It has been just about a month now since I bought my TomTom GO 630. As someone who has primarily used Garmin devices up until now, I thought I'd share my impressions of the TomTom device. Most of these are things that I don't really care for, but don't let that detract from the fact that my overall feeling towards my purchase is a positive one. These are not in any order of importance as I see them, merely as I remember them.
1.) No trip log. This feature was something that I was VERY grateful for on my last long journey when I borrowed a friend's Garmin. The ability to look back and see how much ground has been covered since you last reset the trip meter really is useeful. It seems strange to me that TomTom did not include such a simple feature.
2.) The other day, my travels took me quite far off the beaten-track to a small restaurant right on the beach. I'd had to take a dirt road to this point which was not on the map. When I tried to add my position to my favourites from my Quick Menu, I received the message, "Poor GPS reception. Are you indoors?" (or something to that effect.) I had full signal at that point. I was able to add the position by going to "Browse Map", and then setting the point on the map as a favourite.
3.) Twice now I have lost my favourites. They have just disappeared completely. It seems to be a result of the device locking up and then rebooting. When it comes back, all my waypoints are gone.
4.) It seems that after a few days, the device refuses to pair with my phone. What I need to do in this case is delete the phone from the device, reset the TomTom, and then re-pair the two.
5.) If I want to add a point of interest, for example a restaurant that I visit regularly, I have to create a new POI category. Strange that I cannot use the built in POI categories that already exist.
6.) I'd like the ability to adjust the volume of the hands-free audio and the navigation audio separately. Often these two volumes differ greatly and I find myself constantly adjusting it.
That's all I can think of for now. Hopefully most of these will be sorted out in the near future with software updates.
1.) No trip log. This feature was something that I was VERY grateful for on my last long journey when I borrowed a friend's Garmin. The ability to look back and see how much ground has been covered since you last reset the trip meter really is useeful. It seems strange to me that TomTom did not include such a simple feature.
2.) The other day, my travels took me quite far off the beaten-track to a small restaurant right on the beach. I'd had to take a dirt road to this point which was not on the map. When I tried to add my position to my favourites from my Quick Menu, I received the message, "Poor GPS reception. Are you indoors?" (or something to that effect.) I had full signal at that point. I was able to add the position by going to "Browse Map", and then setting the point on the map as a favourite.
3.) Twice now I have lost my favourites. They have just disappeared completely. It seems to be a result of the device locking up and then rebooting. When it comes back, all my waypoints are gone.
4.) It seems that after a few days, the device refuses to pair with my phone. What I need to do in this case is delete the phone from the device, reset the TomTom, and then re-pair the two.
5.) If I want to add a point of interest, for example a restaurant that I visit regularly, I have to create a new POI category. Strange that I cannot use the built in POI categories that already exist.
6.) I'd like the ability to adjust the volume of the hands-free audio and the navigation audio separately. Often these two volumes differ greatly and I find myself constantly adjusting it.
That's all I can think of for now. Hopefully most of these will be sorted out in the near future with software updates.