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TomTom ONE V 4 Reviews Analysis

TomTom ONE V 4
alaSCORE 90

337 reviews

November, 2009

81 / 100

12 Experts

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325 Users

What people think about the TomTom ONE V 4: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 337 reviews from across the web.

price

5

  • Better value than the widescreen XL
  • CHEAP
  • ease of use and excellent value for money
  • Probably the best (at the price
  • Excellent value for money
 

performance

0.5

  • Speed camera warning is a strange 'honking' noise, unable to change sound as with speed warning
  • speed traps for different speeds are share the same souns
  • If you have the speed limit warning switched on that automatically switches on the speed camera warning and I have not yet worked out if that can be separately disabled
 

LCD

5

  • Small screen
 

menu

5

  • safety menu
  • supre easy menu's
  • supre easy menu's, big buttons, nice clear voice, text to speech & much more
  • Large menu buttons
 

maps

4

  • Map share a waste of time
  • Some times could lost your position - Placed you out of a road and suggest to return to a road :
  • Some of the info is very up-to-date (roundabout opened just a few weeks ago)
  • other info is not (roundabout changed to T-junction 2 years ago
  • Some of the info is very up-to-date (roundabout opened just a few weeks ago), other info is not (roundabout changed to T-junction 2 years ago
  • Make and share map corrections
  • Map Share
  • Slimline design, ease of use, EasyPort mount, TomTom HOME software, Map Share, Help Me
  • We are planning a road trip through Europe and it will be a huge help in map reading
  • We are planning a road trip through Europe and it will be a huge help in map reading,she never gets irate when you go the wrong way
  • maps need more frequent updating
  • GPS navigation system around
  • why did I bother so long with a road map
  • Brilliant piece of kit,why did I bother so long with a road map
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usability

5

  • Sometimes chooses longer routes rather than obvious easy ones
  • but practice makes perfect
  • sometimes hard to find certain options in the UI, but practice makes perfect
  • Easy-to-use interface
  • The diet has made it slim and sexy, Easy-to-use interface, Make and share map corrections, Folds up compactly, Better value than the widescreen XL
  • ease of use
  • Easy to use
  • Good UI, easy to use, flawless outside the cbd (except the M5 tunnel
 
  • You could use a lot for shot trips and don't realize the flow
  • great to use
  • and very practical
  • Easy to programme
  • convenient
  • small, convenient, small suction hook
  • Ease of use, ideal for the wife
  • Easy to use, basic but accurate enough to get you there, as long as you keep your own brain in gear as well (bit this is pointed out in the documentation)
  • Easy to use touch screen
  • Easy to use touch screen, clear instructions
  • you can easily pop it in your pocket when leaving you vehicle so you can still use it when you get back in your car
  • Easy to fit and remove and a piece of cake to use
  • easy to use, simple design and fits in your glove box
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interface

5

  • Very user friendly and intuition interface
 

screen

0.5

  • Best to study the route beforehand (which you can do thru the device
  • A self-adhesive fixing disc would be helpful for those not wishing to mount unit on windscreen
  • the suction hook is not the easiest to put and remove from the window
  • Screen mounting bracket attachment to unit not very positive and attachment of mounting bracket to screen not very positive
  • i found it a bit fiddley to attach to window
 

voice guidance

5

  • Voice navigation
  • nice clear voice
 

connectivity

0.5

  • No Bluetooth hands-free
  • No Bluetooth hands-free, Routing engine addicted to main roads
 

glare

5

  • Brilliant piece of kit
 

lens

5

  • Quite good mounting system
 

sound

1

  • spoken street names doesnt sound real
  • Speaker sound is poor in comparison to the previous model
  • unable to change sound as with speed warning
  • Only 1 sound can be allocated per POI where there are multiple tpes of the same POI i.e
  • maps need more frequent updating.Only 1 sound can be allocated per POI where there are multiple tpes of the same POI i.e
  • Good sound
 

reception

0.5

  • Really bad in the city CBD (lost a solid signal on liverpool st
  • Really bad in the city CBD (lost a solid signal on liverpool st, at the corners of george, castlereigh, sussex and kent st area
  • Lost a signal in the M5 tunnel
  • the tomtom said it lost the signal for about 3 minutes even though the screen was still showing where i was so this was kind of odd
  • Lost a signal in the M5 tunnel, the tomtom said it lost the signal for about 3 minutes even though the screen was still showing where i was so this was kind of odd
 

design

5

  • Slimline design
  • Compact design
  • simple design and fits in your glove box
 

portability

5

  • The diet has made it slim and sexy
  • very portable
  • Much lighter than my previous model, very portable
  • Nice and compact
  • Nice and compact, you can easily pop it in your pocket when leaving you vehicle so you can still use it when you get back in your car
 
  • Small for the pocket when you leave the car and mark it as a favourite
  • This one is a great size for your pocket or handbag
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size

5

  • big buttons
  • size
  • This is a great little toy
  • This is a great little toy,and very practical
 

viewfinder

0.5

  • Small screen maybe hard for some people to view clearly, keyboard input is a bit small if you have big fingers
 

battery

0.5

  • short battery life
  • Appallingly short battery life (about an hour and a bit
  • and a battery that does not hold it's charge when off for a couple of days.2
 

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