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May 14, 2009

TomTom GO 740 Live Connected GPS Review

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4.4 TomTom Buddies

Legal Notice
Figure 69: Legal Notice

TomTom Buddies is a connected service that lets you share location information with other TomTom drivers, provided the other drivers are also using TomTom Buddies. The first time you launch TomTom Buddies, you are prompted to accept the legal agreement shown above.

TomTom Buddies 1 of 2
Figure 70: TomTom Buddies 1 of 2

The TomTom Buddies main menu, shown above, lets you invite another TomTom driver to become your "buddy", or view existing buddies' location on the map.

TomTom Buddies 2 of 2
Figure 71: TomTom Buddies 2 of 2

Once you've got buddies added to your device, you can send them text messages, or your location information.

4.5 TomTom Weather

TomTom Services
Figure 72: TomTom Services

TomTom's Weather LIVE service displays weather forecast information on the GPS. To view weather data, tap TomTom Weather from the TomTom Services menu.

TomTom Weather
Figure 73: TomTom Weather

Weather information can be viewed for your current location, saved home address, near a Point of Interest, near a recent destination, or near any street address you enter.

Show Weather For
Figure 74: Show Weather For

Weather can also be displayed for your current location, a point you select on the map, near a set of lat/long coordinates, near the last place you stopped, or near one of your TomTom Buddies.

TomTom Weather Forecast
Figure 75: TomTom Weather Forecast

This is what a TomTom Weather forecast looks like.

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