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PR0DUCT FEATURES:Enhanced Positioning TechnologyEasy access to traffic informationVoice address inputMaps of US, Canada and EuropeTomTom Map Share technologyHandsfree car kitBuilt-in FM transmitterBluetooth remote control included

-- 10/02/08:
The G0 920 and it's sibling, the 920T, are TomTom's new flagship portable gps navigators, replacing the G0 910. The G0 920T comes bundled with TomTom's RDS-TMC traffic receiver and a one-year subscription to the Clear Channel traffic service, which allows users to receive real-time traffic information. The traffic receiver is sold as a separate accessory for the G0 920.

The icon-driven menu system makes using TomTom's snap.

Emergency menu gives you fast direct access to emergency numbers and direction to the nearest assistance.

Voice instructions are available in over 30 languages (complete list below). You can even record directions in your own voice, download specialty voices free at TomTom's website, or purchase celebrity voices. Listen to sample clips. Free download samples Sylvia Celebrity voice samples Dennis Hopper Curt Schilling Gary Busey 0r record your own directions in your own voice.

The 4.3-inch (diagonal) 3D driving view offers a clear picture of the road and maneuvers ahead (actual size).

The first big difference you'll notice is that the 920s are much thinner than the 910. TomTom introduced this slim form factor with last year's 0NE. With the release of the top-of-the-line 920s, TomTom now offers a full range of units in the new form factor (see a feature comparison for all of TomTom's G0 and 0NE devices). When you turn it on, you'll also notice the increased performance and features the 920s packs into their slimmer form.


What's New -- Enhanced Positioning Technology
TomTom’s new Enhanced Positioning Technology uses movement and gravity sensors to calculate drivers’ positions when GPS signals are unavailable. This helps the device continue to navigate to its destination, even when there may not be a direct line-of-sight connection to a satellite (for example, when driving in a city with tall buildings, underpasses or bridges).




What's New -- Voice Prompted Address Entry
Voice prompted address entry gives users the option to speak the address to which they want to drive. Users can simply speak the city, street name and address number they would like to travel to, and the device will automatically calculate the route.

MapShare lets you add your own map corrections and P0ls, then share them with the entire TomTom user community via the TomTom H0ME website

What's New -- Map Share
The G0 920 includes TomTom's innovative new Map Share technology. Map Share enables users to make easy changes to the map and to share map corrections with other TomTom customers so that users always have the most up-to-date maps available.




Widescreen View and FM Transmitter
See more. Hear more. The G0 920 offers a 4.3-inch, extra-wide, touch-screen LCD display that features anti-glare technology for easy viewing even in direct sunlight. Realistic and clear visual instructions are provided with high-quality 3D graphics, while spoken instructions tell you where you need to go in your own language. As an added convenience, text-to-speech functionality provides you with actual street names. The built-in FM Transmitter to play music and navigation instructions over the car stereo.




Hands-Free Calling
ln more and more places, it is becoming illegal to use cell phones while driving without a hands-free kit. The G0 920's Bluetooth capability, microphone and speaker lets match it to any bluetooth-capable phone to make hands-free mobile phone calls.




Maps
The G0 920 comes come preinstalled with complete maps of the United States, Canada and Europe on 4 GB of internal memory. The G0 920 range has the most complete set of pre-installed maps available in TomTom’s entire portfolio.




Remote control
The TomTom G0 920 range comes with an improved Bluetooth remote control. The remote control enables drivers to operate the device safely from anywhere in the car without having to reach over to the device.




Help When You Need lt
Extensive safety features including ‘Help Me’ menu, to give drivers direct access to emergency services and roadside assistance;




Fun Extras to Personalize Your TomTom
Record your own driving instructions. View documents, exchange positions via SMS and Bluetooth  wireless technology and select a favorite car icon on the screen.




Full range of accessories to match the design and finish of the new G0 range, including a leather carry case, a soft touch carry case, iPod cable and a home charger.

