Originally posted by: gingerstewart55
Originally posted by: skywhr
already ordered the garmin 200
And you're MUCH better off with the Garmin 200 than this TomTom.....as GPS Magazine, in a review of the Tom Tom ONE, said,
"Unfortunately, TomTom has chosen Tele Atlas as its mapping data provider. Here in the United States, NAVTEQ (the larger competitor to Tele Atlas) has more accurate and complete maps. It's no coincidence that Garmin, Magellan, Yahoo, Google, and MSN all use NAVTEQ.
"With so much going for it, I couldn't help being frustrated with the Tele Atlas maps. In my rigorous testing, the ONE simply didn't have the addresses of many locations that other NAVTEQ-powered GPS units did.
"I also felt TomTom should have thrown in the carrying case as part of the package. Garmin includes a leather carrying case on their nuvi line, and the ONE is similar in size. Battery life was less than average on the ONE, and the CPU felt slightly underpowered when navigating menus, but was acceptable when navigating. The major disappointment with the ONE is the choice of Tele Atlas for mapping data. Tele Atlas is not the best-of-breed mapping provider for North America (NAVTEQ is). Were it not for fact that the ONE uses Tele Atlas maps in North America, I would easily declare the ONE the Editor's Choice. It's worth noting that the European version of the ONE does use NAVTEQ maps, but here in the U.S. we're stuck with Tele Atlas."
Above text taken from here.
And in a comparison of the Garmin nuvi 680, the Tom Tom One XL, and the Magellan Maestro 4050 with their routing capabilities....and isn't that the whole point of a GPS unit....it's routing?
"I put the TomTom ONE XL to the ultimate routing test, pitting the ONE XL against the wide-screen Magellan Maestro 4050 and Garmin's wide-screen nuvi 680. Which GPS has the best routing engine? The two largest mapping data providers are NAVTEQ and Tele Atlas . NAVTEQ is more accurate and complete in North America, so it's preferable to buy a GPS that uses NAVTEQ rather than Tele Atlas. All Magellan and Garmin GPS units use NAVTEQ mapping data, while TomTom uses Tele Atlas.
"Our first test took us along the Northeast, starting in Southbury, CT and ending in New York City:
Magellan's Maestro 4050, Garmin's nuvi 680, and TomTom's ONE XL all get us to our destination address, but the Garmin nuvi chooses a slightly faster route, provides more detailed navigation instructions, and is also the only GPS to announce what side of the street our destination address is on.
TomTom's ONE XL faired the worst in this test, routing us in such a way that the destination address is actually on the left side of the street. We would then either have to make an illegal U-turn or go around the block to arrive at 135 Central Park West on our right. TomTom also has less detailed navigation prompts than the Magellan Maestro 4050. TomTom also uses yards instead of feet, which is impractical here in the Units States."
"For our second test, I started out at Fry's Electronics in San Jose, California and entered a destination address at 300 Grove Street in San Francisco (about 46 miles in distance):
Again Garmin chooses the best route, Magellan chooses the second best route, and TomTom's ONE XL chooses the worst route. While Magellan and Garmin both route us along the 101 highway from San Jose to San Francisco, TomTom's ONE XL instead chooses highway 880 North to 80 West -- an odd choice that adds around 4 miles (6 minutes) to the journey. Even worse, TomTom again has us arriving on the wrong side of the street, with our destination address on the left."
"For the third test, I chose a short, 3-mile trip from Beacon Street in Boston to Cambridge, Massachusetts:
The results of test #3 are consistent with the previous two tests: TomTom's ONE XL chooses a route that's about 30% longer than Magellan's Maestro or Garmin's nuvi. Garmin chooses a route that's slightly longer in distance than Magellan's Maestro, but is actually a shorter drive time, and Magellan's Maestro plots an acceptable route that's only slightly worse than Garmin's. It's interesting to see such varied routing results even on a short trip of less than 3 miles -- just goes to show you how different every GPS unit actually is.
The routing engine on the Maestro 4050 produced consistently solid results, soundly beating TomTom's new ONE XL unit, and closely matching Garmin's routing engine. Garmin edged out Magellan in all three tests, choosing slightly more efficient routes with more detailed turn instructions and shorter drive times.
TomTom's ONE XL unit performed poorly in all three routing engine tests, producing the longest routes in all three tests, and putting us on the wrong side of the street at our destination address.
Again, only Garmin's GPS unit announced what side of the street our destination address was on.
In all three tests TomTom's ONE XL faired the worst -- despite having the newest map data of all three units."
Above text taken from here.
So, don't feel bad about buying the Garmin instead of the Tom Tom.....be very, very happy instead.
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