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Tomtom's Pro 4000 and 8000 GPS Units Come with Support Package
Posted by Kit Eaton at 7:11 PM on August 21, 2008
Tomtom has just come up with a suite of GPS systems for the "mobile workforce" dubbed the Pro series. The first units are the Pro 4000 and Pro 8000, and while the hardware is essentially unchanged from non-Pro models, there are a few tweaks. Firstly the software has a "menu lock" option, that's supposed to lower distractions and improve driving safety, the maps come with a free update that's to be used within a year, and there's a PIN lock to protect your data. Secondly the support package comes with a two-year extended warranty and a dedicated customer service line. The 8000 also has advanced IQ navigation, which plans routes using actual average drive times, and voice address-input and Bluetooth handsfree calling. The 4000 is out for US$330 and the 8000 for US$460. [Navigadget]
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aussie
Posted 7:47 PM 21/8/08
The TOM TOM is the biggest load of S--T I've ever had the displeasure of using.
We went on a trip to Southern Italy (I live in Rome) and on at least a dozen occasions the TOM TOM directed us to drive up stairways, along beachfronts and along riverbeds. I will be returning my TOM TOM tomorrow!
And yes, I installed all the latest map updates hours before we departed.
aussie
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 8:46 PM 21/8/08
I know a certain priest who could have used the technical support feature. [gizmodo.com]
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BostonPimpDaddy2
Posted 8:32 PM 21/8/08
Garmin FTW
Did you change the route course to use more highways? ie NOT the shortest course? By default it tries to use the shortest route I believe.
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strider_mt2k
Posted 9:29 PM 21/8/08
All Tom Toms get one free map update in the first year.
@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: Vito Cornelius?
Ohhh THAT guy.
strider_mt2k
Late_Night
Posted 10:43 PM 21/8/08
@aussie: Really? That sucks. I have a TomTom (I'm in the US) and I love it. It's not perfect but it's one of the better ones, it gets a satellite signal really fast. I've used Garmin and waiting for it to link up was just too slow.
One feature I'd like for these GPS manufacturers to come up with is multiple address with most efficient routes. Tell me which one to go to first and then all the destinations after. Say for workers doing a bunch of deliveries, I'd want TomTom to figure out what the efficient way is to get from one location to the next location to the next location without me having to go and map it out and figure it out for the device. Why is this feature still not there? I could see even UPS guys using it then, load up all your addresses and let it guide you to where you're going.
Late_Night
dr_lha
Posted 12:16 AM 22/8/08
I've found TomTom's to be very problematic in the USA due to their crappy map data. For example, lots of the roads around my area apparently haven't been updated to their redone layouts, when the road work was completed on them over 5 years ago. Also for some reason with the latest map update, one of the main roads through town which is a divided road, it has decided that you can only turn right onto it at any point, so it keeps giving you stupid directions. I had to go in and modify the rules for the road.
OK and on road trip recently, I was hungry so did a POI search, and it told me there was a TGI Friday's 1 mile away, so I selected it and it directed me onto a freeway, and at the moment I was merging it announced "You have reached your destination". Surprisingly there was no TGI's on this 65 mph freeway.
My next GPS will be a Garmin.
dr_lha
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 12:40 AM 22/8/08
@Late_Night: I think Garmins will do it in fleet mode.
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