The blue indicator LED on the 12v Cigarette Lighter Power Adapter that lights up when there is a connection is extremely bright. It really annoys when driving in the dark. I feel this should be made so you can set the brightness yourself.
For now I have fixed this using a small phone sleeve.

Sometimes the HD Traffic is a bit unreliable regarding staying connected. Just unplug and plug in again and your good for another two hours or so.

I wonder if TomToms poor routing choices was influenced by IQ Routes being enabled? It would have been nice had the review specified which was used, or even better, tested both.

Nk, I have a Tomtom g0 930 and I can tell you that Fletch is posting incorrect information for the routing tests. In fact this review on page 5 is talking about the 720. This is taken from the review of the 930T (With the address fully entered and route calculation finished, the GO 720 is ready to start navigating. This pre-navigation screen displays the entire planned route on the map, along with the total planned distance and drive time).

So either Fletch is cutting and pasting parts of the information from the 720 review or he is using outdated maps and application versions. In fact, when you look at page 9 of this review, the correction preferences menu is totally incorrect. This reviews shows that you have checkboxes when you can select "Corrections I made myself", "Corrections verified by Tomtom" and so on. However, the new application does not give you these checkboxes. Instead you have to choose your TRUST preferences. The options are STRICT, HIGH, MEDIUM and LOW.

So you can see that Fletch is using an older application version.

I have entered the same routing tests on my tomtom go 930 and I will post the routes chosen by my GPS in my next post.

The routing tests are misleading. Here's the routes chosen by my tomtom go 930.

Routing test #1. (The spoken instructions have much more detail and advanced lane guidance shows up at all the major exits).

30 ft - Turn right on Oak Tree Rd.
300 ft - Bear left on Bullet Hill Rd.
0.30 M - Turn left on Bullet Hill Rd.
250 ft - Turn right on I 84 WB.
21.1 M - Follow I 84 WB towards Danbury.
3.3 M - Exit right 20 towards White Plains and keep right.
0.10 M - I 684 SB towards White Plains.
10.9 M - I 684 SB White Plains.
16.8 M - Keep left 1 Hutchinson River Pkwy New York City.
9.2 M - Keep left 15 Cross County Pkwy George Washington Br.
4.7 M - Saw Mill River Pkwy SB.
0.15 M - Keep left Saw Mill River Pkwy SB.
2.1 M - Keep right H Hudson Pkwy.
5.4 M - H Hudson Pkwy.
4.8 M - Exit right 79 St. Boat Basin.
0.10 M - Roundabout 79 St W.
0.30 M - Turn right Broadway.
0.25 M - Turn left W 74th St.
0.40 M - Turn right Central Park W.
150 ft - Arrive 135 Central Park W, New York NY.

Total Distance 80.0 M - Time- 1hr 25 mins. Fastest Route - IQ Routes (Feb 20).

So you guys be the judge - how can this be considered inferior to Garmin?

I'll post the second routing test next.

TheBorg - continued... Routing Test#2. Once again the Go 930 does a fine job- not at all what's being reported by Fletch.

Start - 550 E Brokaw Rd, San Jose CA
End - 300 Grove st, San Francisco CA

0.30 M - Turn right I 880 towards Santa Cruz.
0.75 M - Exit right 4C towards San Francisco.
0.25 M - Turn right Old Bayshore Hwy towards San Francisco.
0.35 M - Left on US 101 NB to San Francisco.
0.30 M - Continue on US 101 NB.
4.5 M - Continue on US 101 NB.
22.0 M - US 101 NB.
5.1 M - US 101 NB.
1.8 M - US 101 NB.
1.7 M - US 101 NB.
0.80 M - Stay left US 101 NB.
3.1 M - US 101 NB.
1.7 M - US 101 NB James Lick Fwy Nb.
2.9 M - Exit left Golden Gate Br.
0.35 M - Keep left US 101 NB.
0.50 M - Keep right 434A/Duboce Ave/ Golden Gate Br/ Misson St.
0.20 M - Turn right on Mission St/Van Ness Ave/G G bridge.
0.20 M - Turn left on S Van Ness Ave.
0.40 M - Turn left on Grove St.
0.10 M - Arrive 300 Grove St, San Francisco CA.

47.3 Miles/ 50 mins. The destination is on the right.

And finally here's what I get for routing test #3 on my go 930.

Start- 1200 Beacon St, Boston MA
Destination - 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA

250 ft - Turn right Saint Paul St.
0.55 M - Turn right 20 30 Commonwealth Ave.
0.30 M - Bear right Carlton St.
0.40 M - Turn right 3 Memorial Dr.
0.20 M - Turn left Vassar St.
1.1 M - Turn right Main St.
500 ft - Turn left Ames St.
200 ft - Cambridge Ctr
50 ft - Arrive 5 Cambridge Ctr, Cambridge MA

2.7 Miles/7.55 minutes (IQ routes disabled). With IQ routes enabled, I get exactly the same route but the time estimate changes based on time of day.