TomTom H0ME


H0ME is TomTom’s free software that enables TomTom users to future proof and personalize their devices. Via easy desktop access, any TomTom customer can update maps, download the latest application, celebrity voices and more. TomTom H0ME allows TomTom customers to




• Update their TomTom device with TomTom’s latest software and services automatically and for free
• Easily buy and install the latest maps and European safety cameras
• Download celebrity and character voices
• Pre-plan trip itineraries
• Receive free traffic alerts on their computers



What's in the Box
TomTom G0 920 gps portable navigation device, suction mount, car charger, USB 2.0 data cable, and installation CD with connection software and manual.


Supported Languages

The user interface/application comes in the following languages: Catalan Latvian Czech Lithuanian Danish Norwegian Dutch Polish Estonian Portuguese Finnish Slovakian Flemish Spanish French Swedish German Turkish Hungarian UK English ltalian US English

Spoken navigation instructions come in the following languages: Australian Japanese Brazilian Portuguese Latin American Spanish Bulgarian Latvian Catalan Lithuanian Chinese Mandarin Malaysian Chinese Cantonese Norwegian Croatian Polish Czech Portuguese Danish Romanian Dutch Russian Estonian Serbian Finnish Slovenian Flemish Spanish French Swedish German Thai Greek Turkish Hungarian UK English ltalian US English

About TomTom
TomTom NV is the world’s largest navigation solution provider, developing products with an emphasis on innovation, quality, ease of use and value. TomTom's products include all-in-one navigation devices which enable customers to navigate right out of the box; including the award-winning TomTom G0 family, the TomTom 0NE range and the TomTom RlDER (for motorcycles). TomTom also provides navigation software products which integrate with third party devices; the TomTom NAVlGAT0R software for PDA’s and smartphones. TomTom W0RK combines industry leading communication and smart navigation technology with leading edge tracking and tracing expertise. TomTom’s products are sold through a network of leading retailers in 25 countries and online. TomTom was founded in 1991 in Amsterdam and has offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Excellent features make this GPS a top value for the money ...
My wife and I bought a GO 930 for our recent trip to Portugal. The main difference between the 920 and 930 is the 930 also has the Europe map preloaded. This is the reason we picked the 930. The Europe map is expensive to download and a hassle to install. In the end the GO 930 was a great deal because the Europe map sells for $180, so we actually saved money by going top-of-the line instead of something that retails for $200-$300 without the Europe map. However, if you don't plan to travel often to Europe, the 920 should be great for you as well. Here is why:

The unit works really well. Out of the box it took us directly to the economy lot at Newark airport. When we landed in Lisbon it worked well again, taking us out of the city (we would have never found our way out with a map) and to our first destination without any hick-ups. We used the unit for 12 days in Portugal and it was able to find for us secluded beaches, B&B's, restaurants, etc. - basically a lot of things we would have never found with just a map.

The voice commands are excellent and make the screen redundant. It is also nice to be able to download different voices instead of hearing the boring robot voice all the time. The lane view feature, which shows you in 3-D driver's view how many lanes each exit has, is also great for complex interchanges.

Another great feature is the MP3 playback combined with 4GB of INTERNAL memory, plus a SD card expansion slot. This allows you to download your entire MP3 collection on the unit, if you are so inclined, and so doubles as an iPod in your car - with a much better user interface (4.3" screen).

Another great feautre is the Bluetooth phone interface, which gives you hands-free calling in your car as well.

The unit also has the traffic alert receiver built-in, which means if you want to use this feature you don't have to buy an additional receiver for it.

We highly recommend this GPS. At $450 the 930 is relatively expensive, but given all its features, the VALUE for the money just can't be beat.

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Buyer's feedback: - TomTom Inaccurate
TomTom 1M00.981 GO 920T Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator with Traffic Receiver
I purchased this product because I wanted to try the new "traffic reporting" feature. I never got there!
Twice the Tom Tom told me to go in the wrong direction off the highway. I was testing it in familiar territory. If I had not known where I was, it would have told me "off route" and I would not have known why I was turning around.
The system defaulted to MUTE and each time I turned off the car it went silent. I had to go into the system tools, a cumbersome task, and turn on the speech each time.
I returned this product and bought another Garmin with which I am very happy.

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Buyer's feedback: - * What a mess, but where to begin? ...
I purchased my 920T in March of 2008, so here is my 6 month 2000 mile review.

Pros:
1. If you enjoy a leisurely trip in the evening, with no regard for efficiency the 920T is for you.
2. Acquires the satellites very quick.
3. Mapshare is a nice, but does it work?

