Vote for your most wanted new features here

All, since Tomtom appears to be reading this forum, and in hopes of helping Tomtom prioritize new feature introduction, I am setting up this thread as a way for people to vote for their most wanted new features.

Please reply to this thread with your most wanted new features, and rate each from 1 (little importance to you) to 5 (very important to you).

About once a week, I'll edit this initial post with a tabulation of everyone's results. Hopefully, someone from Tomtom is reading this, and will consider the votes of this community as it prioritizes its development.

A couple of ground rules:
- Only report functionality that doesn't doesn't exist in any product currently sold by Tomtom. Don't report features that are already available in a newer / more expensive models. I'll remove items from the tabulation if / when Tomtom introduces them on a new model.
- Don't report bugs. I made a separate bug-voting thread here.
- If you see another idea you like, vote for it too. I'll count total votes when I tabulate totals.
- I'll default to a rank of 3 if not specified.
- If you change your mind, reply to the thread with a new post with all your votes again. I'll replace your old votes with the new ones. Please don't edit an earlier post as I may not see it.
- If you're not sure if something is available on a newer / more expensive model, please post a separate thread asking for help first.
- To prevent spamming, I'll only tabulate votes from members who have made at least one non-spam/non-intro post somewhere on this forum, between 15 and 120 days prior to voting. New members, please wait 15 days after a prior post before voting.

Here are the current vote totals:

.......Avg....#
Weight Rank votes...Feature Description
__39_____4.3_____9___navigate to street before city (or choose "anywhere" as city)
__23_____3.3_____7___vocalize which side of the street the destination is on
__23_____3.8_____6___display POI pop-up while in drive mode
__22_____3.7_____6___preference to decrease or shut off the 5 minute uturn delay(see this link)
__22_____3.7_____6___improved selection of long vs short road segments in mapshare
__20______4______5___allow any menu item on quickmenu
__19_____3.8_____5___mapshare edits on segments of streets, not just between intersections
__18_____3.6_____5___auto-sorting of fastest order of stops on an itinerary
__17_____3.4_____5___alphanumeric house number input
__17_____4.3_____4___add/move a road via mapshare
__17_____3.4_____5___larger/full screen emulator in Operate my tomtom
__16_____3.2_____5___ability to add more custom menu icons on main navigation screen
__14_____3.5_____4___auto-poweron when external power is connected
__12______3______4___preference for "browse/panning mode" while navigating
__11_____2.8_____4___preference to prefer highways / avoid local roads
__10_____3.3_____3___create an itinerary online and transfer it to the tomtom(see this link)
__10_____3.3_____3___sort POI by driving distance, not birds-flight distance
___9______3______3___Bluetooth support for PAN, and for more phones / carriers
___9______3______3___aftermarket in-dash radio/GPS with a larger screen
___9______3______3___don't have legal disclaimer each time device is turned on
___9_____2.3_____4___see multiple route options (fastest, avoid highways, etc) on a map before selecting one
___9______3______3___automatically clear routes after arrival
___8______4______2___Bluetooth handsfree calls via line out or FM
___8______4______2___increase fm modulator strength
___8_____2.7_____3___tapless speech recognition (voice keyword)
___8_____2.7_____3___speech control for all menus/functions
___8______4______2___drag legs of a trip on a map to create waypoints
___8______4______2___ability to avoid roads based on vehicle restrictions (in the US)
___8_____2.7_____3___perference to vocalize that directions are recalculating
___8______4______2___choose a level of map detail that would remain at any zoom level
___7_____2.3_____3___change address numbers via mapshare
___7_____2.3_____3___time of day and # of people info for HOV lanes
___7_____3.5_____2___categorize restaurants by cuisine
___6______3______2___altimeter
___6______3______2___navcore 8 SDK
___6______3______2___disable stolen units
___6______2______3___dial by voice - contacts or digits
___6______2______3___a preference for fingerprint identification instead of password input
___6______3______2___special characters for BT DUN (eg: s=2 for nextel)
___6______3______2___speak house number of destination
___5_____2.5_____2___digital compass
___5_____1.7_____3___Time-of-day map features (road restrictions/turn restrictions)
___5______5______1___ability to select multiple roads in mapshare based on partial road name (eg pkwy)
___5______5______1___adjustable volume on line out
___5______5______1___improve accuracy of TTS
___5______5______1___larger font in Browse as text
___5______5______1___higher contrast/whiter background in Browse as text
___5______5______1___auto skip/scroll to future directions in browse as text
___4______4______1___allow subscriptions to be moved to a device within the new devices LMG period
___4______4______1___setting to turn off signpost display
___4______2______2___voice activated dialing via bluetooth handsfree
___4______4______1___user-friendly error messages in HOME
___3______3______1___Auto-timezone-adjustment
___3______3______1___show zoom scale on driving screen
___3______3______1___breadcrumbs / ability to track travel history
___3_____1.5_____2___mapshare barrier/roadblock, that doesn't erase the whole road
___3______3______1___more americanization of phrases / units
___3______3______1___move "this side of road" speed camera button to the right for right-drive countries
___3______3______1___display coordinates of a POI
___3______3______1___display unsnapped GPS data on satellite page
___3______3______1___faster refresh rate
___3______3______1___replaceable battery pack
___3______3______1___HOME for Linux
___3______3______1___screen lock function
___3______3______1___debouncing of screen keypresses to prevent accidental taps
___3______3______1___increase maximum number of favorites
___3______3______1___keep a consistent name for all stretches of a highway
___3______3______1___show the current RDS-TMC frequency
___3______3______1___show the RDS-TMC expiration date
___3______3______1___color code traffic congestion on the right-hand bar
___3______3______1___ability to delete individual recent destinations
___3______3______1___customize distance of auto-zoom
___3______3______1___ability to save entire routes
___3______3______1___calculator function
___3______3______1___preference to have compass point to where you are heading
___3______3______1___augmented reality (overlay camera pic) on iPhone
___3______3______1___ability to avoid part of a road in the "avoid" menu
___3______3______1___wider up/down arrows in POI search results
___3______3______1___grey-out/disable up/down arrow when at first/last screen of POI search results
___3______3______1___allow changing of 2d car icon color
___3______3______1___larger buttons at the bottom of the screen
___2______2______1___Extend TTS pause between multi-word street names.
___0______0______0___preference to move next street to bottom of screen
___0______0______0___lifetime map update
___0______0______0___obd-II connector (receive car telemetry)
___0______0______0___optional chime when making a turn
___0______0______0___show more than 24 search results for POI searches
___0______0______0___Auto-transfer personal mapshare corrections to newer maps.
___0______0______0___More Advanced Lane Guidance unavailable in Canada
___0______0______0___Iqroutes including seasonal/time of year data
___0______0______0___"send me to an unverified mapshare edit" option to allow crowdsourced validation
___0______0______0___semi-transparent status bar
___0______0______0___navigate to mile markers
___0______0______0___permit more than 48 waypoints
___0______0______0___adjustable tolerance for the over-the-speed-limit alert
___0______0______0___receipts of local location-based broadcasts

