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Excellent GPS with annoying flaws
This is my second TomTom--also have the GO510. Very much like my 930T--the traffice feature here in DC is very useful. There is also a shortcut feature on the menu that brings up the functions you use most often on a single screen. However, there is still no "DONE" soft key on every screen so at time if you want to go back to navigating you may have to push the "BACK" softkey numerous times. Hugely annoying flaw that takes multiple unnecessary key strokes. The other incredibly annoying feature is that you can no longer navigate directly to a Zip Code, you must first enter the state where the Zip code is then enter the Zip code you want to navigate to. Not sure how they screwed that function up, but on my 510 you punch in the zip code without having to have the state in first. Finally, when it asks you for a zip code, it makes the numbers very small and difficult to touch but when you are inputting a house number, the number screen converts to large text numbers and entering each number is easy. Seems our Brit friends at TomTom could figure out every Zip Code in the US is numbers only and every one of them is unique to the Nation, not to a state. I'd likely buy this model again but not without doing more looking around to see if some other model didn't have a better, US-centric, interface.

Ready to Return
Directions lead me wrong many times! Sometimes many blocks off. Once it even had me go in circles almost like the thing was playing a joke on me. The other day it even said, "you have arrived at your destination" while I was on a 4 lane road and the place was still a turn away further down. Also the arrows change directions on you out of nowhere. I'm not sure if the device is confused or it has some major glitches in it.

The device also doesn't seem to pick up a lot of locations compared to many other GPS's out there for a lot cheaper. It also doesn't pronounce street or city names well at all. Yes, you can change the voice (I'll be doing this soon) but not sure if that will help or not. For instance, I live in Washington DC and it says "Washington" like, "Way shwing ton" with a long "a" sound. Very odd!

It's also very sensitive to how you type in things. My husband went to find a Walmart and it kept saying it couldn't find it. After playing with it for a while, he realized you need to type in Walmart like, "Wal mart" with a space. If you don't type it exact it doesn't pick it up. Same with commas, etc. Yet regardless, it doesn't have nearly as many POI I've seen as other devices out there & doesn't pick up many side streets.

The lane guidance is a joke. I live in a major city (D.C.) and have only seen it once. I would have much rather saved the extra $100 or so and bought the step down since it's not worth the money at all.

Yes, some of these things may just be minor to some but when adding all these things together, it's not worth the price. There is better out there for less! Maybe when they fix many of the errors on this device it will be worth it. Until then, I wouldn't waste my money on it.

Worth the cost.
We haven't had much time to use this just yet but we had bought the GO 910 last year and really liked that one. We only bought this one because the other one had been stolen recently. I do like how the mount is much easier to use than the 910 and being much slimmer. Our 910 was very easy to use and I expect the same out of our 930; because of this I am sure if we ever buy another GPS it will certainly be a TomTom model.

Exelente
Despues de usarlo por 3 semanas, encontre un problema con los parlantes cuando se expone al sol por largos periodos, se queda mudo, y se arregla solo cuando esta frio. pero no ha sucedido de nuevo.
la coneccion del telefono es buena aunque necesita mas volumen ya que cuando manejas aun con las ventanas serradas hay ruido, pero funciona bien, yo diria que la pueden mejorar conectandolo al FM, con eso uno escucha las llamadas atravez de los parlantes del carro.

So far, so good
I bought this about a month ago as my first ever GPS. The mounting and operation are easy, the image crisp, and the voice-overs prompt.

Some things, however, have bugged me:
1) A recently opened section of I-40 in Greensboro, NC, simply does not exist on the latest map I downloaded. I can (somewhat) overlook small road omissions, but a transcontinental interstate?
2) When starting in my garage (where the unit obviously cannot get a satellite signal) it often takes several minutes of driving around to finally pick up a signal, then occasionally loses the newly found signal for some time. This doesn't happen all of the time, and never lasts, but still frustrating.
3) Battery life is very short. Basically, keep it plugged in whenever you're driving around.
4) More of a personal gripe: Your speed is highlighted in red when you're speeding for a little while, even if only by 3 mph. I'm always speeding somewhat, yet always matching the device's estimated arrival; it shouldn't condone my speeding with it's arrival times while condemning it with it's Scarlet MPH.

All in all, however, my first month has been quite a pleasure. The points of interest are great, and I actually find the voice recognition to be moderately accurate.

As far as seeing the screen in daylight, I've not had the same problems as other reviewers. It could be the mounting location--mine is fairly high on the windshield to keep it closer to me; I think that I'm inadvertently allowing less sunlight to hit it as a result. Fortunately, the mount is simply a suction cup that can be remounted again and again.

By far the most impressive feature is the calculation of travel times. I often finish 1-3 hour drives within 2 minutes of the device's estimated arrival.