Customer Reviews

The Tom Tom One 130 GPS navigator does the basic job of being an aid to the driver and assist in routing on a satisfactory basis as it does not include any of the high end features which are normally seen in GPS units of a much higher price. If the user does not need any of those features then this unit seems to be reliable, offering consistent service with an appreciable ease of use and a portable design.

To start with, this is an entry level model with basic features, found very useful especially for those using a GPS for the first time. The slim design of the unit is very attractive as it can easily fit in a shirt pocket and hence is also possible to use it as a handheld GPS apart from using it while driving. There are many settings on the unit that can be customized according to the user’s choice and is very easy to use. The unit comes with a well designed suction cup for mounting and is very easy to mount and take it off. The time estimates given by the device are very accurate and the voice is clearly audible. It also has a feature called link volume to speed which is very smart on the device’s part.

There is a choice of voices in the device itself and does not need the user to go online for this purpose. The points of Interest database is pretty large and it almost instantly recalculates the route when the driver deviates. The updated version of the software is available online, free of cost and the user gets a free map database update if attempted within the first thirty days of ownership. The device displays the current speed of the vehicle, the speed limit of the current road and also displays the speed in red if it is considerably above the limit. There is a part called help me in the menu which is very useful in case the driver is doubtful about the situation. The itinerary can be planned with more than one stop, which is not possible in similar models. The real time zoom is attractive and there is a separate database of emergency contacts like hospitals, police etc.

A few users have seen that even the latest version of the map does not show areas that have come up within the last three years. The feature of speaking street names is not included in the unit and it is very useful to take the right turn. There have been problems with the satellite reception as the unit gets old and it is not easy to connect to the internet as the user does not get an external plug that has to be used to charge it from an outlet. The memory capacity of the GPS is less and with the basic information it is already full leaving no room for updates and other applications. The directions given by the device can sometimes be misleading and the screen size is small compared to many other alternatives. The screen also seems to be made of plastic unlike its competitors and hence is unattractive.

Though the unit seems to be doing fine with the basic functionality, there are serious errors in its maps and unless changes are made to it, it does not really serve its purpose well.