Cons:
1. Battery life is terrible. At most you are looking at one hour.
2. Battery life on blu tooth remote is just as bad. I was replacing two AAA's once a week.
3. If you choose to drive during the day, don't count on seeing the screen. With mild to moderate sun light it will be washed out.
4. Speech Recognition no longer works after the newest firmware update.
5. Traffic might work. More times than not you have to unplug the traffic antenna, reboot the tomtom, and as it's rebooting reconnect the traffic antenna. Hope you can do this while driving. Oh, don't forget to choose your destination again. It doesn't remember.
6. The menu system was not thought out. It's very unsafe while driving.
7. POI's? Please. If you are looking for wal-mart good luck. Typing Wal will not work. Typing mart will not work. Looking for an italian restaurant? Better have an iPhone or the Internet, because it does not sort any restaurants. While driving down the interstate if you are curious where the closest rest area is, I hope you can find a road sign. Even if it does find a POI, there is a good chance you will not arrive within half mile of the location.
8. ETA. Not even close.
9. If you set it on your shelf, you can watch it magically turn it's self on at random hours during the day. It's a nice trick but it's short battery life takes care of this.
10. The most important feature of a GPS is to get you where your going as fast as possible. On a road trip from Maryland to South Carolina, the 920T weighed in at 11 hours. On the way home we picked up a Garmin 750, and had it not been for traffic we could have made it in 7 hours and 45 minutes.
11. TomTom should consider this to be beta software at best. There are many bugs, and mine has locked up 3 times. If you don't have a small pin to trip the reset your out of luck.
12. TomTom refuses to allow or support the 920T. It has the same hardware as the 930 yet the refuse to let the users enable those features found on the 930.

As long as you are in the United States please do yourself a favor, and pick up something with Navtec software.

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Buyer's feedback: - I love this thing
I am really impressed with this GPS. I've used my Dell Axim in the past with Mapopolis. They went out of business so I needed something new. After a friend of mine bought a cheaper Tom Tom, I looked at what was out there, and I wanted the voice commands after I saw it. It is a little quirky at first, but I wouldn't trade it now. I also love the remote control.

The only things that I wish worked better were:
1. The FM transmitter - in a vehicle with the antenna in the front of the car works well, but if it's in the back of the car you can forget it.
2. It doesn't recognize my Motorola i880 (Nextel) It will make calls from the phone, but will not update traffic with it or import the phonebook.

Overall, I love it.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Tom Tom 920T ...
I used my Garmin 2620 since 2005, weekly, as I travel extensively. I have never ugraded the maps. This Tom Tom was a gift, the idea being newer was better. It has good features, it was easier to enter an address, it recovers from route deviations quicker, it doesn't keep shouting "recalculating, recalculating," and the computer doesn't get confused as often. However, I searched for restaurants, and came up with 5 hits. Garmin gives restaurants from here to the next coast. I searched for an historical POI, got nothing. I thought an historical POI, that has been on the map longer than anyone I know has been alive, should have been preloaded as a POI. Garmin came preloaded with all kinds of restaurants, shopping, hospitals, government offices, entertainment, and more. I see Best Buy offers to help you load POI's. Well, Amazon had the better price. I don't have time for all this manual loading. My GPS came on Monday, and Tuesday, I was leaving town.

That suction cup mount is useles. It stuck maybe 3 times for the duration of my journey. It constantly falls off and hits the gear shift before hitting the floor. Being touch sensitive, all the banging on the way to the floor sometimes resets the GPS. Sometimes, it falls so far away, you can't pick it up without pulling over. The Garmin came with a bean bag that sits on the dash.

It was much easier to see my route layout at a glance while on the road with the Garmin.

I lost signal more often with the Tom Tom.

I couldn't use it straight out of the box. The Tom Tom had to connect to my laptop and download info first. I don't know what language it was communicating in, Norwegion, I think. I had to call Tom Tom for help setting up. The Garmin just wanted to know where I wanted to go.

Sadly, someone just broke into my car and stole my Garmin 2620. I am buying a Garmn Nuvi to replace it. This Tom Tom just does not meet my needs.

Go with a Garmin.