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Gps navigation
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TomTom ONE 3rd Edition 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator
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Sale Price: $149.36
List Price: $199.95
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The device is easy to learn and feature-packed. The maps are usually accurate, but in some backwater places, there are missing streets and streets that don't exist. The GPS grabs a signal very fast, too.Navigating the maps on the device itself leaves something to be desired. You can drag your finger sideways, but during about 1/3 the drags, it leaps out of the drag mode and selects something. This is absolutely annoying and makes this worthless. Changing zoom levels is almost as difficult. When I'm on the highway (and someone else is driving), I'd love to be able to zoom in and out and move around to see where I am in relation to other towns. Because of the weird quirks, you really just can't.Normally that doesn't matter much because 99% of the time, you're just keying in an address and following directions. The unit is fantastic for that.The MapShare feature needs work. Marking simple streets is easy, but we have a piece of interstate in town that looks like a tangled up mess of snakes, and the construction crews are in the process of making major changes. You just can't edit something like that. There is no way to add roads that have any complexity at all. I think it might be nicer if the GPS would realize that I'm driving on a stretch of road that it doesn't know, record my course, and upload it. It's ridiculous to spend > $100 on a new map each year! I bought this unit for $100 refurbished (looks like new), and when I need a new map, I'll sell it on eBay and buy a new unit. MapShare could alleviate that pain of having out-of-date maps, but that pain is $$$ to the GPS companies, so don't look for MapShare to get too advanced.The suction cup for the windshield works sometimes, and sometimes it falls off. I tried it on a few cars. If you clean it thoroughly as well as the glass, it helps a lot.Considering that you can often get a refurb unit for $100, the device is a steal. For the price, I wouldn't hesitate.
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