TomTom XL 330-S 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

Fri, Apr 30, 2010

Maps of United States and Canada with TomTom Map Share with TomTom’s 30-Day Latest Map Guarantee–Up to date, off the shelf
Guides you door-to-door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions including street names
Preloaded Points of Interest–Easily find millions of gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and more on your route
The Fold & Go EasyPort mount folds flat against the device, making it easy to take it with you from car to car
Switch on and go right out of the box

Amazon.com Product Description
The TomTom XL 330-S is easy-to-use widescreen 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 including street names. And 3D graphics help guide you to your destination. 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. An extra-wide touchscreen helps you find your way, worry-free. The XL 330-S 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 mod… More >>

TomTom XL 330-S 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

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5 Comments For This Post

Raja Bhat Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 9:33 am

Garmin and Magellan show subcategories of points of interests like restaurants: Italian, Greek, etc. TomTom doesn’t. It didn’t even show a full list of restaurants; if I typed a name in, it found it. This is not acceptable as in a new town; how am I supposed to know what name of an Italian restaurant to type in? I won’t recommend TomTom to anyone based on this.
Rating: 2 / 5

Nikki Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 11:12 am

I have never been more disappointed in any company as I am TomTom. Got it for Christmas 2008. Got it going, did the update…all was good. By June it would not update, even though it wasn’t hardly used at all…maybe twice. It would get us where we wanted to go, it would connect to our computer, updates would download, but the updates would NOT install. I contacted tomtom, even attached a scan of my receipt to my support question as they asked. They sent me a new (refurbished) one, same thing…another new/refurb one, same thing….ANOTHER new/refurb one, SAME THING. Finally they sent me a real new one, not refurbished…same thing. So they say it is my computer and they have NOBODY, thats right, NOBODY that would even TRY to help me figure out what it could possibly be on my computer that was keeping it from intalling updates. They just wanted to keep sending me a different unit. What a cop-out…it worked fine on my computer in January. So here I am with a GPS I spent $250 on that can only get me down the road. Once there are new roads, etc I cannot update, I cannot add points of interest, voices, NOTHING. I could have spent $75 for a GPS that did only that. They would not refund or even exchange for a different model, even though I have the receipt. I have NEVER owned an electronic product that didn’t have support to help me fix issues with the product being compatible with my computer…until i experienced tomtom. Please don’t take any chances with this company.
Rating: 1 / 5

Wallace Ferguson Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 12:31 pm

According to the box, this GPS was supposed to speak street names………..it did not. I could not find instructions in the book or a menu item to correct this, so either mine was defective or they lie!!

I returned it for a refund.
Rating: 2 / 5

Chi T. Vu Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 1:00 pm

I got Tomtom XL 330s about 2 weeks ago from Costco. This GPS does take you from point A to point B but it doesn’t give you a most efficient direction. Some of the instances, it gives a shorter route but haven’t counter the traffic lights. I used this GPS to show me the map from my house to my work using Fastest Route option. Tomtom’s direction is about 2 miles shorter from my normal route (12.9 vs 15 miles) but it takes highways and inner road, which has a lot of traffic lights. None of the local drivers will take this road. Map Quest, Google Map and Garmin Nuvi 650 are all shown the same direction. This direction is a lot more correct and most of the local people will take. Another instance, I tried to use Tomtom to show me the direction from Fairfax, VA to Harrisburg, PA. Tomtom shows me to take 95 N, and 695 (Baltimore Beltway), and 83 N. There is a lot of traffic on this route from DC to Baltimore and it is 20 miles longer than taking 270 N through Frederick, MD and 15 North through Gettysburg PA. Google Map, Mapquest, and Garmin Nuvi 650 are showed the correct way. But thanks to the Alternate Route Feature to allow me to avoid some certain roads and recalculate the map. Yes it is a nice feature, no doubt about it but if I already know what roads to avoid then I already know my direction I don’t need the GPS or Tomtom suggests me to check mapquest or google map prior to make my trip to find the most efficient road. I feel the algorithm that used to calculate direction in Tomtom’s device is not smart enough to find the shortest route. I am not sure what type of algorithm it used. Beside all that, inquiring the satellite and calculate map are great. It is pretty fast and the design is nice, especially the new style of mount. This GPS does take you from Point A to B but probably not the best route but it does the job. From my opinion, I am going to return this Tomtom GPS and get the Garmin Nuvi 760. Because the Garmin Nuvi 650’s resolution is a lot better than Tomtom and Nuvi 760 is even better. I want a device that I can count on and give me the best direction. Gas is expensive now a day. I can’t sit on the traffic for 20 mins or take a 20 miles longer route. I gave this device 2 star since it has a nice design, great mount, inquiring satellite pretty fast, and does take you from Point A to B.
Rating: 2 / 5

