Reviews for Tomtom ONE 130?S Automobile Navigator

Cheap Considering Its Text to Speech Function

Strengths: very user friendly, excellent interface

Weakness: like most of the other units, wall-charger is not included.

This GPS unit is a light, very easy to use out of the box, fast, accurate and affordable device. It certainly does the job. Qualitywise it is along the line of Tom Tom 3rd generation series with the addition of text to speech function. Its color and audio functions are very efficient and its screen size is 3.5 inches, which is normal given its price range. Overall, for the price and for an average commuter this is a very good GPS device.

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Nice GPS for the price

Strengths: Text to speech for street names, easy to use, snap-in suction mount

Weakness: limited memory

The text to speech feature that tells you the street names to turn on works well. I used an older Tom Tom that didn't have this feature before and I can tell you it really makes a difference. The user interface is very user friendly. There is separate piece that mounts to the windshield with a suction cup. Then, this just snaps in and out of it when needed. So, it's really easy to take in and out of the car. The suction mount also moves easily so you can easily move it to another car too. The only weakness I found was that the memory used to store the map information is just about full and you can't add more with memory cards. When I updated the map that came with it using the free download, it told me there was not enough room for the new maps. I had to delete some of the points of interest before I had enough free space for it. Not a big deal though.

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Don't buy TomTom

Strengths: none

Weakness: TomTom customer service TomTom attitude TomTom quality TomTom download speeds

TomTom has terrible customer service and they just don't care. I'm on my 3rd replacement unit and this one locks up and doesn't give directions. Tom Tom customer service has lied to me twice. Online update speeds are painfully slow.

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Tom Tom One 130 S GPS

Strengths: Price. Speaks out street names. Receives traffic alerts.

Weakness: Low volume. Does not come with case.

Originally purchased a Garmin Nuvi 200 from Sam's, but returned it when I found that the Tom Tom One 130 S GPS was the same price and actually called out street names. Have been using this for about a week and so far so good. This also receives traffic alerts, which many do not at this price. Above all it was a 'best buy' recommendation from Consumer Reports. At approx $200, it's a great priced GPS. The unit, however, has to be turned at an angle at times in order to hear the speech. Overall good so far, and would recommend. Will update this review after more usage.

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GPS Review

Strengths: Affordable priced GPS with text to speech functionality

Weakness: No SD expansion slot, not easy to fit inside a shirt pocket

An affordable GPS for someone looking for a decent GPS device to get you where you want to go and doesn't need the other features like mp3 playback as some other expensive models. The integrated mounting bracket is an innovative design, but it makes the depth of the GPS about two inches thicker. Tom Tom advertises that it can fit into a shirt pocket, but I find it a bit too thick to fit into my dress shirts. Also, a case is probably needed to keep the suction cup from getting dirty. The only other weakness is the lack of an SD expansion slot as some other competitors have, but it does come with maps for the US and Canada instead of just the continental US from other manufacturers. Otherwise, this GPS does get you to the destination and the text to speech functionality for street names is an added plus to this budget minded GPS unit.

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Died on the first day

Strengths: None!

Weakness: user manual is useless. text-to-speech didn't work. unit failed first day of use.

Purchased the unit yesterday, tested it locally, and it did not speak street names. "help" suggested updating maps, but upon installing Tomtom home and updating the unit completely failed. After 2 hours on the phone with tech support, and another 2 hours trying to reinstall software, it is going back to the store tomorrow, exchanged for a different brand. Total JUNK!

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Best Price GPS Device with Included Maps USA Maps

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TomTom One 130S

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