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After a successful weekend of football betting, I`ve got money burning a hole in my pocket and I want to buy a satnav.
I quite like the look of the Tom Tom XL.
If I go for the GB version, can I add European maps as and when?
Also, with regard to the bluetooth function, do I have to make sure my phone is compatible, or are `all` bluetooth phones compatible?

All I can tell you is that my garmin is f***ing s***. But then, its quite old, so im sure they dont lead you constantly down single track tractor paths now.

I can`t get my tom tom to talk to my LG phone. It would read out the text with the Sony I had. This is a Go910. I think the Tom Tom site has a list of compatible phones. I don`t klnow about adding maps.

Dr 42%er


Care in the football community is proved not to work.


It`s not easy being different. It`s not easy being cool....but somehow I manage....

Not sure bout the XL but make sure it is a version with an SD card slot then you can just download the maps onto a card for a fraction of the cost.

Also look on pocketgpsworld you can get all the speed cams and many other pois. Speed cam database costs a couple of quid a month, a lot of other stuff is free if you feel like having the location of every mcdonalds for example.

I have a TomTom One very good and clear even on the motorways with the music loudish. Tho once you turn the volume above 85% it gets a bit distorted, I never need it that loud 80 is fine.

Not sure about the bluetooth business.

i bought my dad a tom tom one XL from John Lewis for £135 last month - it came with speed cameras database and an sd card slot - but no sd card (which are dirt cheap anyway)

I dont think it has bluetooth though but i may stand corrected.

Its a great little gadget - my dad who can barely operate a remote control loves this thing as its so simple to use. As a matter of fact i`d go so far as to say its a life changer for us. My missus isnt a confident driver at all but since buying her one last february she`s been all over the country by herself and she absolutly loves it - she`d never have the confidence to drive to Bolton and back by herself......

If bluetooth is a neccessity then i think the higher models are better but i dont know much about them.

HTH

Neil

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Companies that have p**sed me off so much that I will never use them again and I hope you dont either....
Jacks Fish & Chips of Cambridge ridiculously overpriced and overpackaged chips. £1.20 for a stupidly small portion of chips - they need to go up north for a good lesson in fish and chips
Alloy Bodies of Manchester - The Grand Daddy & Benchmark for shockingly poor customer service.
Capital Bank Leasing who are part of [B]BOS & are f**ing useless & struggle to action the smallest request but are fantastically efficient at taking money out of my account
[B]Abbey National Absolutely diabolical service - how hard is it to change £60 of coins into notes????
....more coming soon no doubt.....

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tom tom one XL from John Lewis for £135 last month

Sure it was an XL for that dosh?
That would be the cheapest I`ve seen yet.
Sure it wasn`t a `ONE`?

(the XL is widesreen)

They are £150 @ ebuyer.

Cheers 8)

yep - it was a one XL - yellow box and everything.....

I`d been looking for ages and couldnt see any less than £150.....I was randomly in John Lewis and it was there so i jst grabbed it......

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Companies that have p**sed me off so much that I will never use them again and I hope you dont either....
Jacks Fish & Chips of Cambridge ridiculously overpriced and overpackaged chips. £1.20 for a stupidly small portion of chips - they need to go up north for a good lesson in fish and chips
Alloy Bodies of Manchester - The Grand Daddy & Benchmark for shockingly poor customer service.
Capital Bank Leasing who are part of [B]BOS & are f**ing useless & struggle to action the smallest request but are fantastically efficient at taking money out of my account
[B]Abbey National Absolutely diabolical service - how hard is it to change £60 of coins into notes????
....more coming soon no doubt.....

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I`d been looking for ages and couldnt see any less than £150.....I was randomly in John Lewis and it was there so i jst grabbed it......

Bargain! 8)
My mate took advantage of some `funny` John Lewis pricing with a Dyson.
They had it marked at a stupidly low price, so he bought it sharpish.
It wasn`t a manager`s special, or anything like that.
Just some erroneous marking. :/