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TomTom ONE XL 4 3 Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Maps of the U S and Canada Factory Refurbished

The TomTom ONE XL has everything you need to make your trip safer, more relaxed and more fun.TomTom’s award-winning plug-and-go navigation software, new 4.3″ touchscreen and access to real time traffic services make navigating even easier.With a large choice of route options and millions of useful and fun points of interest pre-loaded for your journey, you’re ready for worry-free navigation from A to B.TomTom ONE XL makes getting there better than ever.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Canadians beware!!!

TomTom GPS works good, even the reconditioned unit is just fine, BUT

UPS delivered it and charged me another 56% on top of the original purchase price in duty alone without any warning.

I will never order from Amazon again and will never accept deliveries from UPS again and I will tell everybody who will listen about this unfortunate experience.

4 Stars Love my Tomtom
I have not used any other GPS systems so I don’t have anything to compare to but this one is awesome. I use it often. It’s great for yard saling. Every destination that I’ve used it to get to, I’ve made it there. The one complaint I would have is that it doesn’t always give you enough notice on when to turn. it sometimes doesn’t tell you til you are passing the turn and you have to backtrack a little.

3 Stars erratic directions
TomTom ONE XL-S 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator. While on freeway GPS directed turn right at end of road. On another occaison directed departing highway I80 going East and taking highway 505 going north when my destination was highway 50 going East.Has great features, will continue to use unless more surprise events occur.

1 Star My TOM TOM was a DUM DUM
I am disappointed to say the least. I live in a rural area and it constantly told me to turn where there were no roads. The ETA was always wrong as well. It would tell me it was 3 hrs. to the destination when it was a 45 min drive. I tried to use the free map upgrade certificate that came with the unit but it never worked. I tried customer service but never got an answer or was contacted for that matter. I would not feel comfortable giving this unit to my wife as it would get her terribly lost. I finally returned the unit after much frustration. I bought a Nextar for 1/2 the price and it works great.

5 Stars Great GPS
The TomTom One XL is an excellent GPS! We have three of them in our family and we’ve never been disappointed with its performance.

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TomTom ONE XL 4 3 Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Maps of the U S and Canada

The TomTom ONE XL has everything you need to make your trip safer, more relaxed and more fun. TomTom’s award-winning plug-and-go navigation software, a 4.3″ touchscreen and access to real-time traffic services make navigating even easier. With a large choice of route options, complete maps of the US and Canada and millions of useful and fun points of interest pre-loaded for your journey, you’re ready for worry-free navigation from A to B. TomTom ONE XL makes getting there better than ever.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars great gps
After buying and trying this for a couple of weeks now I really like it. I ordered it to put in a new ford lariet I was going to buy but by the time it came I had bought the King Ranch that has gps built in. I just use this in my work truck and it has performed great.

1 Star DON’T BUY TOMTOM
tomtom started acting up after a year. had trouble getting satellites. did a reset. worked okay. now it won’t boot up at all. followed all tech support directions. should work perfectly (or at least longer than 2 years) for the price tag!! garbage!

5 Stars very satified
I oftened heard that these navies take straight to the front door,,,, now I know!

1 Star Failed us every time we really needed it.
My wife bought me the Tom Tom XL One for my birthday last year. I was exited at first, but it has been nothing but frustration since. First off, we realized the maps did not include the I-355 extension that was just completed near our house. Map updates are available, so I was willing to overlook that – despite the fact that the road had been open for nearly a year before we bought the unit.

When we can get it to work, it works fairly well. However, it is often so frustrating to use that it’s not worth the trouble. As an example, on two consecutive days recently, we could not get it to recognize our destination. One was Carthage College in Kenosha WI, and the other was an address on North Avenue in Elmhurst, IL. The unit did not have a “POI” entry for Carthage College, and would not recognize North Avenue as a street in Elmhurst. I can perhaps excuse not knowing about Carthage College, even though it’s been around FOR A HUNDRED YEARS ON THE SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN, but North Avenue is a major arterial street that runs right through the middle of Elmhurst. When you enter an address, you have to do it backwards; city, then street, then number. I suppose this make sense, but it’s extremely frustrating when you enter a city name, and the unit refuses to recognize the name of the street that you know runs through the city.

But the all time worst was when we went on our trip to Ireland last year. This was not too long after we had bought the unit, so we were optimistic about getting it to work. I purchased and downloaded the map of UK and Ireland, and downloaded it to my laptop. Long story short, I was never able to get the unit to recognize the map.

Now for the long story. I purchased a 4GB Secure Digital memory card, but found later that anything above 2GB is “HD”, and the unit won’t recognize it. It will simply hang as it tries to boot up. No mention of this anywhere in any Tom Tom documentation, mind you; I found it on some internet message board somewhere. I then purchased a 2GB card and was able to get it to boot up, but did not have a chance to try to install the maps before we left for our trip because I had spent so much time trying to resolve the SD card problem.