 

I'll get things started with my votes:

A preference to decrease or shut off the 5 min u-turn delay - 5
Add a road via mapshare - 4
Auto-sorting of fastest order of stops on an itinerary - 4
Preference for browse mode while navigating (tapping will move the map rather than opening a menu) - 4
Tapless speech recognition - eg by yelling some type of voice keyword so you don't have to use your hands - 3
partner with Alpine/Kenwood/Pionner (or someone similar) and make an aftermarket in-dash tomtom/radio with at least a 7 inch screen - 3
Razr2 bluetooth support - 2
Time of day map features (road restrictions / turn restrictions) - 2

 

Robert......

Perhaps the application for your model does not include this option but for the Go series, under planning preferences, one selection is how should HOV lanes be dealt with: 1) ask 2) always take 3) always avoid.

 

Thanks for all the votes so far - one thing I'll add, if you see someone's idea that you like, vote for it also. I'll count total votes for each item when I tabulate weekly.

 

All, I did my first tabulation - hopefully it's readable.

I removed the following features:
- disable auto-zooming - available on 720
- add to favorite on main screen - already available on quick menu, combining with "add more custom menu icons to navigation screen"
- HOV lane preference - removed, available on 720
- always arriving on the right - please post a new thread, I could not reproduce. I think it's a map error with a non-divided road shown as divided
- navigate by voice to favorites - available in 740
- avoiding/restricting left turns - cannot reproduce on my tomtom - please post a new thread with examples for research
- metric rounding error when entering speed limits - moved to bug section
- ability to track location of units - available in tomtom WORK devices
- pulling out of a driveway/driving around the block - counted as a vote for the "reduce/eliminate uturn delay" feature

I added the following features, moved from the bugs thread:
- stop having to agree to "legal" disclaimer each time turning on (ranking: brownbutgreen=3, terell=3)

I also made the following additions to my votes, after seeing others' ideas:
- navigate to street before city (or choose "anywhere" as city) 4
- preference to prefer highways / avoid local roads 4
- ability to add more custom menu icons on main navigation screen 3
- vocalize which side of street destination is on 3
- mapshare edits on segments of streets, not just between intersections 3
- allow any menu item on quickmenu 3
- alphanumeric street input 3
- improved selection of long vs short road segments in mapshare 2


Keep the votes coming, thanks.