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TomTom ONE 130 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
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The TomTom ONE 130 is easy-to-use personal navigation. TomTom's award-winning software means effortless navigation from point A to point B. Switch on and go right out of the box. Just enter the address on the touchscreen and start driving anywhere in the United States or Canada. TomTom guides you door-to-door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions. And 3D graphics help guide you to your destination, worry free. Easy-to-use widescreen navigation. Click to enlarge. TomTom's award-winning software means effortless navigation from point A to point B. Click to enlarge. The ONE 130 is preloaded with millions of points of interest to enhance your traveling experience--easily find your favorite gas stations, hotels, restaurants, and more. TomTom has the most accurate maps, and with TomTom Map Share technology, you instantly can modify street names, street direction, points of interest, and more on your own device. And with the "Help Me!" menu, added safety features enable you to easily access local emergency providers, such as police, fire stations, and hospitals. The "Where am I?" feature pinpoints your exact location to give to emergency providers. Award-winning Fold & Go EasyPort mount folds flat against the device, making it easy to take it with you from car to car. No activation, no monthly fees. Go confidently. ONE 130 Features Maps of United States and Canada with TomTom Map Share Fold & Go EasyPort Mount Spoken Instructions All TomToms Feature Plug & Go--Works right out of the box. Preloaded Points of Interest--Easily find millions of gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and more on your route. 30-Day Latest Map Guarantee--Up to date, off the shelf. TomTom Map Share--Modify your own map and benefit from others' verified changes with TomTom Map Share. Help Me! Emergency Menu--Easily access local emergency providers, such as police, fire stations, and hospitals. TomTom HOME--Always up to date. Traffic Ready--Optional RDS-TMC traffic receiver accessory keeps you up-to-date on traffic events to minimize potential delays. Fuel Price Service (optional)--Know more, pay less. Why TomTom? TomTom believes that personal navigation should be as easy and safe as possible. TomTom develops smart technology that gives you straightforward solutions, innovations to make life easy. Easy to Use Award-winning navigation software Plug & go Best Maps 30-Day Latest Map Guarantee Modify your own map and benefit from others' verified changes with TomTom Map Share Best Routing QuickGPSfix Traffic ready Leader in Safety Help Me! emergency resources menu Safety preferences menu What's in the Box ONE 130 GPS device, EasyPort mount, USB cable, Adhesive Disk, car charger, and user guide About TomTom Founded in Amsterdam in 1991, TomTom has established itself as a global leader in navigation by being an innovative company with a strong brand, clear customer focus, and high-quality products and services. TomTom is a leading navigation solutions provider with navigation products sold in 30 countries and in over 20 languages. To further its commitment to car navigation, TomTom acquired Tele Atlas maps in 2008 so that the company can continually provide the most up-to-date maps and intelligent routing. TomTom has its own mapping company! Did you know that every year, roads change by up to 40% in high-growth areas? Tele Atlas manages this by using the world's most comprehensive systems to identify and incorporate these changes into our maps with unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy. All TomTom devices benefit from the Tele Atlas advantage--more coverage, more points of interest, and more freshness and accuracy.
Product Details
3.5-inch touchscreen with award-winning Fold & Go EasyPort mount that folds flat against the device, making it easy to take with you from car to car Effortless navigation from A to B--enter the address on the touchscreen or use voice address entry and start driving Preloaded with millions of points of interest to enhance your traveling experience--easily find your favorite gas stations, hotels With TomTom Map Share technology, you can instantly modify street names, street direction, POIs, road speeds Help Me! menu provides added safety features so you can easily access local emergency providers, such as police, fire stations
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SAME GREAT TOMTOM NAME BUT NO REASON TO UPGRADE   Review Date: May 11, 2008 Reviewer: Anton Tobias, The vast cornfields of the Midwest Here is the latest in TomTom technology. The TomTom 130. This latest development from TomTom will be perfect for first time GPS buyers who are looking for something simple, compact, and accurate. For previous owners of the TomTom One however, this is no reason to upgrade. The product itself is as close to perfection as I've seen in a basic GPS device, hence the five star rating, but then again so is the TomTom One 3rd edition that was released late last year. The TomTom 130 model is basically the TomTom One with a few minor upgrades. The most notable would be the new flip and fold mounting capability. Instead of the standard suction cup mount that TomTom owners are used to owning as a separate component (one that slides in and out of the back custom grooves of the TomTom itself) there is now an attached mount that folds into the unit for easy storage. This is convenient but in my opinion and like the other minor upgrades, no reason to toss out your old TomTom One in exchange. iPod has set the standard for a lot of electronic thresholds, none being more noticeable than the size and depth of its products. To some it up...slim is in and the TomTom 130 is even slimmer than its big brother the TomTom One weighing in at a 6.1 ounces and only 1 inch in depth. Here are the some minor specs: Unit Size: 3.8"H x 3.2"W x 1"D Display Size: 3.5" (Diagonal) Weight: 6.1 oz Also worth noting is the TomTom 130 now boasts a 3 hour battery charge instead of the paltry 2 hour that left TomTom One owners completely dependent on the cigarette chargers in their cars. 3 hours isn't exactly a wealth of time but it is an improvement and a little more realistic. Also included with the product is TomTom's exclusive Map Share feature that allows users to make their own map corrections and share them with other TomTom customers through their online connection using the TomTom Home software on their PC. This service is free of charge. This has been the subject of some confusion among TomTom users and should be pointed out. Some customers mistakenly think the Map Share updates they receive are entire map upgrades. This is not so. Although TomTom does provide its customers with Map Share updates free of charge these only include minor map modifications, such as dead end streets that weren't marked properly or points-of-interest that were marked out of