We got to Ireland, and rented our car. We scoffed at the offer of a car with GPS – we have our own, thank you – and managed to find our way to our first destination without aid of GPS. I then started trying to get the unit to recognize the map. I installed it on the card, placed the card in the unit, and… it didn’t work. The “choose a map” screen would not show me the map I had just installed, much like it ignores the existence of Carthage College and North Avenue in Elmhurst. For two days, I tried everything I could think of. I had three cards (two 2GB cards and a 1GB), and tried each one of them with the same result. I put the US maps on the cards and those worked, so I figured that it could not be the cards. Just to eliminate the cards as a cause, though, I backed up the original hard drive data and tried reinstalling only the UK/Ireland map onto the unit. It booted up fine but then gave me the message “no maps found!” – with an exclamation point, as if IT was frustrated with ME.

Remember, I am doing all this while on vacation. I finally stopped wasting time on it and put the unit away for the rest of the trip.

A working GPS unit would have been invaluable on our trip – we did a lot of driving during the trip, and made a number of wrong turns. Unfortunately, the Tom Tom let us down.

That’s been my experience with this unit – the less I know about the route, and the more I need to rely on the unit, the more likely it is that it won’t work.

2 Stars Tom Tom ONE XL 4.3-Inch Widescreen
I was sorry I made this purchase; I drive trucks cross-country the product is designed for automobiles not commercial use; it does not offer the option for gross weight and height restrictions in programming its route. Nor does it allow you to tell it your desired route. The unit was defective, I had to send it back, the vendor replaced the original unit, the second units software gave me trouble the vendors limited assistance didn’t resolve the problems. I wanted to return it and be refunded at least the purchase price but the vendor wanted to charge me even though the product was defective from the inception of the purchase. I decided I’d rather loose the entire purchase price than continue to be frustrated dealing with the vendor.

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GARMIN STREETPILOT 2720 NEWLY OVERHAULED 1YR WARRANTY 25979

StreetPilot 2720
Text-To-Speech and Optional Traffic Capability

The StreetPilot 2720 is a premium GPS automotive navigator that offers text-to-speech and traffic interface capabilities.

In addition to the turn-by-turn voice prompted navigation available in earlier StreetPilot models, the 2720s text-to-speech functionality allows the unit to audibly announce the name of upcoming streets and points of interest (POIs), letting drivers keep their eyes on the road while navigating through busy traffic and tricky roadways.

Monitor traffic tie-ups with the addition of an optional FM TMC traffic receiver. By adding traffic services and a receiver to your StreetPilot 2720, it notifies you of accidents, road construction, and weather-related traffic delays before they are encountered, and then offers an alternate route. Simply touch the screen icon to calculate a new route.

The StreetPilot 2720 also boasts a new WQVGA, color, automotive-grade, sunlight-readable, touchscreen display that automatically adjusts the units backlight for optimum viewing in any amount of light. Drivers can view the map in a three-dimensional perspective, or a top-down track-up or north-up view.

The StreetPilot 2720 comes preprogrammed with City Navigator?North America NT mapscontaining detailed road maps throughout the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. This map database features nearly six million POIs including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions.

As an added benefit, you can now import customized points of interest with the help of Garmins free POI Loader software. The possibilities are endless upload safety cameras or school zones, and you will receive a warning if you are traveling too fast. In addition, an optional proximity-alert feature notifies you of upcoming custom POIs.

In addition to point-to-point navigation, the StreetPilot 2720 can calculate the most ef

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars such a deal!!!
I have been thinking about replacing my aging Garmin 2610 for some time. The unit is used predominantly on my motorcycle, so I was looking at the Zumo series. With both those units costing well over $550 I just couldn’t pull the trigger. When I saw the 2720 for $107 I figured I couldn’t go wrong. My nit shipped promptly and when it arrived it appeared to me to be a brand new unit. The listing states tat it is reconditioned, but I would venture a guess that these are new old stock as mine was in perfect, untouched condition. The unit came with 2008 maps installed and they will do just fine until I decide to upgrade through Garmin.

The 2720 provides all the functionality I need for daily use. It’s only shortcoming is a screen that is somewhat smaller than current units. In use, the map on the screen is actually smaller than the screen size as the right border is taken up with vehicle speed and directions. The ony thing I feel the display is missing is a ‘time to destination’ display.

