Swankypants
Registered Shopper
Just a word of warning to anyone buying a Tom Tom.
I wanted an upgrade so went for the Tom Tom Go 600 on Ideal World, it looked great and appeared to be just what I wanted. Ideal World did have a good price, ordering was relatively easy and was delivered speedily.
The unit itself is beautiful and the 6" screen wonderful so I was very pleased with myself. This is until I noticed that the maps looked a little basic and didn't show any Points Of Interest [POI]. I thought I had set it up wrong but after trawling through the Tom Tom web forums I found that Tom Tom don't include this anymore. To me [and a lot of others] this is a major flaw. You can search for POI's but have to know what you want eg, a theatre, then you plan a route there, otherwise the maps don't show you when you are passing a point of interest. Lifetime maps aren't much consolation when they are a bit poo.
I am in two minds as to whether to send it back, I only have 7 days of my 14 left. Do I hope Tom Tom rectify this in an update [It is a beautiful gadget] It isn't Ideal World's fault but the way it was sold didn't quite mention this fact. So I am telling you!
I believe this could apply to Tom Toms on all channels and all models.
I wanted an upgrade so went for the Tom Tom Go 600 on Ideal World, it looked great and appeared to be just what I wanted. Ideal World did have a good price, ordering was relatively easy and was delivered speedily.
The unit itself is beautiful and the 6" screen wonderful so I was very pleased with myself. This is until I noticed that the maps looked a little basic and didn't show any Points Of Interest [POI]. I thought I had set it up wrong but after trawling through the Tom Tom web forums I found that Tom Tom don't include this anymore. To me [and a lot of others] this is a major flaw. You can search for POI's but have to know what you want eg, a theatre, then you plan a route there, otherwise the maps don't show you when you are passing a point of interest. Lifetime maps aren't much consolation when they are a bit poo.
I am in two minds as to whether to send it back, I only have 7 days of my 14 left. Do I hope Tom Tom rectify this in an update [It is a beautiful gadget] It isn't Ideal World's fault but the way it was sold didn't quite mention this fact. So I am telling you!
I believe this could apply to Tom Toms on all channels and all models.
