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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
Buy New: £219.87
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 9629
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 6.9 x 3.5
MPN: 1M00.761
Model: 1M00.761
UPC: 636926017633
EAN: 0636926017633
ASIN: B000W3FL8Q
Release Date: September 16, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 17
It broke down in less than 6 months! February 12, 2008
A. Popescu (London, England)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought the GO 720 in September last year and used it mainly at weekends. The device itself is brilliant, it does what says on the box.
Maybe I've been unlucky with my device but it suddenly stopped working. The TomTom customer/technical support services are nice, polite but pretty useless. It's been more than 2 weeks since I reported the fault and no news when I am going to get it back.
It is such a nice device, pity it turns out not very reliable and TomTom customer services even less.
alex
 Massive improvement January 29, 2008
MM Turner (Birmingham, England)
29 out of 31 found this review helpful
The TomTom 710 was good. This is much, much better.
In terms of its core specifications, it functions very well: it locates satellites quickly and accurately, even indoors (not that's really important), smoothly updates its position, has a reasonably up to date map -- though, despite MapShare, not an entirely up to date one -- and has a good set of configuration options to help you set it up to suit your driving style. Everything runs a bit quicker and more smoothly than its predecessor. The software for MapShare and some other new functions is available as a free upgrade to the 710, though you need to buy the new maps to make it work, but most new features work better on the 720.
It's the additional functionality, though, which really makes this a massive improvement over the 710.
First, its bluetooth connection to mobile phones gives much better voice quality, and responds much more rapidly to, say, downloading your entire phone book. Since complete hands-free is now a legal requirement if you want to use your phone in the car, this is probably the most important feature after the main navigation functions. Interestingly, the TomTom no longer requires an external microphone, which means less wires in the car.
Second, the TMC aerial works more smoothly than the old one. A lot of people are very critical of the traffic information aerial. Personally I found that it worked well on the 710, although lots of users complained that it didn't work at all. Perhaps it depends on where you live. This one is (for me) even better. For people who couldn't get the old one to work, this may be no improvement. I can only report my own findings. Certainly TMC information saved me from hundreds of hours of traffic jams on the 710, and this one worked as soon as I plugged it in.
Third, the iPod connectivity is finally worth having. On the 710 you could plug your iPod into the TomTom, but there wasn't much point in doing so, since if you had a line input to your stereo you would be better off plugging the iPod in directly, and if you didn't, then the sound quality was just the tinny sound of the TomTom. The 720 has its own FM transmitter -- these became legal in December 2006 -- which is substantially better than most of the FM transmitters on the market. It gives great connectivity from iPod to stereo, and, significantly, it works with the iPhone. This is important because the iPhone doesn't work with other FM transmitters, including (at the time of writing) the ones marketed as 'compatible with iPhone'. Clearly you would never buy the 720 just to get iPhone connectivity, but, if, like me, you have been struggling to find something that worked, it's a happy outcome.
Fourth, the security has been upgraded, with PIN number security for the device (though no apparent lockout, so it probably wouldn't deter a determined thief), and a more thief unfriendly suction grip. This is slightly disappointing, as the suction grip was more motorist-friendly on the old Tom-Toms, since you could leave all the wires plugged in. Of course, this was only a benefit if you left the suction holder on the windscreen, which the police strongly urge you not to do. The wires now plug directly into the TomTom, which is more cumbersome, but reduces the convenience of leaving it set up, thereby encouraging you to be sensible.
Just a couple of minor gripes. The TomTom home software works well on a PC, but there is no current version for Macintosh which works with all of the 720 features. Unlike the old model, it doesn't come with its own case, which is a bit cheap, although the new slim design means you can put it in your coat pocket. Finally, you can't plug in the TMC aerial and the iPod connector at the same time, and (among the plethora of third party accessories) no one makes a splitter. Oh well.
In any case, a well deserved five stars: this is a much improved product.
A great little gadget January 22, 2008
Gert van Beest (Rickmansworth, HERTS, UK)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I own it now for 3 weeks and am enjoying it a lot. As I do a lot of driving, both in the UK as well as on the continent, I could try most of the features. The TMC is very useful and it helped me to avoid several traffic hold ups, thus saving a lot of time. This works both in the UK as well as in France, Belgium and The Netherlands (so I assume also in the rest of Europe). I have also bought a fast 2GB SD card so I can play my music through TomTom on my radio using the FM transmitter.
The connection to TomTom Home was straight forward and I took a subscription to Safety Camera's so I get a weekly update on all fixed speed camera's in Europe. The expense for this I probably earned back on one of my first trips as it warned me for a camera I had not noticed before.
Blue Tooth hands free connection I have not (yet) tried as I have a hands free system in my car. The talk back feature for finding an address works but I wonder how often I will use it.
A very useful feature is the link with Google Maps: Just go to Google Maps, select Find Bussiness, type in the bussiness name and town and Google maps shows you the location. Then choose send - to GPS and the location is forwarded to TomTom through TomTom Home.
Only downside is the TMC antenna. This flimsy piece of wire along the windscreen does not look nice and looks a little amateurisch. But not enough to substract a star.
In short: A great GPS navigator for not a lot of money. Worth every penny!!
 Great Satnav with minor flaws January 13, 2008
Henk (UK)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
The Tomtom 720T is generally a great help. It is my first satnav and I am very much pleased with it. The installation and setup is very straightforward and easy. The bluetooth handsfree connection is easy to set up. The playback of MP3 music via a FM channel works pretty good.
There are however a few minor flaws.
a. the size of the harddisk is 2 Gb. That is enough for the essential software and the complete Western Europe mapping. But that is about it. There is only room left for about 50 mp3's. If you want to store more music you need to buy a SD-card. Make sure to create a folder named mp3 on the card and copy your music into it.
b. Playback by fm is easy to set up. However it seems quite difficult to find an unoccupied frequency in the London area. The volume of the units broadcast is low, compared to other stations, so you will need to turn it up when listening and turn down if you switch channels.
c. Navigation is generally good. I have been using it in and around Central London. Sometimes in the centre of London the Tomtom makes some unlogical choices. Navigating via Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square when asking for the fastest route is not really a sound advise. Unfortunately sometimes voice instructions are plainly contradicting the route on the screen ('Turn left' where the screen shows a right turn.)
d. Bluetooth connection works well. Unfortunately my Samsung mobile is not wholly compatible; it will not transfer the contacts list. There is however a possibility to make your own Contact list, by typing it yourself in the 'contacts' folder on the Tomtom's harddisk. The way to do this is as follows: in the root directory of your Tomtom you will find a folder named 'contacts'. Use Notepad to create a text document titled 'contacts.txt'. Enter your contacts one by one using this format "name name","01287346563". Save this file into the contacts folder. It's not state of the art, but can be done.
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