GO 1000 Live - Reviewed

[MaFt]

that's what i meant, i just spelt it wrong...!! oops!

MaFt

[Guivre46]

I see it apparently has a 500mhz cpu. Well my GO has a 400mhz cpu so its not exactly a huge step up.
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Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
Go 530T - unsupported
Go550 Live [not renewed]
Kia In-dash Tomtom

[xtraseller]

Now I haven't tried the new software so cannot say if this is the case or not, but processor speed isn't everything

Smartly written "clean" software can run much faster then poorly written software on a fast processor. Of course if you have both then your onto a winner

Typical example my HTC Hero was slow on 1.6, even worse on android 2.1 and now runs smoothly on 2.2

Perhaps after all the tweaks over all these years, the old TomTom software has got bloated and this fresh re-write is nice and clean. For now at least...
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TomTom Go Live 6100, 600
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Nexus 6p, Apple iPhone 6sPlus and Microsoft Lumia 950xl running TomTom, Garmin, CoPilot, Navigon, Sygic, Here Drive, Google, Waze, MS Maps

[Guivre46]

That is true, my old One XL [200mhz] reroutes almost instantaneously compared to my 530 [400mhz] presumably because it has fewer functions/less data to integrate. But the write up for the 1000 promised a lot [of multiple fast calculations], and the 500mhz sounds like a minimum rather than something with a bit of spare capacity.
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Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
Go 530T - unsupported
Go550 Live [not renewed]
Kia In-dash Tomtom

[coastersteve]

I was hoping for a nice neat Itinerary feature which would allow you to enter several postcodes - click optimise and it sorts the best route round. SADLY - they've taken the entire itinerary feature out of the 1000 models (GASP!)

Garmin 1690's do it, but their GUI is terrible......

[MaFt]

[mikealder]

[MaFt]

[MaFt]

mike, if it's not and i can get hold of one of the adaptors you are welcome to come over and have a play yourself?

MaFt

[mikealder]

It might work on the 10 year old Labrador but it will definitately work on the Scenic, thats assuming the accessory and software is available when you get the unit.
I will make a trip over though once you get it as its the final chunk of the jigsaw puzzle for my Ovlov installation - Mike

[andy-c1]

[Guivre46]

Is anyone actually considering buying one? Would like to hear from people using it day to day, but it is a lot of money for something that has a number of question-marks?
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Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
Go 530T - unsupported
Go550 Live [not renewed]
Kia In-dash Tomtom

[gluey]

Why bring Another model into the mix?
Just fix the existing ones to do what they are meant to do.

Forget all the extras and have a good core nav device.
I never use music, voice,pictures etc.
Just get me from a to b and do it good.
Keep on the traffic put on the pgps cameras and all will be good.

[Wazza_G]

I'm getting very mixed results with my 750!

One moment it's lightning fast then next it's like a sloth on valium.

I've scanned the memory card & internal memory whilst it was attached to the computer, checked for errors, whether it had any I don't know as I left it to its own devices (no pun intended) & it was all fine.

Now it takes an age to start up & acquire a satellite! Still there's going to be a test tomorrow. Going to Somerset for a couple of days, we'll see which is best TT 750 or my dads Garmin 3760.

Place your bets please.
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Be alert.. This country needs more lerts.

[Andy_P]

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