TomTom I propose a new test for. Can you actually update your device easily with new maps?

When it comes to TomTom, that's a test it has failed for me with three different units, making me want to navigate elsewhere for my GPS needs. Worse, the company seems not to care about known problems.

For all of you TomTom owners feeling lost out there, come along. I'll share some of my pain, and you can nod in agreement. Maybe, just maybe, TomTom might even fix things. The disposable GPS?

Back in 2010, I tried to update my then two-year-old TomTom 920. It was the second TomTom I'd owned, a high-end model. It worked perfectly fine, but the maps were out-of-date. I was ready to purchase new maps, but as it turned out, there was no way to get them into the device. I tried everything, sporadically, over the course of several months. The TomTom wouldn't connect with my Mac.

TomTom XL IQ Routes Edition Review. All the current ONE and XL models come with TomTom's EasyPort mount. Halo 4 Pc Game Serial Key here. Very useful and fair balanced comments. Extra holder and car charger for XL/ONE; For easy installation of your ONE/XL in a second; No more need to transfer your holder from one ca; Product compatible with TomTom One 30 Series,TomTom One 40 Series,TomTom One IQ Routes edition,TomTom XL 30 series,TomTom XL 40 series,TomTom XL IQ Routes edition. TomTom's Lifetime Maps are useless if it takes a lifetime to update. A TomTom XL 340TM. I also needed to have a separate TomTom account for each one.

It wouldn't connect with my Windows 7 computer. It wouldn't connect with a Windows XP computer I tried. It wouldn't connect if I reinstalled any type of software or followed any type of procedure that TomTom suggested. The worse thing was turning to TomTom for help. Its help pages still thought there were no versions of Windows out past Vista. The support ticket I opened sent me around and around, chasing solutions that never worked but consumed tons of time to try.

Meanwhile, the support forums were full of people having similar problems. In the end, TomTom finally decided that maybe there was a fault with my 920. The History Of Art As A Humanistic Discipline Pdf Merge there. Since it was out of warranty, I bought a new unit at the end of 2010, a TomTom XL 340TM.

Buying a new unit was easier than trying to get the old -- but perfectly functional -- unit still going. Update woes continue on new devices The new unit worked fine and had some nice features my older unit didn't have. It was joined by a second unit for our other car, a TomTom 1535 Top Gear edition at the end of 2011. It also had some great features. All was well with both units until I decided in May that I should heed the reminders that both where giving me, to update my maps. Well, why not? Both units came with lifetime maps.