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TomTom ONE XL 330
The XL 330 Auto GPS from TomTom combines ease of use, portability and touchscreen technology in an elegant design. TomTom provides you with door-to-door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions. An extra-wide touchscreen helps you find your way, worry-free.
TomTom’s award-winning software means easy navigation from A to B. Switch on and go right out of the box. Just enter the address on the touchscreen and start driving anywhere in the US or Canada. TomTom has the most accurate maps and with TomTom Map Share technology you can instantly modify street names, street direction, and POIs on your own device. The XL 330 is preloaded with millions of points of interest to enhance your traveling experience. And with the “Help Me!” menu, there are added safety features so you can easily access local emergency providers. The TomTom XL 330 is traffic-ready, so you can outsmart the traffic, wherever you go. Go confidently.
TomTom, the Amsterdam-based GPS maker, is unveiling two new in-car GPS models featuring a slim, redesigned case and a new, compact folding windshield mount. The new models, the TomTom ONE and TomTom XL, replace the top-selling ONE 3rd Edition and ONE XL lines. The new windshield mount, called the EasyPort, may be left on the device and folded flat after use. The complete new slimmed-down unit, including the folded mount, is then small enough to fit into a shirt pocket or bag when the driver leaves the vehicle.
The ONE XL S features a 4.3” widescreen display with a resolution of 480x272. It connects to both a PC and a Mac using USB, and the cable that goes to your car’s AC charger is USB as well. It includes 1GB of internal memory, and sports an SD slot that can be used if you want to download additional maps. It includes both a windshield mount as well as an adhesive disc for mounting on your car’s dashboard.
By default it includes maps of the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam. You can download additional maps but you’ll have to pay a fee for them. For navigation it supports text-to-speech, which allows the chosen voice to read street names instead of just saying “turn left.” It does not support voice commands like the GO 920 series, but offers the standard ability to tap in addresses, plan itineraries, save favorites and establish a “home” address. It also features TomTom’s Map Share services, which lets you download updated maps from the TomTom community of users. You can also make changes to your own maps and upload them as well, if you feel like helping others out.
Bluetooth is also supported, but not for calling. It’s primarily for sending text messages to other XL owners, and for providing a conduit through which optional TomTom services can be uploaded to the device, such as weather and traffic data. The unit includes a rechargeable 2-hour battery, a one year warranty and does not require any subscriptions for services out-of-the-box whatsoever.
After the five-minute setup process completes, you’re free to begin navigating. The main screen lets you navigate to a destination (address, favorite, home, recent destination or point of interest), get “help’, add a favorite destination or change a wide array of preferences. A secondary screen lets you prepare routes and itineraries, correct maps and manage Bluetooth phones. A final third screen lets you access optional extras such as TomTom Plus services and TomTom traffic as well as view the guided tour of the device again.
The XL S is largely very easy to use. Tapping in street names and addresses is easy thanks to the screen’s large buttons and bright display, and the detailed maps and text-to-speech feature make it very easy to see where you’re going and what you need to do. It also displays what you need to do next in the lower-left-hand corner in case you are curious. The interface TomTom provides is well-designed and easy to navigate. The unit is also very responsive and there’s virtually no lag whatsoever when switching between screens. It takes a few seconds to calculate the route but it happens so fast you will likely not even notice it. It’s also able to quickly re-calculate a route if you miss a turn.
The points of interest (POI) database is large and all-inclusive. TomTom also provides the functionality to edit the POI database, and it’s most useful for adding new categories, which you can then populate with your own destinations. Unfortunately, you have the ability to delete POIs, but out of the long list of POIs that are pre-installed only Fire stations and School were available on the delete list for some reason. It would be handy to be able to delete any POI we wanted.
The ONE XL S offers very solid navigational performance at a reasonable price point. It’s easy to configure and use, and we imagine most users would be able to be up and running in just a few minutes, which is great. We like the text-to-speech feature and the Map Share too, but we especially enjoyed all the free downloads and updates. Of course, the text-to-speech feature does have a configuration issue, and it’s too bad we can’t totally customize the POI lists, but having the ability to add our own POIs is a great benefit. All in all we like the XLS better than the flagship GO 920 T just because it’s not as complicated, is still easy to use, and costs a lot less.
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