TomTom Go 740 Live

Just purchased the Tom Tom 740, ordered it as a Christmas gift, great service and fast delivery. Haven't us3ed the item yet as it is a gift for someone else. I have the Tom Tom Go 720 i use for myself, it… is everything as advertised. Have had the Tom Tom Go 720 for a year now and have not had the first problem with it. The Tom Tom 720 is ready to go out of the box with a few minor easy to do set ups. Love it. Am sure the 740 will be of the same quality and ease of use. Wouldn't buy any other brand. When you get a winner you stick with it, would recommend the Tom Tom line of products to any one.

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There is no such things as a perfect GPS. Regardless of the brand they all have some sort of flaw (s). Now the 740 Lives is the closest one to perfection. I have tried the Garmin 265T, 765T, 885T, 1490T.… These models have several things in common, overall the don't function very well. Examples: Touch Screen is very unreliable,even after recalibration. The touch screen of the 740 is very responsive and accurate The 1490T when you select the option to avoid traffic while enroute it will turn itself off. Beside the 1490T the speaker on all the other models is very low, even after turning the volume all the way up. The speaker on the 740 is loud and very clear, including using it with your phone. I also found that the 740 Lives map is more up today than the garmin is, even after the update the Garmin to the newest map. The Junction View of the 740 is awesome it will show within 0.5 miles before your exit and it will stay there until you are on the exit or ramp, the junction view of any of these Garmin will show only few seconds before is gone, literally you not even have time to see it. One disavantage, and this is my personal opinion is that the 740 is a GPS for advance user, it has some much option that I think it can confuse anybody without GPS experiece. In both the 740 and the Garmin is very easy to connect your blue tooth cell phone. I have read some people complaining about the voice command on the 740, he/she said that youn have to touch the screen in order to activate it. This is not necessarily true if you have the blue tooth remote control for the 740, which you can use to activate it. Something that a really love about the 740 is that when your making a turn and you have to make one or several immediate turn after that, the GPS will warm you with enough time and distance in advance, vs the garmin which will warm within seconds or yards of your turn This is a cool option, be able to modify your own GPS map. EX: Add any type of POI, change or add speed limit, close or open road. There is a new gas station close to my house, which doesn't show on my GPS, with this option I was able to added it.

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We ordered this GPS because it offered everything we wanted, we loved the TomTom interface, and Amazon had the best price we could find anywhere. Pros: - Great features, especially lane guidance, spoken… street names, customizable POI's - Bluetooth compatibility - Easily interfaces with your computer through included TomTom Home software - Can plan a route using Google maps and send directly to the GPS - Live services are awesome to find new POI's through Google (first 3 months free!) Cons: - BT doesn't list our cell phone type, so check to make sure it is one of the "tested: ones listed by Tom Tom - The Live services are $10 a month, so probably not worth it if you have a smart phone or another data plan, but the traffic updates are nice to have in metropolitan areas. - The windshield mount is not very compact for traveling, it doesn't fold nicely like the XL340 Overall I would recommend this if you want everything in one GPS (if you've got a compatible phone). Otherwise, I'd go with the XL340S, it's cheaper, and even though there's no BT, it gives most of the same features as the GO740 Live, and you can always add the traffic antenna later.

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This is a very good product. I had a older version of TomTom and this is superior 100 times. Pros: Pick up the signal easier. Better menus. Better Help on the product. Good Maps. The live services...… Wonderful! Cons: I believe the battery life is short... I travel a lot and I have to have it plugged all the time. The good part is that the cable is not connected directly to the TomTom but to the base. I'm not sure Yet about the base or car support... It looks weak but it is doing the job... will see!!! Missing the option to hear it thru the car stereo!! But it cannot be Perfect!!!

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