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TomTom XL 340-S 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $169.00
Buy New: $89.99
as of 9/3/2010 12:02 CDT details
You Save: $79.01 (47%)
New (35) Used (11) Refurbished (7) from $72.00
Seller: Lumenesc
Rating:  394 reviews
Sales Rank: 959
Format: CD
Platforms: Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000
Color: black
Media: Electronics
Edition: 340S
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: N/A
Display Size: 4.30
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.7 x 0.8 x 3.2
nv:Condition: New
Type: Automotive
Display: LCD
Screen Size: 4.3"
Touch Screen: Yes
Voice: Yes
Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery
Battery Life: 3 hours
Maps Included: United States
Maps Included: Canada
Maps Included: Mexico
MPN: 1EM0.052.02
Model: 1EM0.052.02
UPC: 636926026918
EAN: 0636926026918
ASIN: B001VEJEGK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
 | Complete widescreen navigation with the most accurate maps in a compact, portable GPS device with a 4.3-inch WQVGA touchscreen | | | Spoken street names/turn-by-turn instructions and 3D graphics will guide you to any address in the United States, Canada, and Mexico | | | IQ Routes Technology gives you the fastest route every time by using actual average speeds of travel on your route to calculate your trip | | | Advanced Lane Guidance uses photorealistic images to bring even more clarity to complex multi-lane exits so you can be more confident on the road | | | With TomTom Map Share technology, you can instantly modify street names, street direction, POIs, road speeds, and turn restrictions on your own device |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The TomTom XL 340-S is complete navigation in a widescreen device. Switch on and go right out of the box. Spoken turn-by-turn instructions, including street names, will guide you to any address in the United States, Canada, and Mexico--including more than 7 million preloaded points of interest.  Complete navigation in a widescreen device. Click to enlarge. |  The Fold & Go EasyPort mount folds flat against the device, making it easy to take it with you from car to car. Click to enlarge. | IQ Routes Technology* gives you the fastest route every time by using actual average speeds of travel on your route to calculate your trip rather than only posted speed limits, so you'll always travel the smartest route. Advanced Lane Guidance* uses photorealistic images to bring even more clarity to complex multi-lane exits so you can be more confident on the road. TomTom has the most accurate maps, and with TomTom Map Share technology, you instantly can modify street names, street direction, POIs, road speeds, and turn restrictions on your own device. With the "Help Me!" menu, added safety features enable you to easily access local emergency providers. The Fold & Go EasyPort mount folds flat against the device, making it easy to take it with you from car to car. The XL 340-S is complete, widescreen navigation. *Features only available in the United States and Canada. XL 340-S Features - Maps of United States, Canada, and Mexico with TomTom Map Share
- Spoken Street Names
- 7 million POIs
- IQ Routes Technology
- Advanced Lane Guidance
- Fold & Go EasyPort Mount
- 4.3-inch Touchscreen
All TomToms Feature  Plug & Go--Works right out of the box.
 Preloaded Points of Interest--Easily find millions of gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and more on your route.
 30-Day Latest Map Guarantee--Up to date, off the shelf.
 TomTom Map Share--Modify your own map and benefit from others' verified changes with TomTom Map Share.
 Help Me! Emergency Menu--Easily access local emergency providers, such as police, fire stations, and hospitals.
 TomTom HOME--Always up to date.
 Traffic Ready--Optional RDS-TMC traffic receiver accessory keeps you up-to-date on traffic events to minimize potential delays.
 Fuel Price Service (optional)--Know more, pay less.
What's in the BoxXL 340S GPS device, EasyPort mount, USB cable, adhesive disk, car charger, and user guide
Why TomTom? TomTom believes that personal navigation should be as easy and safe as possible. TomTom develops smart technology that gives you straightforward solutions, innovations to make life easy.  Easy to Use
- Award-winning navigation software
- Plug & go
 Best Maps
- 30-Day Latest Map Guarantee
- Modify your own map and benefit from others' verified changes with TomTom Map Share
 Best Routing
- QuickGPSfix
- Traffic ready
 Leader in Safety
- Help Me! emergency resources menu
- Safety preferences menu
About TomTom Founded in Amsterdam in 1991, TomTom has established itself as a global leader in navigation by being an innovative company with a strong brand, clear customer focus, and high-quality products and services. TomTom is a leading navigation solutions provider with navigation products sold in 30 countries and in over 20 languages. To further its commitment to car navigation, TomTom acquired Tele Atlas maps in 2008 so that the company can continually provide the most up-to-date maps and intelligent routing.  TomTom has its own mapping company!
Did you know that every year, roads change by up to 40% in high-growth areas? Tele Atlas manages this by using the world's most comprehensive systems to identify and incorporate these changes into our maps with unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy. All TomTom devices benefit from the Tele Atlas advantage--more coverage, more points of interest, and more freshness and accuracy.
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 Very good GPS for the price. September 2, 2010
Maria C. (New York, NY)
I had a Garmin. I happily gave it up for this simple TomTom GPS. I live in New York City and very much appreciate the IQ Routes (especially going through Brooklyn), Lifetime traffic (no added fees) and Lifetime map updates (again no added fees). The destination time accuracy is almost always on the mark. That is the most important aspect for me.