Andre Boavistta Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 1:36 pm

Quando comprei meu primeiro GPS, há mais de seis anos, navegador veicular via satélite ainda era um produto desconhecido da grande maioria e muito caro – lembro que paguei R$ 2.990,00 por um palm com navegador que eu só usava mesmo para servir de orientação e quase nunca como palm. Recém chegado a São Paulo o navegador era a única opção que fazia sentido naquela época para me localizar em uma cidade tão grande e tão sem referências para mim que conhecia quase nada da cidade. Foi uma sábia decisão ter comprado aquele Mio Walker e ele se pagou centenas de vezes.

Adquiri recentemente um novo GPS, o TomTomXL 330-S com tela widescreen de 4.3 polegadas e posso assegurar, com a experiência de quem usa GPSs antes mesmo destes virarem moda e acessórios indispensáveis para quem deseja uma solução rápida e eficaz de navegação via satélite, que é um excelente produto com processamento rápido, localização dos satélites sem muita demora e um software para controle de fácil interação, o Tom Tom Home – que é baixado pela internet após acoplar o aparelho através de uma conexão USB, além de permitir alertas sonoros para informar a presença de radares fixos.

A TomTom possui uma gama ampla de GPS de várias faixas de preço, no entanto, o XL 330-S é um dos que oferecem atualmente (agosto/09) uma das melhores relações de custo x benefício.

Os TomTom comprados fora do Brasil acompanham normalmente mapas dos Estados Unidos e Canadá e por mais setenta euros você adquiri e faz o download através do site brasileiro da TomTom. Logo após o pagamento ser confirmado você faz o download e pode trocar o mapa em seu aparelho – e o mapa anterior você deixa como cópia no computador para utilizar, se precisar, em outra oportunidade.

Um dos recursos que mais me deixou feliz são os avisos de radares fixos – normalmente a cerca de 200 metros do radar este aparelho informa com um beep e sinaliza na telinha a proximidade de um radar e qual a velocidade permitida na via e monitorada pelo radar em questão – não que o XL 330-S também seja um detector de radar, mas a TomTom atualiza a localização destes através do TomTom Home e o software do aparelho informa quando percebe que você está na localização próxima ao radar informado ao sistema. Muito bom e prático – quase todos estão mapeados e é só manter o aparelho atualizado via TomTom Home para ter as últimas referências mapeadas.

Um ótimo aparelho, uma boa relação custo x benefício e uma certeza de ter bons recursos para se guiar via satélite no Brasil e em outros países (é só adquirir os mapas e facilmente implantar no aparelho).
Rating: 5 / 5

Raja Bhat Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Garmin and Magellan show subcategories of points of interests like restaurants: Italian, Greek, etc. TomTom doesn’t. It didn’t even show a full list of restaurants; if I typed a name in, it found it. This is not acceptable as in a new town; how am I supposed to know what name of an Italian restaurant to type in? I won’t recommend TomTom to anyone based on this.
Rating: 2 / 5
Nikki Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 11:12 am
I have never been more disappointed in any company as I am TomTom. Got it for Christmas 2008. Got it going, did the update…all was good. By June it would not update, even though it wasn’t hardly used at all…maybe twice. It would get us where we wanted to go, it would connect to our computer, updates would download, but the updates would NOT install. I contacted tomtom, even attached a scan of my receipt to my support question as they asked. They sent me a new (refurbished) one, same thing…another new/refurb one, same thing….ANOTHER new/refurb one, SAME THING. Finally they sent me a real new one, not refurbished…same thing. So they say it is my computer and they have NOBODY, thats right, NOBODY that would even TRY to help me figure out what it could possibly be on my computer that was keeping it from intalling updates. They just wanted to keep sending me a different unit. What a cop-out…it worked fine on my computer in January. So here I am with a GPS I spent $250 on that can only get me down the road. Once there are new roads, etc I cannot update, I cannot add points of interest, voices, NOTHING. I could have spent $75 for a GPS that did only that. They would not refund or even exchange for a different model, even though I have the receipt. I have NEVER owned an electronic product that didn’t have support to help me fix issues with the product being compatible with my computer…until i experienced tomtom. Please don’t take any chances with this company.
Rating: 1 / 5
Wallace Ferguson Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
According to the box, this GPS was supposed to speak street names………..it did not. I could not find instructions in the book or a menu item to correct this, so either mine was defective or they lie!!

