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January 2009
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The editors liked
Integrated data connection for live traffic updates
Weather
And fuel information and Google Local Search. TomToms free Map Share helps keeps your maps up-to-date. IQ Routes. Advanced lane guidance.
Learning curve on voice commands
Small installed POI database
Map view should be better organized
Stateoftheart navigation and lane guidance
Suite of connected features
Bestinclass windshield mount
"Network effect" traffic detection and avoidance.
The TomTom GO 740 Live is the manufacturers first connected-GPS device
Offering up-to-the-minute traffic data
Weather forecasts
Fuel prices
And Local Search powered by Google. Map Share and IQ Routes technologies allow map data to be updated more ...
Svelte
Smoothtotouch design and construction. Decent signalacquisition times (average of four minutes on a cold start). Sports both Bluetooth audio and file exchange capabilities. Intuitive
Touchbased interface and menu tree. Allows instant messaging wi...
Includes connected services
Uses TomTom's excellent IQ routes technology.
Uses TomToms excellent IQ routes technology
The editors didn't like
Live services require a monthly subscription after three-month trial period expires. Many voice functions also require touch-screen input. Relatively small internal POI database.
Local search and traffic info
Large 4.3-inch screen
MapShare lets you download corrections from other TomTom owners
9.95 per month for connectivity
No Web browser
The race is on to add connected services such as local search
Accurate realtime traffic detection and avoidance
Fuel prices
More frequent map updates
And more to incar portable GPS devices. TomTom h...
Route calculations are slow
Particularly from a moving vehicle. High entry cost only includes three months of service.
Navigational interface displays waaay too much information at one time (speed
Distance
Current time
Arrival time
Current street
Next turn
Distance to turn
Etc.). Sketchy voice recognition doesnt cut it. Webenabled services are only free for the fir...
Abstract: TomTom has been making a song and dance about its new Live system, with good reason. After trying its features, its clear Live is the future of satellite navigation. There are three Live models: the 540, 740 and 940. All have the same Live function...
Extended traffic coverage, Other online services (weather, Google search ...), Interface, Updated iQ Routes
Voice recognition could be better, Google search results could be sorted more logically, Poor battery life, Subscription required after three months to keep using Live services
Utilité des services en ligne (radars, recherche Google, prix essence), qualité du guidage, prise en main
Bluetooth capricieux, information trafic HD peu convaincante
Question de principe, TomTom conserve une longueur davance sur ses concurents en proposant pour la première fois une carte SIM embarquée afin de proposer une multitude de nouveaux services.
Couverture nationale du trafic routier, Services en ligne (météo, recherche via Google,...), Ergonomie, iQ Routes (deuxième génération), Piedventouse qui tient très bien à la vitre
Reconnaissance vocale perfectible, Tri parfois étrange du moteur de recherche Google, Autonomie assez faible (connecteur allumecigare quasiobligatoire), Abonnement un peu cher passés les 6 mois d'essai
La nouvelle série des TomTom Go x40 Live devient la nouvelle référence des GPS routiers en grande partie grâce à sa gestion HD-Traffic de la circulation....
Abstract: Dans l’univers impitoyable des appareils autonomes de guidage par satellite, TomTom fait figure de leader et cette image impose d’être toujours à la pointe de l’innovation. Dernièrement, la société spécialiste des systèmes GPS a même pu racheter les s...
Laccès aux services HD Trafic (info trafic, météo, recherche Google), La finition, Les commandes vocales
Rien
Annoncés le 29 août dernier lors du salon IFA de Berlin, les GO Live 740 et 940 de TomTom seront disponibles en magasin dès la mi-novembre. Rappelons que le principal atout de ces GPS est quils sont dores et déjà compatibles avec le service dinforma...
TomToms Preise beginnen ab 349 Euro. Mittlerweile ist diese Preisangabe verschwunden, so dass wir spekulieren, dass der Go 740 Live noch ein wenig teurer werden kann. Wenn der go 740 Live aber 399 Euro kosten sollte, muss sich TomTom warm anziehen. ...