Of course, it doesn’t have the bells and whistles of Bluetooth, MP3 playback or an FM transmitter, but I wasn’t looking for those things and wasn’t willing to spend $600 for them. What you get with the 2720 is a solid, waterproof GPS with excellent navigational functions. If this is what you are looking for, you can’t do any better than this GPS

5 Stars Great purchase
Great purchase – I recomment this product and the company I purchased it from.

Amazon.com is a great company to deal with.

5 Stars Couldn’t be happier
I ordered the Garmin SP 2720 over the weekend, and it shipped from Las Vegas on 5/11 and arrived today (5/13) in Southern Utah. And that was using UPS Ground.

I couldn’t believe it was “Newly Overhauled”, as the blue label on the non-retail box read. It definitely looks new and it works flawlessly. Everything was included and it all looked new. I bought this mainly for my Road Star cruiser and I’m convinced I made a good decision.

This is remanufactured? You’d never know it. A solid “5″.

3 Stars Compared to the 2610
I like the features on the 2610 much better than the 2720. Everything was clear and precise. It looked the same in the photos and I was concerned about that because of the motorcycle mount I had invested in. It does fit that and I wish they made a new model that would fit it as well.

Take care,

dick leming

5 Stars can’t beat the price
I have a 2610 which has some intermitten problem and was going to buy one of those latest GPS. I find most of them with so much features that I will not be using most of them. I really like the remote feature of the 2610 and when I saw these refub 2710s for just over $100. I could not resist. Got the unit and looks brand new, much easier to set up then my 2610. The only downside is that this is a bulky unit compared to the lastest generation of GPS.

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TomTom ONE XL S 4 3 Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

The TomTom ONE XL-S is the high end of TomTom’s ONE line of basicportable gps navigators. It adds text-to-speech functionality to the ONE XL’s gorgeous widescreen, 4.3-inch display, expanded traffic options that include GPRS- and optional RDS-TMC radio-based real-time traffic information. The TomTom ONE XL is a complete portable GPS vehicle navigation device with an incredible range of features.

Powerful traffic services give you a big advantage on the commute home. View larger.

Use TomTom PLUS services to stay abreast of key information. View larger.

Voice instructions are available in over 30 languages (complete list below). You can even record directions in your own voice, download specialty voices free at TomTom’s website, or purchase celebrity voices. Listen to sample clips. Free download samples Sylvia Celebrity voice samples Dennis Hopper Curt Schilling Gary Busey

While it does not have the same array of luxury features as TomTom’s GO 720 or GO 920 line, the ONE XL-S offers all the features you need in a solid navigation system (see a feature comparison for all of TomTom’s GO and ONE devices).

What’s New — Text To Speech
The ONE XL-S has all the features of the ONE XL, but also adds text-to speech, which allows the device to give spoken directions with real street names.

MapShare lets you add your own map corrections and POIs, then share them with the entire TomTom user community via the TomTom HOME website

What’s New — Map Share
The ONE XL-S includes TomTom’s innovative new Map Share technology. Map Share enables users to make easy changes to the map and to share map corrections with other TomTom customers so that users always have the most up-to-date maps available

Map Coverage
Like TomTom’s other navigators, the ONE XL-S comes pre-loaded with complete maps for all fifty of the United States, as well as Canada, based on TeleAtlas map data and all stored on 1 GB of internal memory

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But it’s not just the broad geographical coverage that makes the TomTom ONE XL-S special. The user-friendly design also puts it a step above other navigation systems. The crystal-clear multicolor display makes for exceptionally easy viewing of maps, routes, driving directions, and other traveling information, such as mileage and distance. Measuring 4.3 inches, the TFT display offers an expanded widescreen view of brilliant two- and three-dimensional graphics.

The device also features 32 MB RAM and 266 MHz CPU, making it responsive and zippy. Using the USB port and the provided cable, you can use your PC to add your own points of interest. Memory expansion is made possible by an SD card slot.

The ONE XL-S provides clear and accurate turn-by-turn voice instructions, so that you don’t have to take your eyes off the road while your vehicle is on the move. Voice instructions are issued at a speed-sensitive volume, so as your vehicle’s engine becomes louder or quieter as your speed changes, the volume adjusts itself accordingly, guaranteeing clear and easy listening. And because voice instructions are available in over 30 languages, just about anyone will find the TomTom ONE XL-S to be an invaluable system.

With its touch-sensitive screen, the TomTom ONE XL-S puts programming and operation literally at your fingertips to make sophisticated technology simple. The built-in database offers thousands of points of interest for you to use as destinations or reference points as you plan your trip. The ONE XL-S will also provide a selection of available routes, giving you the option of avoiding toll roads or choosing between the quickest or the most scenic routes. The database includes zip codes to simplify your route selection, and for extra convenience, the ONE XL-S lets you save the addresses of frequent destinations, making route planning easier and faster than ever. Other display features include a compass mode to assist you with directional orientation, and an anti-glare screen for optimal viewing even in direct sunlight.

