TomTom GO 2405 TM

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• 9 stars

  Great GPS - Loaded Features in Stylish Form

  by Orbitalint on February 24, 2011

  Pros: Great UI, Capacitive Touch Screen, Magnetic Docking System, Free Non Ad-based Traffic, Bluetooth, Lifetime Maps

  Cons: Lack of Integration with Software / on Website (for right now)

  Summary: I recently bought a new car and was looking for an upgrade to both GPS and provide bluetooth connectivity to my phone. I live in a state that prohibits use ...

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  Summary: I recently bought a new car and was looking for an upgrade to both GPS and provide bluetooth connectivity to my phone. I live in a state that prohibits use of a cell phone in the car while driving unless its hands-free. I debated between an aftermarket stereo with those features or a standalone GPS. From everything I heard, GPS on aftermarket units was abysmal or poorly implemented and would have cost at least twice as much as a stand-alone gps. I found this unit with an amazon discount for 240 and haven't regretted the purchase since.
  
  The GPS is great. High quality graphics, text-to-speech road names and pretty much most of the features you would expect from a high-end GPS unit. I also enjoy the magnetic docking station and charging unit. Makes for extremely easy mounting. The UI is intuitive, routes are calculated extremely fast and the touch screen is very accurate. The form factor on this unit is also extremely nice.
  
  One thing to note. I shied away from Garmin because of numerous reviews of ad-based traffic support. Ads to location specific places come up while you are driving and as reviewers have noted, unless you disable the traffic, you get them and it obstructs the view while navigating. The highly touted Garmin Nuvi 3790T sounds like a great unit but at almost $100 more and ad-based traffic, I couldn't justify the purchase. Why am I paying additional money to have ads while I drive?
  
  Bluetooth integration is great, speakerphone works great, contacts synced and I can get texts read to me while driving.
  
  One detractor for me from giving it 5 stars is the lack of software/web support at the moment. As many people know, Tomtom has a number of voices that you can download from the web as well as logging POI's and uploading them to the unit. Unfortunately, they have yet to implement this. Its not a deal breaker for me because those were more luxury features than required features for me and I felt like many people were making a huge deal over something that doesn't really relate to how it performs as a GPS.
  
  Additionally, the concern of a lack of SD card slot and using up all the memory on updates seems unfounded. Map updates, in my experience, overwrite previous ones and do not take up additional space. I found that the maps barely take up 1/2 of the 4GB on the unit. Though for someone looking for a more multimedia GPS unit that plays mp3's or transmits via FM to your stereo, you should look elsewhere. I have a line in and USB on my car and find FM transmitters to sound like garbage comparatively, so I really have no use for such features.
  
  Overall, great product for what I needed and at a great price!

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• 2 stars

  Better than average for a Tomtom GPS with a catch.

  by Olivier_on_cnet on February 7, 2011

  Pros: Nice set of features and more detailed information to take you where you need to go.

  Cons: None of the common features found on Tomtom Home are available yet.
  Tech support is inadequate.
  Updates are a risky process that could lead to a non-functioning device.

  Summary: The most troublesome point of this device is the unreliable update process. As soon as the unit is plugged to the computer, it needs internet access to check for updates. ...

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  Summary: The most troublesome point of this device is the unreliable update process. As soon as the unit is plugged to the computer, it needs internet access to check for updates. As soon as an update is available, it will install them without your consent for the most part.
  Some major updates will require you to agree to the install, map updates are one of them.
  In the event something goes wrong with the map update (ie: the GPS gets disconnected from the computer during install), which by the way can take hours to complete, will cause the map to become corrupted, hence rendering the GPS dead.
  The only solution so far is to have the unit RMA'd.
  I am getting conflicting information from tech support about the Lifetime map update availability on the replacement unit. It would seem Lifetime map update cannot be transferred to the replacement device.
  In short, a perfectly good working unit can become a useless piece of hardware if you come to experience update issues.

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• 5 stars

  No support yet

  by bigjake392 on December 3, 2010

  Pros: Touch screen and user interface are updated. New menu. Glass screen is very sensitive but once you get used to it its great. Graphics are very clear through the glass.New menu and software is very nice and a bit more user friendly except --- see cons

  Cons: Absolutely no help from TomTom at this point. Cannot connect to home computers and have been told software problems. No accessories available yet either. The off/on button is right on top and raised and any cases out there turn the thing on !

  Summary: Very nice product if they finally get all the bugs worked out. Released this product way to early to get the Christmas sales and its turning into a nightmare. I'...

