TomTom GO 920T Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator with Traffic Receiver

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.6 x 0.9 x 3.3 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VLKYVS
• Item model number: 1M00.981
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #24,954 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 31, 2007

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description -- 10/02/08

Amazon.com Product Description -- 10/02/08 The GO 920 and it's sibling, the 920T, are TomTom's new flagshipportable gps navigators, replacing the GO 910. The GO 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 GO 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 Or 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 ONE. 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 GO and ONE 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 POIs, then share them with the entire TomTom user community via the TomTom HOME website

What's New -- Map Share
The GO 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 GO 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
In more and more places, it is becoming illegal to use cell phones while driving without a hands-free kit. The GO 920's Bluetooth capability, microphone and speaker lets match it to any bluetooth-capable phone to make hands-free mobile phone calls.

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

Remote control
The TomTom GO 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 It
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 GO range, including a leather carry case, a soft touch carry case, iPod cable and a home charger.

TomTom HOME

HOME 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 HOME 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 GO 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 Italian 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 Italian 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 GO family, the TomTom ONE range and the TomTom RIDER (for motorcycles). TomTom also provides navigation software products which integrate with third party devices; the TomTom NAVIGATOR software for PDA’s and smartphones. TomTom WORK 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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Product Description

TomTom's award-winning software and innovative features mean ground-breaking new technology for the ultimate driving experience. Switch on and go right out of the box. Just enter the address on the touchscreen or with voice prompted address entry and start driving anywhere in the US, Canada or Europe. TomTom guides you door-to-door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions, including street names. The TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver ensures that you can outsmart the traffic, wherever you go. TomTom has the most accurate maps, and with TomTom MapShare¿ technology you can instantly modify street names, street direction, and POIs on your own device. Branded points of interest and optional daily fuel prices service add even more efficiency to your travels. The GO 920T makes driving even safer with hands-free calling. And now, there are added safety features so you can easily access local emergency providers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

206 of 208 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It only keeps getting better and better!, November 8, 2007

By	Will "Will" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

I purchased this over two weeks ago at Best Buy, here in Los Angeles for $599.99! Yes folks, thanks to Best Buy's notorious price difference on the web and in their infamous intranet, I made them honor what I saw at home on my computer! And yes, this was for the TomTom 920T!

It is slimmer, lighter, nicer and loaded with more features than any other portable GPS device in the market! Functions within the TomTom 920T are very similar to other models. I upgraded from the 910 and did notice some very good changes in its software, and in its ability to do a bit more configuration than on the TomTom 910.

One of the things that I like the most, aside from its new redesigned shape was its ability to search for different POI's (Points Of Interest) with better matching results while at the same time providing you a lot of additional information, such as distance, physical address, map overview, phone number (if available) and yes, the ability to dial it directly.

By the way, this is something that Garmin GPS devices have always been able to do, including searching restaurants by food type, e.g. Italian, Mexican, Chinese, etc. With the exception of this last search feature, I do believe that the new TomTom takes it one step further, which is good.

This upgraded feature is very important, because as most TomTom users know, previous versions of TomTom POI search, would just result in a long list of POI's matching what ever you input and nothing more. For example, if you typed Best Buy, you would get a list of all Best Buy stores in the county, but without any distance information, map preview, address or phone number!

This would obviously force you to route each resulting POI one by one, until you finally obtained the one that you really wanted, which was a waste of time! Well, not any more and I am very glad that TomTom made this very necessary upgrade!

Here is a list of things that I noticed:

The light sensor gone from the top and now sitting very discreetly in the front.

The remote control has been improved and is now Bluetooth.

It seems to me that it is somewhat faster in performing any commands faster than its predecessor.

Accepting spoken directions is a plus and has worked well for me so far, no complaints.

The screen is huge and seems to have been improved, because I now can see everything much better than on the previous model in bright sunny days.

The speaker sounds fragile with the default voice, compared to the 910, but sounds much better with a human voice and the music sounds great!

You can now hear all instructions through your car speakers by tuning it to an empty radio station. I tried it, but did not like it at all, too much static and sound is extremely low, could be because I live in downtown Los Angeles.

