Newbie questions

[Dan1113]

Hi everyone,

I'm considering buying a TomTom One and have done tons of research...I still have some questions though...help please?

1. I know that the Europe version has maps provided by Navteq and the regional version has maps by TeleAtlas. Sweden isn't totally covered by Navteq but when the next map update comes it will be since they just finished covering Sweden and Norway. Next summer I'll be taking my parents around Scandinavia -- mostly driving out to the west coast of Norway -- so I'm worried TomTom would not have the update out by then yet. I'm also concerned about how bad their current Sweden map is for use around where I am until the next update. However, at the same time, it seems Navteq is working to cover Europe better than TeleAtlas, and that now that they've covered all of Scandinavia, it'd be better with more POIs and being more up-to-date than Teletalas once TomTom updates. Plus...if I order the Europe version from the UK it's the same price as if I were to buy the regional version here in Sweden, so I'd get more from my money. So, any suggestions for what I should do? Anyone how how bad the maps for Scandinavia are as of now?

2. Navteq says they only have about 10% of Swedish address ranges covered at this point. What are address ranges, and how would that affect me until TomTom updates next with the new Scandinavian maps?

3. Are the showing of the name of exits and such, that came with the new TomTom software and the new TeleAtlas maps, also available with Navteq maps?

4. And finally, just out of curiosity...are Iceland and the Faroe Islands included in the Western Europe TomTom Navteq maps?

Thanks!

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