Figure 45: Viewing Route Details

TomTom provides a bevy of ways to view the turn-by-turn list of maneuvers for the trip. Tapping on the estimated arrival time from the map screen brings up the "View route" page, shown above in figure 45. From here you can view all remaining turns in the trip as a text list, as images, view the trip on a 2D map, or simulate the route with the "Show route Demo" function.

I'll tap on "Browse as text" to view a text-only list of all remaining turns:

Figure 46: Viewing Route Instructions as a Text List

By default the ONE XL displays a list of all remaining turns along with the time between each turn. Tapping on the Options button allows you to configure how you want the ONE XL to display the turns:

Figure 47: Changing the Information per Instruction

This is another example of how many aspects of the ONE XL can be configured to suit your own particular preferences. I personally prefer to see the maneuvering list displayed with the distance to instruction rather than the time.

9. Finding a Restaurant

In GPS speak, a "Point of Interest" is a business address saved on the GPS. You can think of the POI database as a pre-loaded yellow pages. Most modern GPS devices come pre-loaded with a Points of Interest database, allowing you to find nearby businesses, such as restaurants, gas stations, hotels, and more.

The TomTom ONE XL ships pre-loaded with approximately 6 millions POIs (Points of Interest).

Figure 48: Entering a Destination Address

To route to a Point of Interest, such as a restaurant, tap on "Navigate to..." from the main menu.

Figure 49: Navigating to a Point of Interest

Tap on "Point of Interest" to tell the ONE XL that you want to search the POI database rather than enter a street address.

Figure 50: Setting the POI Search Radius

TomTom provides 5 options for telling the ONE XL where to look for a POI:

• POI near you - searches within a 7-mile radius from your current position
• POI in city - allows you to input a specific city to search for a POI
• POI near Home - once the Home address has been set, this option becomes available to choose. Like the POI near you option, this option searches within 7-miles of the saved Home address
• POI along route - when navigating to a destination, this option searches for POIs along your current route
• POI near destination - searches for POIs within 7-miles of your destination address (only available when actively routing to a destination)

Figure 51: Entering a City to Search for a POI

Tapping on "POI in City" from the screen shown in figure 50 brings up the city entry page, shown above. Entering a city name for a POI search is identical to the process for entering a city name when navigating to a street address.

Figure 52: Choosing a POI Category

After telling the ONE XL where to search, you're prompted to choose a POI category type. The following POI categories are available on this page:

• Any POI category - allows you to search all POI categories. Useful if you know the name of a business but aren't sure what category it is listed under
• Hotel / motel
• Parking garage
• Gas station
• Restaurant

Tapping on the arrow in the lower-right takes you to the entire POI category list where you can choose any of the available 49 categories to search.

I'll tap on Restaurant to continue.

Figure 53: Choosing a POI to Route To

Tapping on a POI from the search results list immediately starts navigating to that location.

I found several annoying issues with the POI search function on the ONE XL:

First, there is a Restaurant sub-category, as is standard on most other GPS devices. So if you want to find the nearest chinese restaurant, for example, most GPS devices allow you to specify POI -> Restaurant -> Chinese. The TomTom ONE XL only allows you to list all restaurant types.

Second, there is no way to view the complete address and phone number of the POIs. Most other GPS units I've tested display the full POI address and telephone number. Being able to see the actual street address of a POI isn't just handy, it's essential, and I'm surprised TomTom's interface doesn't allow for this.

10. Finding an Alternate Route

Figure 54: Finding an Alternate Route

There may be times when navigating to a destination that you'll want to force the ONE XL to re-calculate the route, either avoiding a particular street or by adding a stop along the way. Tapping on the map screen while driving brings up the Main Menu, shown above in figure 54.

Figure 55: Find Alternative Sub-Menu

TomTom provides 6 important options within the "Find alternative" menu:

• Calculate alternative - Force the ONE XL to recalculate to your destination, this time using different roads. This is a quick way to have the ONE XL calculate an alternate way to your destination using totally different roads.
• Avoid Roadblock - If you see a roadblock or traffic jam, tapping Roadblock allows you to route around the problem area by selecting either 100, 500, 2000, or 5000 meters as the distance you want to avoid that particular road.
• Travel via - Tap this button to change your route so that it passes a particular location. Using this button, you can only travel via one location. If you want to pass more than one, use an Itinerary instead
• Recalculate original - Tap this button to return to the original route without any deviations for roadblocks or to travel via particular locations
• Avoid part of route - Tap this button to avoid a part of the route. Use this button if you see that your route includes a road or junction you don't like, or which is well known for traffic problems. You then choose the road you want to avoid from a list of the roads on your route
• Minimize traffic delays - If you have connected the ONE XL to a compatible Bluetooth enabled cell phone and have subscribed to TomTom's Plus traffic service, tapping this button checks the currently planned route for traffic problems and avoids the traffic delays whenever possible

TomTom's avoidance features worked well; excluding a given road or highway from the planned route did indeed produce a new route, different route.

11. Itinerary Planning (Multi-Stop Routing)

An itinerary is a trip with multiple stops and consists of an end destination and waypoints you want to pass on the way to the destination.

Figure 56: Would you like a brief tour on itineraries?

TomTom asks if you want a brief tour on how to use itineraries the first time you access the itineraries button.

Note that TomTom's ONE XL does NOT perform "Route Optimization", a powerful feature that allows the GPS to take a bunch of addresses and sort them based on distance, creating the most efficient order to visit each stop. Instead, you simply input as many addresses as you want, and manually order them in a saved itinerary list.

Figure 57: Creating an Itinerary

Before you can use an itinerary you must first add the individual stops to the itinerary. After tapping on Itinerary from the Main Menu, tap on Add to add a stop to the itinerary. You can always re-order the addresses later.