Note - The go 930 shows us arriving on the right. Also look up the destination (Cambridge Centre) on google maps and you will see that it is better to arrive on Ames St and turn right to your destination. According to the review, the Garmin is arriving off of Main St and arrives on the left. Checking google maps, it looks like Vassar St is a better choice than Brookline (which has lots of intersecting streets).

I hope this information proves useful for anyone trying to decide between the different units.

Fletch, your comments are appreciated and I think you must have older maps and/or an older version of the software.

Yup,

Fletch obviously does not speak "TomTom". Typical of Garmin people. LoL

Fletch, given that the results of your July tests show IDENTICAL results to the earlier TT Go920T review and the Go720 review, it is a save bet to assume that NONE of these tests had IQ routing enebled. Indeed, back in July, if you did have it turned on, it would have been IQR version ONE, where only the average of the day of the week was considered. Since about Nov 2008, IQR version TWO has been released and now not oly the day of the week is considered, but also the HOUR of the day is factored in.

IQR-2 BLOWS away every competing system out there except for the now defunct DASH (which was live. There is no way you could have IQR-2 enabled and not see a significant improvement all your previous TT routing tests. It is clear that you didnt enable IQR (which by the way is by default/definition the fastest routing option only).

Last point, people who have actually DRIVEN these routes say that even the default old TT routing performed better in real life than the results posted for the Garmin and the Magellan. That is because the old TT routing OVERestimated driving times, while it is known that the Nuvis tend to UNDERESTIMATE driving times. Reality is somewhere between both estimates and of course close to IQR-2. On the other hand, informal tests have shown that Nuvis can "learn" driving styles and so after a few months use by one driver, the estimates do improve to match actual driving habits.

Full disclosure: I own a TT a Garmin and another device running igo8.

The author mentioned needing to tell your phone that the TomTom was a trusted device. (s)he also mentioned pairing the device with an iPhone. I was wondering if anyone knows how to add a trusted device to an iPhone. I can't seem to find a setting for it and nothing has turned up on my Google searches. Any advice would be appreciated.

Iphone has a crippled BT interface and it can only be used for voice... Apple decision. (The new 3.0 firmware update due soon will finally solve this).

In the review is written that is very difficult to find a compatible phone, especially that is capable to use wireless services via BT.

On the contrary reality is that MOST phones are compatible with handsfree (99.9% of BT phone), phonebook and wireless connection services (most of them). Also sending sms works most of the time. Reading received sms on the opposite doesn't work for most phones.

Please note that the most incompatible phones seems to be Windows Mobile ones (I suspect Fletch was using only these...).
Microsoft doesn't like Tomtom... :)

Also bear in mind that most US carrier limit the possibility of free access internet (they only give access in a controlled way, via a proxy).
So if ytou plan to use tomtom wireless services, make sure that you have a (unlimited) data plan that allows full intetnet access.

Hi,

So, what are those cell phones working and compatible with the tomtom930? Nice to hear what does not work, but why not put simply, and in short, what really works with it?

Cheers,

I have a BB 9000 (Bold) and I had no problems at all connecting to the TT 930T via bluetooth. The TT HOME software was easy to inslall and use on my PC runnning Windows Vista. Re-routing was quick and I am very impressed with it!

TomTom has the best user interface in the business, from what I've seen.

I bought it following the positive advises on various websites. This TomTom joke is not worthed the money. First, one cannot trust its accuracy in location positioning. Often, one misses the turns one has to take in the city, because the location is wrong. One finds only later that we should have turned to the left/right one street earlier. Since you cannot trust its location, you can try counting on the displayed map how many streets should you cross until a turn is needed. Well, good luck with that, the 3D display of the map is mis-leading and pale; hence, it is difficult to count, while driving, the number of streets until a turn is needed.
On the highway, the typical location error is in the order of hundreds on meters, particularly if one drives above 100 km/h. If you have to take the only exit in a range of kms, then, no problem, you won't miss it. However, if you exit the highway, and then you should immediately turn left or right to follow a specific direction, then, good luck doing that. The device still announces you that you should exit the highway, while you are busy wondering which is the appropriate direction to go.
Probably, this device is good in villages where one has two streets and a cow, but in large cities, forget it. Go Get something decent. I don't know which device, but certainly not Tom Tom 930T. So, conclusion: to avoid at all costs.

I haven't had a smoke in over a year. The most awful part concerning giving up is most likely the starting couple weeks. Thank God this these effects didn't last long and stuff got better as time went on as a result of the e-cigarettes. Do not think quitting is impossible. Merely keep at it and you will realize success once and for all.

I started off smoking cigarettes while I was really young. It was the dumbest wrong move I've made. Now 20 years later and I've got heart disease. When attempting to quit smoking, I stumbled upon the ecig and will give it a try. With luck, it will help me with this lousy addiction.

I have XXL550 and IQ routes are much better then Garmin 1490T. I own both.

My TomTom 930T doesn't give the traffic update anymore in Canada and USA. According to TOMTOM LTD, I now need to pay a subscription. Is it fare? Is there another way to get the traffic to the GPS? (I already bought the antenna/receiver sometime ago!!).

Thanks,

Charb