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| TomTom ONE v3 Great Britain | 
 enlarge | Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
Buy New: £94.95
New (24) Used (2) from £85.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 35
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7 x 6.8 x 3.5
Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers.
MPN: 1N01060
Model: 1N01060
UPC: 636926017374
EAN: 0636926017374
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: WOW!!! Guaranteed Latest 2008 UK & Ireland Maps plus New IQ Routes Technology, Added Extra Full Eastern Europe and Major Roads of Western Europe on Device, In Excellent Condition still in Box, More Map & Accessory
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| Customer Reviews:
 Clear, concise and packed with features August 24, 2008
I like my TomTom - it's a neatly-designed unit, finds a signal quickly, the maps and display are very clear and maps can be corrected and updated. The directions are precise with clear indications of which lane to be in at tricky junctions and, very useful for me, it has a speed warning which indicates if I am exceeding the speed limit for the road I'm on.
However, I've possibly been unlucky with mine because my first unit would switch itself on at random when not in use and when in use would freeze at the start-up screen although I could operate it using my PC (not that this is any help because I don't need a sat-nav when sitting in my office!). It was returned exchanged as faulty and ... hey-presto, the replacement unit also switches itself on occasionally when not in use. It hasn't yet frozen at the start-up screen in the month that I've been using it, but I'm clinging onto my proof of purchase just incase. Apart from that, it's just what I hoped for with more features than I anticipated.
But, if you're planning to use it overseas, be warned. There is no SD slot to install additional maps and only 512mb memory.
 Not worth all the hype August 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
TomTom ONE v3 Great Britain
I bought my Son a Navman S30 which is excellent & was going to buy one for my self when Amazon had the Tom Tom V3 at only 75 so I of course went for that because after all they are reckoned to be the best arn't they !
Give me the Navman any day.
Don't get me wrong generally it is very efficent BUT for the following -
When you're approaching a junction where you need to turn left or right visually it gives you plenty of warning but sometimes the voice only pipes up and says "turn left" just as you're passing the turning ! Not good if you do not keep checking the visual display.
Whilst travelling on the M25 (for the first time) 4 times it went completely silent and did NOT warn me verbally which lane I should take = hence took a wrong road & 10 mile detour before it got me back to where I had left the M25.
In rural locations it will quite happily direct you up the most ridiculous 'lanes' that are only suitable for 4 wheel drive vehicles ! I had one pig of a trip where it took me up numerious lanes (some only 6 foot wide) and so steep I was down into 1st gear with no chance of turning round ! Grrr. Took nearly 1 hour to get to a large town that should have only been 8 miles and about 10 - 15 minutes drive from the A road I had been on.
They really ought to sort their mapping system out to warn you of such nigh on impossible to use roads, you certainly need to use caution if driving a truck / Motor home / or towing a caravan.
Re: the Speed Camera part - in a recent 650 mile long touring holiday it only warned of 1 Speeed trap ! ! ! So you still need to keep your eyes peeled for them dam Yellow Boxes :-)
All that apart it worked pretty well BUT I recommend you always preview a route BEFORE you go so that you can try and eliminate the odd problem like these, and you still carry a map / Atlas as backup. OR better still buy a Navman instead - all Sat Navs can suffer the problems I've mentioned but I reckon the Navman is better & is usually cheaper.
 Easy to use August 11, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We used this for the first time yesterday - it was easy to use, even when we took a few wrong turns it put us on track. Has a selection of choices for voices and gives advance notice of direction with reminders. We got from A-B in no time. Very good for learner drivers and is so compact it fits into a small handbag. Only downside is that there is no carry case supplied with it which means you have to pay extra and also whilst not neccessary - the in house charger is not supplied so you can only charge and use in the car.
 Poor. Poor. Poor. July 31, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Such a disappointment. I bought this because it was a little more expensive than a similar Garmin model, and I assumed that if I wanted something a bit better, I would have to pay 20 more. Well, you live and learn. Tom Tom will tell you that you get to do all sorts of things with your GPS. And you can:
You can add voice packs to make your GPS sound like John Cleese... But you can't get a co-ordinate readout in British National Grid.
You can adjust your cursor so that your car looks like a red sports car on the display - but you can't tell the GPS to avoid built up areas at rush hour.
You can connect to your computer to update the maps - But you can't draw your route on an onscreen map and get the GPS to guide you along it.
You can set it to make a funny noise like a cow when ever you break the speed limit - but you can't save your route mileages to help with fuel returns at the end of the month.
You can even buy a sexy woman's voice for a few quid on the website. But you can't "trackback" a previous route, or expect the GPS to learn that you actually prefer a different route home than the one it always picks.
I am constantly dismayed by the unintelligent way the unit tries to drag me onto motorways at peak time, or the way the "calculate alternative route" will only calculate a tiny variation into the route. Yes, it finds addresses, but it is SUCH an unintelligent piece of kit that the focus group they used to create it must have been a fishtank.
In traffic the graphic display lags so much you can easily find yourself taking wrong turns. I don't want funny voices. I just want the same functionality in this GPS as I have in my hand-held Garmin Etrex, and it's not even close.
I need to be able to look at an OS map and see where I am. I need a time-of-arrival that UPDATES with the speed I have been doing, rather than assuming, in the middle of a five mile tailback, that I can do 70mph at any given moment. I need a night time display that's not three times brighter than my speedo. I need a scroll feature that lets me plot a vague area on a map and say "avoid this area" or "go via this region", rather than me "Travel Via" functions demanding a house number.
Sigh.
Look. By all means, take it shopping. Use it to give the kids an answer to "are we there yet?" but shop around. Don't make the mistake I made and think that better is usually more expensive.
X Hits The Spot July 18, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Been meaning to get a "proper" satnav for ages as I only have one on my Nokia N95. I looked at many reviews on Amazon and although there were the usual mix of good and bad reviews and the usual review from people who obviously do not know what they're doing, I decided to plump for the tomtom one v3, although I bought the Explore version that comes with the carry case.
Some gadgets are complicated to use and some are easy to use, this tomtom is in a category all on it's own: easypeasylemonsqueezy.
I turned the unit on and got a GPS signal within 20 seconds - I was inside too - I followed the simple on screen instructions and was planning a trip to the local supermarket within seconds. It was brilliant!
The whole thing is very intuitive and I defy anyone not to be able to use this without reading one word of an instruction manual.
An absolute must buy!
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