The 4.3-inch (diagonal) 3D driving view offers a clear picture of the road and maneuvers ahead (actual size).

For additional navigational features to assist with trip planning, the built-in Bluetooth connection provides access to TomTom PLUS subscription-based services, so that you can tune in to the latest traffic and weather conditions, as well as download additional city maps, voices, points of interest, and much more. The ONE XL-S adds to these capabilities with FM radio-based RDS-TMC traffic information as an available accessory (not included).

Weighing less than 10 ounces and measuring 3.4 x 4.7 x 1.2 inches, the TomTom ONE XL-S can be easily installed in any vehicle. An included windshield suction mount holds it in place. Plus, with an operating temperature range of an icy -10 degrees to a sweltering 55 degrees Celsius (14 to 131 degrees Fahrenheit), the navigator is durable enough for New England winters or Arizona summers. The TomTom ONE XL-S is powered by an internal lithium ion battery that can be charged from your vehicle’s cigarette lighter with the included 12-24V adapter.

What’s in the Box
TomTom ONE XL-S device, windshield mount, USB cable, cigarette lighter adaptor, adhesive mounting disk, documentation pack, and product code card.

TomTom HOME

HOME is TomTom’s free software that enables TomTom users to future proof and personalize their devices. Via easy desktop access, any TomTom customer can update maps, download the latest application, celebrity voices and more. TomTom HOME allows TomTom customers to

• Update their TomTom device with TomTom’s latest software and services automatically and for free
• Easily buy and install the latest maps and European safety cameras
• Download celebrity and character voices
• Pre-plan trip itineraries
• Receive free traffic alerts on their computers

Supported Languages

About TomTom

TomTom NV is the world’s largest navigation solution provider, developing products with an emphasis on innovation, quality, ease of use and value. TomTom’s products include all-in-one navigation devices which enable customers to navigate right out of the box; including the award-winning TomTom GO family, the TomTom ONE range and the TomTom RIDER (for motorcycles). TomTom also provides navigation software products which integrate with third party devices; the TomTom NAVIGATOR software for PDAs and smartphones. TomTom WORK combines industry leading communication and smart navigation technology with leading edge tracking and tracing expertise. TomTom’s products are sold through a network of leading retailers in 25 countries and online. TomTom was founded in 1991 in Amsterdam and has offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

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TomTom ONE XL 4 3 Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Maps of the U S and Canada

The TomTom ONE XL has everything you need to make your trip safer, more relaxed and more fun. TomTom’s award-winning plug-and-go navigation software, a 4.3″ touchscreen and access to real-time traffic services make navigating even easier. With a large choice of route options, complete maps of the US and Canada and millions of useful and fun points of interest pre-loaded for your journey, you’re ready for worry-free navigation from A to B. TomTom ONE XL makes getting there better than ever.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Does what it promises
Looks just as pictured, acts just as advertised, pleased with it, may give it to son and family as Yule gift if I can bear to part with it.

5 Stars Tom Tom One XL Review
Awesome GPS for the money. Not sure if I’d pay retail for it, but it was a deal of the day so i figured i’d jump on it before going on vacation to somewhere i’d never been before.

Along the way and because traffic was crazy for all 8 hours of the trip i decided to try to get lost. The GPS didn’t even miss a beat, picked up signal approx 10-30sec after passing the exit i should have taken or taking a new unplanned one. either way it was a long drive but it was interesting without getting lost and trying to find out where i was.

I’ve used it numerous times since then and haven’t had an issue, haven’t updated it yet so we’ll see how that goes if i decide to, but it works perfectly right out of the box so its not a high priority.

tl;dr : excellent GPS for the price that works right out of the box

4 Stars tom tom one xl
I purchased a tom tom one xl from amazon. my neighbor has one & it works well.The price was good & I received it quickly.I would recommend buying from amazon.

4 Stars This fit our needs perfectly!
Needed a GPS system for daily use with mobile business in the Sierra Foothills,where there are a lot of little winding roads. Can be very difficult to find addresses. Printed maps too difficult to read at times and some roads not listed on out-dated printed maps. The Tom-Tom was the perfect solution! It is very user friendly, big, easy to read screen, and

the voice commands are great! When we’ve decided to go another route

the Tom-Tom automatically adjusts to the new direction. It even lets

you know when you are going over 10 mph over the speed limit. Great to follow the visual road on the screen in the mountains, as it shows the curvature of the road ahead. I would recommend this GPS system to most anyone.

4 Stars My GPS for a new car
I bought my GPS about a month ago. I viewed the CD that came with the unit. I found the unit was very easy to use. The only thing I didn’t enjoy was the suction thing for the window, that’s not very strong.

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