Some things I don't like are: the touch screen (feels flimsy and sometimes hard to input data), the low memory (huge flaw but I guess that's why it is priced the way it is), the lag in pulling up trip map details, unable to build multiple stop route with final destination time calculation (i.e. it can do an itinerary but will not calculate whole trip time, just each leg at a time), and unable to see new alternate routes before agreeing to be rerouted on them. I am sure there are more but they are small.
Overall the GPS gets me where I need to go and I usually trust the fastest routes, unlike my old Garmin. I highly recommend for those in New York City who are on a budget.
Generally, it is a good choice. August 31, 2010
Sylvia
When I was in NYC and Washington DC, it seemed not very easy to navigate when walking. Sometimes, I cannot even get signal when I really need to use it. However, when drive the car with it, it works awesome.
Easy to Use and inexpensive. August 31, 2010
Jane Litte (US)
I travel to various regions of the country (US) and normally rent a gps through the rental car company. Rencently though I bought a TomTom XL 340TM 4.3-Inch Portable GPS.
It was inexpensive so I was somewhat pensive on its ability to be an effective navigation device. Here are some thoughts on the device:
Pros
-The unit is fairly intuitive from entering and address to reading the display information to changing volume.
-Volume control is speed sensitive so when you enter a freeway the volume increases accordingly
-The Advanced Lane Guidance feature makes it easy to determine exits off of freeways. The proper exit is shown with green arrows on the screen so if there are multiple lane exits you have ample time to merge
-On the top right of the screen it shows you the next intersection that coincides with your exit/turn and displays it in miles and minutes.
-On the bottom of the screen a display shows you how many miles and how much time you have left in your trip
-Your speed limit and the posted speed limit is shown on the right/bottom of screen
-Voice controls are clear and give you ample time prior to a lane/change or turn.
-Adding an itinerary was easy once I understood how to add waypoints to make the most efficient trip possible. This took me about 10 minutes of playing with the device but was easy to do once the process was understood.
-When searching for an address, you can click on the "State" Icons and choose which state where your destination is to help search for the city faster.
-Traffic Delays were nice to have and were fairly accurate when I was driving in the DC/Virginia/MD areas
-The 4.3" screen display was ample in terms of size and readability
-The Fold & Go EasyPort Mount was simple to use and easy to attach to the windshield.
Cons
-Volume control, although intuitive can be a little touchy when increasing or decreasing the volume.
-Touchscreen is sometimes not super responsive
Overall, this was a great unit and I highly recommend it!
Works great, but touch screen sensitivity and speed a little lacking August 31, 2010
M. V. Damiano
Have owned TomTom GPS in some form or another since 2003. I bought the software to install on my Windows PDS and my wife's Palm PDA. I bought the GPS mice separately and it worked great. One Christmas my wife bought me a TomTom One basic model after my GPS mouse got a broken USB connector. Routing was great, as time went on the Maps got old. I got to be a hassle to shuffle it back and forth between both vehicles. Still use it today. The new one was purchased on a deal of the day. Great Price and reviews mentioned people having issues with updating the maps and running out of space on the device. Simply deleting a few unused voices and then updating was the fix.
My main problems are the touch screen and processor speed. It is slow in responding compared to my past version. You really need to press and wait for the input to take. Also the zoom in and out on the map is real slow if there is a lot of detail. So if you are trying to look around the map by moving the center point and zooming in and out a bunch, you will be annoyed. Great price, but beware the limited processor speed.
Would I do it all again....YEAH. It works great. The new features are awesome.
 Buggy software makes Live features unreliable August 31, 2010
Rollin' Deuces on Da Blinga' (livnlarge411712@aol.com)
TomTom offers a free trial of its Live cellular feature. In the week I owned this unit, I got Live to work half-a-dozen times, getting server connection and other error messages during most other attempts. TomTom's support was unhelpful in resolving the issue.
Disappointingly, the Live feature does not work out of the box. To get the unit to connect at all to TomTom's cellular server, I had to install TomTom's Home application on my computer and upgrade the unit's firmware. Prior to buying the unit, I learned of the problem with bricked units caused by map upgrades during software installations, and was able to avoid this issue during my first firmware upgrade of the unit.
Once the unit was upgraded, the Live traffic and Google search services worked about half the time. When they didn't work, I would usually get an error message stating that my free trial had run out and I needed to reinstate my account by purchasing a Live account renewal. Other times the unit simply couldn't connect to the server even though I was attempting a connection from the middle of the LA Basin. A hard reset of the unit would always correct this issue, but it would inevitably reoccur.
To attempt to make the spotty Live service more reliable, I upgraded the Home app software and again upgraded the unit's firmware. This led to the unit permanently refusing to make a connection to the Live server. I could have monkeyed more with TomTom's support at this point, but I gave up and sent the unit back.
When the traffic service worked, it was much more detailed than what is provided on units with FM traffic receivers. I could not get the Live service to work enough to judge whether the traffic information was more reliable than FM traffic. The Google search feature also resulted in more detailed search results than a typical unit-based directory, but it did suffer from some of the typical issues that online Google searches suffer from. Several restaurants in my area that closed six months to a year ago still came up on searches.
I might have gotten a bad unit, but given that the connection errors correlated with firmware changes, I doubt it. If you have the patience to spend at least two hours with TomTom's support, you may get the Live service to work reliably.
In my experience, the GPS guidance on Garmin units seems to be a little more intuitive than on TomTom units. This TomTom unit did not change that experience. This unit had fewer streets with identified speed limits than my older Garmin unit. POI and address entry were slightly more cumbersome on this unit as well.
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