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  Summary: Very nice product if they finally get all the bugs worked out. Released this product way to early to get the Christmas sales and its turning into a nightmare. I'd wait for a couple of months before buying to see if things get fixed.If things don't get better in a couple of months - mine is going back. Need case and extra mount and antennae/power cord , all of which are not available. Can't tell me if they'll make a adapter for the long mount I have. Just way to early of a release. TomTom has the best customer service and tech support out there at this time so its a shame they tarnised it with this early release !!!

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• 6 stars

  Nice unit, but there is no way to expand the memory.

  by ballershaun on November 29, 2010

  Pros: Good graphic & crispy layout, Short satellite lock time, Customizable POI's, Ability to make map corrections and share them.

  Cons: Lack of memory expansion. No SD or micro SD card slots for furture map updates.

  Summary: Buyer beware! I have a few questions about TomTom's new Go 2405TM & 2505TM. I noticed that both are limited to 4GB of internal memory with no SD or ...

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  Summary: Buyer beware! I have a few questions about TomTom's new Go 2405TM & 2505TM. I noticed that both are limited to 4GB of internal memory with no SD or micro SD card slot for expandable memory. What happends when you update the maps? Won't the units eventually run out of memory? Map updates will require more memory in the future. Are the lifetime map updates deemed useless up to a certain point once the memory gets used up completely?
  
  What if I want to add an additional map; such as Europe? Do I have to temporarily remove an existing map to install a map of Europe? What if the map of Europe is a larger memory required map than the map I removed temporarily?
  
  I'd rather go with the Garmin Nuvi 3790LMT. That's the best stand alone GPS unit in the market for now. And Garmins have memory slots for expandable memory in their units. But I'd whate until the price came down. $449.99 is the lowest I've seen the Nuvi 3790LMT go for at Costco. Hopfully the price will come down to $399.99. Then I'd buy.

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• 8 stars

  10 days with me, and I love it. Flexibly Rigid

  by Gibbi26 on July 30, 2012

  Pros: So many menus and settings, lifetime map and traffic updates, ability to do map corrections. traffic ability worked well in Toronto GTA area, not sure in other places. Easy interface when you play with it for few hours. voice command is not bad.

  Cons: Lack Picture viewer, mp3 player, audio jack ,radio transmitter,and memory card slot. old fashion voice instructions.
  hiway image is confusing, the screen just mixes both bounds into one large road it looks like as if you are driving on giant tree.

  Summary: Great over all GPS, even with few missing options, on the bright side, all those additional features that lacks might have an affect on the performance of the GPS. But ...

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  Summary: Great over all GPS, even with few missing options, on the bright side, all those additional features that lacks might have an affect on the performance of the GPS. But I do like to see a fix to the view of the Hiway problem I stated in Cons.
  
  All updates are done automatically through the website when you connect it to your PC.

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• 1 stars

  Battery dead in a few months

  by pwaspinator on July 6, 2012

  Pros: - Free traffic and map updates
  - capacitive multi touch screen

  Cons: - slow response time to touches
  - slow redraw rate on screen
  - updates to maps and software take ~7 hours! (on 30Mbps internet)
  - battery dies permanently in a few months
  - warranty does not cover shipping ~$20 - cheaper to buy a new battery on ebay

  Summary: It's a marginal device when the battery is working, and an abysmal one when it stops. Save yourself the trouble and get a Garmin.

  Summary: It's a marginal device when the battery is working, and an abysmal one when it stops. Save yourself the trouble and get a Garmin.

• 3 stars

  It works great until you update it on the computer!!

  by AnnAnez on June 12, 2011

  Pros: Display is non glare. It has a built in bluetooth that I never used. Maps and navigation system work great, when it is actually working.

  Cons: As soon as you try and update the maps , if anything happens during the download , for example you loose connection or power, the device is completely useless. I have now had to return the device twice for a new one and this it the last time.

  Summary: I would not buy this device again. I have owned TOMTOM GPS XL ONE130 and I loved it, never had a problem. It got stolen and I bought the TOMTOM ...

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  Summary: I would not buy this device again. I have owned TOMTOM GPS XL ONE130 and I loved it, never had a problem. It got stolen and I bought the TOMTOM 2405 and I have returned to the store twice and had it replaced as I thought if was just defective. I have been on the phone with support twice and they tell me I must have gotten a bad batch of them, I think this GPS needs to be overhauled as it is not up to TOMTOM standards. Very disappointed and going out today to replace with another model...maybe a tomtom, maybe a garmin. I would not recommend this model.

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