place. These Map Share updates do not include the miles of new roads being built every year across America & Canada. In order to receive these major map updates customers will have to pay for them. Of course the TomTom 130 will already come included with the latest Tele Atlas which is now version 720.1802, and although TomTom has major map upgrades throughout the year most customers (including myself) will be content with just paying for an upgrade once a year. This guarantees that you will always have the latest maps with the newest roads. Like the TomTom One 3rd Edition the TomTom 130 comes with a "Help Me" button which when pressed opens features such as "Phone For Help" which displays emergency numbers for the current location (such as and typically 911) "Drive To Help" which show you the quickest way to the nearest police station or hospital and a "First Aid Guide" which is provided by the British Red Cross. Also included in the safety features is an option to sound a custom alarm if any of the following occur: 1. When approaching a school or church 2. When driving faster than a set speed 3. When driving faster than allowed The 130 still uses the same TomTom touch screen user-interface so prior TomTom users will already be familiar with the controls but with such a user friendly design even new customers will have the hang of it in no time. The screen is a bright 3.5 inch full TFT color LCD with 320 x 240 pixels that supports 64K colors. For first time GPS buyers this unit is perfect because of its price, portability, latest maps, outstanding user-interface, and simplicity. For someone looking to upgrade to something a little more advanced try the TomTom 130S with text-to-speech capability (verbal pronunciation of street names). Love my TomTom   Review Date: May 22, 2008 Reviewer: S. Harvey, Colorado I recently bought the Magellan Maestro 3225 and, after 5 days, returned it because it was really user unfriendly. I then got the TomTom for the same price and I love it! So many more features than the other one. One thing I love is that it gives you a choice of route and background colors so that you can decide what color scheme works best for you. Also, gives you several choices of voices to choose from, which is nice. The British one is so polite! HA HA! I would highly recommend this device, and at $150, it's a good deal. One thing -- I highly recommend downloading the Mr. T voice ... There's nothing better than to be told to make a left up here, fool! I pity you! EXCELLENT GPS FOR THE $$$$$   Review Date: May 31, 2009 Reviewer: Yooper, Upper Michigan If you do not require live traffic or bluetooth and just need guidance, this unit is all you need. Good mapping, compact and very easy to use. In fact my 6 year get's a kick out of entering the routing. Why pay [...] when there is no need? BTW....I was sceptical about the rebate but, I received my check within 4 weeks with zero issues. Very nice buying experience and did not have to step into a retial store. great little unit   Review Date: July 7, 2009 Reviewer: Lake, New York This item does essentially all that a gps unit should. It has more than enough features to make it an excellent choice. I was able to update my refurbished unit to the latest maps through the downloaded software "tomtom home". The map update was free, same as with the brand new units. You get one for the first 30 days of ownership, and the tomtom home website recognized my refurbed unit as available for a free update. Other posts have commented variably on this. A comment was made about an poor manual.. In the box is only a basic start up guide, but the detailed and easy to understand manual can be downloaded from the tomtom support website. The audio and selection of voices are fine. The suction cup is a neat and very usable idea. The unit will recalculate your route if you take a detour, therefore avoiding the endless 'turn around' commands of some. It will also recalculate alternative routes to the end position should you choose. The screen resolution is fine and bright. There is a choice of map displays for night and day use. 2d and 3d views can be selected. Entries are made by touching the icons on the screen... really simple. That makes navigation around the menu very easy and the menus are intuitive. I found that putting in an address is easy: you pick a state, start typing in a city (it will predict which one when you get in enough letters), do the same for the street name, and then touch in the street address. Points of interest included within the memory are more than adequate for me, and more can be downloaded from tomtom home. That is, the unit has a list of parks, airports etc without typing in their address. The refurbished price[...] makes it a great deal too. The unit looked perfectly new... no indication it had been refurbished. Very Good   Review Date: July 7, 2008 Reviewer: D. Anderson, Murfreesboro, TN United States I really don't know what more you could expect for the price. First, the sound. I'm partially deaf, and the unit set at 85% volume, it is just fine. At 100%, it's too loud. There must have been a bad productin run in the earlier ones, because mine is just great. Second, it will snap out of it's mount when adjusting...unless you also also hold the mounting part while adjusting the position of unit. No big deal and problem solved. Third, all maps, everybody's, are out of date the moment they are created. That's the nature of growth and constant change. However, I'm impressed as to how current this unit is. I did update it right away from the Tom Tom web site and got a later version map from the one originally installed. It has interstate off ramps and shopping centers in my area that were only completed 6 months ago. Forth, finding a location. Remember, it is intended to locate a place that is unfamilar to you, find it for you. It does that nicely. However, it may not follow the same routing to get you there that you might choose otherwise for yourself. You might like using some back streets, neighborhood streets that would maybe work better you think. But, if you already knew how to get there, why are you using the GPS? If you are unfamilar with how to get to your destination, it will take you there. If you do however wish to take alternate routing, say you know basically where you are going, but just can't find the particular address, then go your way and it will constantly update new routing until you get to the destination, and it will tell you when you have arrived. I am impressed with the detail of the maps. It has service roads in some of our shopping centers, pavement that is almost part of the parking lot. It locks onto you location very quickly and is very accurate in positioning you at locations. I did notice in a couple of cases, street addresses (my street and house) are a few hundred feet from there actual location. However, MapQuest and others have the same errors. Again, this level of technology for this price, unbelievable.

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