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Post - TomTom ONE XL GPS. Just got one


Just got one of these one now..

TomTom ONE XL Europe Car Navigation (GPS)

http://www.tomtom.com/products/produ...tegory=0&Lid=1

Highly sensitive GPS chipset
32 MB RAM
CPU 266 MHz
4.3 inch full TFT colour LCD touchscreen (480 x 272 pixels, 64.000 colors)
Internal Litium-Ion battery (2 hours operation)
119 x 86 x 27 mm, 208 grams
Operating temperature: -10 °C to +55 °C
Bluetooth™ 2.0

http://www.tomtom.com/products/featu...tegory=0&Lid=1

Included maps:
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
The Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Vatican City
+ Canary Islands


Very easy to use, don't need to read the manual at all (like you ever bother anyway.. )

It uses the Hammerhead GPS chip GPS chip instead of the Sirf Star III chips many other new GPS receivers uses.
But I've read a few reviews and they seems to be very similar in performance so that shouldn't matter much.

It's easy to add new maps and software updates, either through your computer using a USB cable and get direct upgrades from the net, or using Bluetooth and your mobilephone to get it whenever you want.
You can also get traffic updates over GPRS if you've got your cellphone connected to the TomTom while you drive.

Overall it seems like a very good product, and getting new gadgets to play with is always cool so I'm quite happy with it. .