The included RF transmitter is a winner, it is very accurate in obtaining traffic data and I notice that it does so upon turning it on and it updates itself periodically as I am driving. However, it would have been better if they would have built it into the unit in order to avoid another wire from hanging from the unit.

Phone integration is great and fast, the sound quality is very good and I have been told by people who I call that it sounds very good. I make and receive between 200 to 300 calls a day, so this is a plus! Unfortunately, it does not sync well with my Palm Treo 750, so I miss out on many other TomTom extra features that requre my cell phone in order to be able to obtain data, such as weather information, map downloads, gas prices, etc.

I also do notice that its ability not to lose signal is improved, which is good, since as I have already mentioned, I live in downtown LA.

The included software is also great and much better than previous versions of TomTom Home.

What's in the box? The TomTom 910, the RF transmitter, car charger, windshield cradle, desktop cradle, remote control, software and manuals.

All in all it is a great GPS unit, very nicely and intelligently designed and the only reason I do not give it a 5 is because of the use of an external RF transmitter, instead of a built in one and lack of important travelling tools, such as those found in several of the Garmin units.

I feel that TomTom, given their current market share and being so strong in Europe should include different measurement and currency conversion tools, as well as a different language translator and a virtual tour guide program similar to those found in several of the Garmin units.

This thing fits in the pocket of your shirt! If I were sightseeing in France, I would want to have access to these types of tools!

However, to be fair, the new TomTom 920T does include a several great features not found in other units, specifically the Help Me feature which, will assist you in many emergencies such as in letting you know where you are, instruct you where to walk to your closest emergency assistance point or even guide you in applying first aid!

I highly recommended to anyone and I do hope that TomTom will improve their already magnificent product with the suggestions that I have made, maybe one day TomTom will team up with Google and provide similar information as MSN does for the Garmin NUVI.

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TomTom 920T, November 27, 2007

By	A. Mason "SigMason226" (Utah) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had researched for a long time before I choose to go with the TomTom 920T. I wanted it because it had all the extras that I like and might use. Sure Garmin had some extras but for the money I thought this was the best.
Now after having it for awhile I am pleased to say that it is a great GPS. It has some features that were never mentioned that I was worried it wouldn't have like the ability to save your current GPS position so you can come back to it later. Also it has the ability to enter in actual coordinates incase you ever want to go Geo caching. I love the Traffic feature although in a lot of cases traffic is unavoidable but at least this way you know what to expect.
Two things it lacks that are small that I wish it had. In order to cancel a route I think it is lame that you have to move through a couple screens just to cancel your route you would think it would be up in the front of the controls. And I wish it had a base that was mounted in your car that it clipped into rather than pulling the wires off each and every time you take it in and out of the car. Why not leave them hooked to a base that the GPS plugs into like Magellan.
The traffic antenna sticks to the windshield I thought it would be more annoying but it isn't bad if you have the TMC.
For the most part I love it. I love how you can record you own voices which I did of my kids and their cute voices give me seamless directions to where ever I want. You can download a lot of voices off the internet for free at some sites. The GPS connection is amazing I can even track them in my house as long as I am in site of a window no matter if I can see the sky or not.
I love the voice ability to speak the address you are going to. However if you're going to make a GPS were you can speak the address make is so I can say ok or route at the end rather than tap the ok button. I mean why go through that whole process and make me hit one button at the end. Other than that it picks up my voice and is more accurate than I ever would have expected.
It has a thousand more features that I was not expecting that are pluses that I never thought it would have but the list is too long to name.
If you have the means I would pick one up.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quirky and mostly good, January 27, 2008

By	Values Privacy "vdch" - See all my reviews

EDIT #2:

I won't alter the original review below. But I want to put a final summary at the beginning:

Get a Garmin and save yourself a lot of headache and frustration and awful user interface. Get a Garmin if you like knowing which side of the road your destination is, and getting really good POIs, and better customer service, better everything really.

I will never get another TomTom again. I can't change the number of stars now, If I could, I'd give this a 1 now. I've never reset anything so many times to get it working.


