( 27 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 10 2009
Bluetooth hookup with your cell phone is a crap shoot at best. All the phones listed on Tom Tom's web site for Verizon were outdated and no longer sold. When calling Tom Tom for assistance, they simply said they only support phones that they have tested and listed. They couldn't give me any kind of updated list. Tried changing phones and even carriers and still having issues. No speaker jack. Difficult to see in sunlight. Many of the menu commands have no "back" button so you have to start all over. Difficult to hear if your motorcycle has aftermarket pipes. Doesn't speak road names. Come on, $150 units manage that now. Had I known then what I know now, I would have bought a much less expensive model with more features, bought the mount seperate, and carried a zip lock bag in case of rain or spent the extra money and got the Zumo. Maybe the Tom Tom 3 will be better thought out.
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Posted: Aug 9 2009
So far very very disapointing. I only paid 350 through Amazon and I think that was to much. Sprint is my cell carrier and only 2 phones are compatible and my Black berry is not one of them. I can not run the GPS and the phone through the head set at the same time but it doesn't matter because I can't hear the commands when I am on the highway. I thought for the money that it would have the street name in voice directions but it doesn't and you can't see the screen in bright sun light. Over all I wish I hadn't spent the money
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Posted: Aug 5 2009
I had great hopes for this GPS, however the design has proven not to be functional for use on a motorcycle. First of all the bluetooth earpiece is not something I want attached to my helmet. I don't use a bluetooth cellphone so the microphone is just in the way, besides I would not make phone calls while riding a motorcycle. There should be some kind of audio other than the bluetooth In any kind of sunlight the screen becomes completely invisible. The only time the screen can be seen is at night or when it is dark and cloudy. The mapping system works great, but because the screen is invisible in sunlight and there is no audio for non-bluetooth users this GPS is useless most of the time.
