GPS receiver with 20 Channel All-in-view tracking and support for (not in the box) active external antenna.

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feetsnofail

howdy! I'm a new member and have recently purchased a TT One XL. It's a welcome addition to my other GPS units (Edge 305, eTrex Vista)!

I have a few questions about the traffic functions. I have a Blackberry bluetooth phone that it seems the TT is not compatible with as it does not recognize it when scanned. I'm not keen to replace my Blackberry, so I'm wondering if the other method of traffic updates (RDS-TMC Receiver) is a decent alternative?
Any thoughts on advantages of RDS-TMC Receiver vs. FM updates would be appreciated! Is one method more accurate than another? Any favored brand of RDS-TMC Receiver?
The receivers are not cheap (~$100) and also require joining a service which is usually included free for a year with purchase. I wonder if the traffic info is accurate enough to be worth the cost. An accurate traffic picture would be worth some $$ to me as I have a hellish commute everyday =)

I really like the TT so far, it has proven to me that it does a good job of route finding as I pick my way through bumper to bumper traffic on my daily trek from Santa Cruz mountains into Silicon Valley.

One complaint - the windshield mount is horrible, it does not hold to the winshield for more than 30 mins, anybody have a favored alternative mount brand/model?

any input greatly appreciated!

dav

Welcome, Feets!

I think of Redwood Country as being further north than that...

But, as you are in California, you know it is illegal to use a windshield mount?

I have a Garmin nuvi, not a TomTom, so I cannot recommend a specific holder. The Garmin dash weighted non-slip mount works great in my car, with a relatively flat dash. If there is something similar for the TomTom and you have room on the dash, I'd recommend that.

Max

to the site feets, glad to have you.

Take a look at this site:
Arkon Resources, Inc. - The Mobile Mounting Specialists™

I have a few of their mounts for a Garmin C530/Nuvi and they work great, very sturdy and well put together . I will actually be writing a review on them in the coming days but enjoy the early edition.

feetsnofail

ha - yep, Humboldt gets more press, but we have a fair share of giant old growths here in the SCM =)

thanks! yes, I have heard that - but I'm not worried too much about getting a ticket. I've seen the 'donut' holder for the dash, but it seems that driving around sharp mountain roads will still throw the dash donut around, so I think I'll try to find a good window mount

feetsnofail

thanks - cool site!

awesome info, thx Max - these are sturdy looking mounts and the suction cup has a plunger type thing on it which will (hopefully) keep my unit mounted. it's a bit distracting when the GPS gets thrown around the car because of suction-failure =)
I will get one of these~!

dav

Feets, I don't understand those donuts - they don't make sense to me.

You can find the one I mean here (example): amazon mount

Looks like:

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feetsnofail

thx dav - this example does look sturdier than a donut ... what is the bottom composed of? sticky rubber?

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dav

Yes, in this case, the standard sticky rubber stuff. There are actually quite a few variations on this theme at Amazon. I was window shopping GPS accessories. Quite a range of interesting stuff.

I'll try to take a pic of it with the nuvi mounted so you can get a better sense of scale.

Andy

What's odd about the California law is that you can't use a suction cup mount on the windshield but you can the same device mounted to the dash, in the same location. Obviously not written in regards to the restricted visibility when using a windshield mounted device.

dav

Andy, you live in California, and you still think any laws written here make sense? Talk about gullible!

(sorry 'bout OT thread drift...)

Max

aha!
I was wondering why the Arkon unit came with a sticky shiny plastic disk that fits their suction cup perfectly. I understood what it did, I just didn't know why you'd buy a windshield mount and then stick it to the dash - but that makes sense with the whole Cali. law thing now.

One of the things I liked about the Arkon was it's range of motion which I thought made it convenient in a few different scenarios. This is gravity keeping it like this, but there is plenty of adjustment putting it on a flat surface and moving it forward and off the dash depending where the suction was.

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Max

I realize I'm spoiling my own review by posting these pics here a bit early, but I thought it relevant...

This mount is one I was suprised by, is the vent mount. Yes it has the ball for the Garmin but the same thing is available for the Magellan units. I thought due to where it went it would be floppy and annoying. It was pretty sturdy though, enough so that I could pull the 530 off of it and pop it back on/off without it pulling off, that was nice.
Although my vehicle has vents mounted too close to the steering wheel to use this practically - I was able to put it on the passenger side dash. With it over there it was really out of the way nicely and gives the passenger something to do. But the ball post was out far enough that I could swivel it to be facing me without issue.

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feetsnofail

interestin ... I haven't really been interested in the vent mounting, just seems like it would be bouncing around ...

thx for the preview =)

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Andy

I used a vent mount cell phone holder and while stable it ended up breaking parts of the vent. I don't think I would want a heavy GPS on it. But it would depend on the shape of the dash and how well supported it is.

feetsnofail

good point, Andy
- i think the small vents on my Pathfinder would not hold the unit securely ...

also - it can't be a good thing for the heater to be blasting the GPS??

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feetsnofail

well, my Arkon mount arrived yesterday, it has a nice tight suction and did not tumble during my long commute into Sili Valley this morning - so far, so good

now I have to work on my 'surprise' face if a chp pulls me over for my window mount =)

how's this (in order):

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feetsnofail

question on saving routes ...

is it possible for the TT One XL to save an altered route? basically, I have several routes I could take to avoid traffic at different spots along my commute. i would like to save these altered routes so that I can cancel the current route and switch to a saved route without having to go through all the 'avoid this road' prompts.

i know, i know - "if I know the routes already then why do i need the TT to tell me the route?"
mainly because I'm not fully confident of the roads to take and there are many narrow, unpaved roads that I can take over the mountain depending on how horrible the traffic is on the other routes

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dav

That should do it feets... if not, tell him you thought that rule only applied to radar detectors! (or do you have one of those mounted, too? )