ORIGINAL REVIEW:

I used to have a Garmin Nuvi 350 (older and cheaper) which got lost so I bought this figuring both TomToms and Garmins would be good choices and this was a good chance to try the other company! (I can't help compare this to my old Garmin because that was my first GPS unit and I liked it).

Observations in no particular order:
-You can only save 48 favorite locations (I have no idea why). If you have too many favorites, you can save them as POIs but then when you want to navigate to these points, you have to pick the state and city first and then the POI instead of just a favorite. (You can create your own POI category and call it "friends" and put favorites in it but it's more work)
-I really like that I can set it to ask me if I want to take the fastest or shortest route every time I put a route in. This is really nice if something is near and you don't want it to tell you to go to major roads to get there. This option was buried in the Garmin and was aa pain to get to every time.
-I really like the avoid the toll roads feature
-The Mac support isn't as good. I have a Mac and the software is up to version 1.6 on the Mac and 2.1 on Windows. I had to find a Windows machine to be able to set a password on it. I realize the Mac version is on it's way but it's just unprofessional of them to say it works with Mac when it's not as good.
-I like the Garmin better for finding gas stations while you're on the road. The Garmin would show you the list and point an arrow which direction it's at and how far. The TomTom is a bit strange.
-It finds satellites really, really fast, and if they are lost it estimates where you are based on your speed.
-The POIs are also strange. I won't say which is better but both units found POIs the other didn't. The Garmin was better organized.
-It works well with my phone and iPod and FM transmits to my car all at the same time.
-It has light and sound sensors and adjusts itself accordingly.
-The SD card slot is sealed up with a "No SD required" sticker.
-The display is very nice.
-Maps update incrementally when you connect it to a computer.
-If you use the provided antenna for traffic, it's free (I'm not sure if that's true with Garmins, I really don't know for sure, I just got that impression from the Garmin specs).
-It feels well built.
-It doesn't have an accessory that just sits on the dashboard, all the mounts are suction or adhesive.
-Garmin's user interface is better. This isn't bad though.
-Having to reroute because of an obstacle or finding alternat routes is better on the TomTom though.

THE REMOTE: I did a number on the remote trying to open it to put the batteries in. Push the little tab FORWARD (toward the front), then INWARD (toward the face of the remote). The tab is part of the face of the remote so pushing it in will push out the faceplate. Because of the lack of careful instructions and my anger and frustration I really marred the tab.

This would be perfect if it had WiFi buit in so it didn't depend on a specific computer platform or having data plans with cell phone providers to update maps. Or if it could pair with a computer via bluetooth since it's in there already. With such a big price tag they should have either had more than 4 GB of memory that's already almost full out of the box or kept the SD card slot for more memory (as the other reviewer was saying about voice recognition in different areas).

I like it, and I'm glad I got it, but if I had to buy another GPS (which I hope isn't anytime soon!) I would get a Garmin instead.

EDIT:
I had to go to go to Chicago and downtown Detroit (I've never been to either city before).
-I'm convinced it tried to kill me in Detroit. I'd get on a freeway from the left and immediately it wanted me to take the exit on the right 3 lanes across...
-It doesn't tell you whether you destination is on the left or right. So I'm in the middle of the city and it tells me I've arrived and I have no idea which lane I should have been in or which way I should go. I really missed my old Garmin in this regard.
-Avoiding Toll roads worked like a charm.
-The same port is used for the iPod and the traffic antenna. I couldn't use both at the same time.
-The iPod volume is a lot lower than the instructions to the point where if I want to listen the iPod at a hearing level, I get blasted with instructions because it's SO much louder. I can't seem to control it.
-There is no way to get the destination address from the unit. I had my friend's address in there as a favorite. It told me I was there but it wasn't exactly right (which is ok, no GPS is exactly right) but I didn't have the address handy and it wouldn't show me the address. So I was parked on the street trying to find my friend's address on my laptop instead. (Again Garmins do better in this regard).

The new mac software (v2) has been released but it still would not back up the unit because of some error so I manually copied the content to my computer (I hope this is a good way to be able to restore it if something happens). I still can't operate it from the mac to change the password for example.

I have since learned that password protecting the unit is useless since a thief can just replace the files on it and doesn't need to know the password.

I hope this is helpful to you.