I returned it for a refund.
Rating: 2 / 5
Chi T. Vu Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
I got Tomtom XL 330s about 2 weeks ago from Costco. This GPS does take you from point A to point B but it doesn’t give you a most efficient direction. Some of the instances, it gives a shorter route but haven’t counter the traffic lights. I used this GPS to show me the map from my house to my work using Fastest Route option. Tomtom’s direction is about 2 miles shorter from my normal route (12.9 vs 15 miles) but it takes highways and inner road, which has a lot of traffic lights. None of the local drivers will take this road. Map Quest, Google Map and Garmin Nuvi 650 are all shown the same direction. This direction is a lot more correct and most of the local people will take. Another instance, I tried to use Tomtom to show me the direction from Fairfax, VA to Harrisburg, PA. Tomtom shows me to take 95 N, and 695 (Baltimore Beltway), and 83 N. There is a lot of traffic on this route from DC to Baltimore and it is 20 miles longer than taking 270 N through Frederick, MD and 15 North through Gettysburg PA. Google Map, Mapquest, and Garmin Nuvi 650 are showed the correct way. But thanks to the Alternate Route Feature to allow me to avoid some certain roads and recalculate the map. Yes it is a nice feature, no doubt about it but if I already know what roads to avoid then I already know my direction I don’t need the GPS or Tomtom suggests me to check mapquest or google map prior to make my trip to find the most efficient road. I feel the algorithm that used to calculate direction in Tomtom’s device is not smart enough to find the shortest route. I am not sure what type of algorithm it used. Beside all that, inquiring the satellite and calculate map are great. It is pretty fast and the design is nice, especially the new style of mount. This GPS does take you from Point A to B but probably not the best route but it does the job. From my opinion, I am going to return this Tomtom GPS and get the Garmin Nuvi 760. Because the Garmin Nuvi 650’s resolution is a lot better than Tomtom and Nuvi 760 is even better. I want a device that I can count on and give me the best direction. Gas is expensive now a day. I can’t sit on the traffic for 20 mins or take a 20 miles longer route. I gave this device 2 star since it has a nice design, great mount, inquiring satellite pretty fast, and does take you from Point A to B.
Rating: 2 / 5
Andre Boavistta Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Quando comprei meu primeiro GPS, há mais de seis anos, navegador veicular via satélite ainda era um produto desconhecido da grande maioria e muito caro – lembro que paguei R$ 2.990,00 por um palm com navegador que eu só usava mesmo para servir de orientação e quase nunca como palm. Recém chegado a São Paulo o navegador era a única opção que fazia sentido naquela época para me localizar em uma cidade tão grande e tão sem referências para mim que conhecia quase nada da cidade. Foi uma sábia decisão ter comprado aquele Mio Walker e ele se pagou centenas de vezes.

Adquiri recentemente um novo GPS, o TomTomXL 330-S com tela widescreen de 4.3 polegadas e posso assegurar, com a experiência de quem usa GPSs antes mesmo destes virarem moda e acessórios indispensáveis para quem deseja uma solução rápida e eficaz de navegação via satélite, que é um excelente produto com processamento rápido, localização dos satélites sem muita demora e um software para controle de fácil interação, o Tom Tom Home – que é baixado pela internet após acoplar o aparelho através de uma conexão USB, além de permitir alertas sonoros para informar a presença de radares fixos.

A TomTom possui uma gama ampla de GPS de várias faixas de preço, no entanto, o XL 330-S é um dos que oferecem atualmente (agosto/09) uma das melhores relações de custo x benefício.

Os TomTom comprados fora do Brasil acompanham normalmente mapas dos Estados Unidos e Canadá e por mais setenta euros você adquiri e faz o download através do site brasileiro da TomTom. Logo após o pagamento ser confirmado você faz o download e pode trocar o mapa em seu aparelho – e o mapa anterior você deixa como cópia no computador para utilizar, se precisar, em outra oportunidade.

Um dos recursos que mais me deixou feliz são os avisos de radares fixos – normalmente a cerca de 200 metros do radar este aparelho informa com um beep e sinaliza na telinha a proximidade de um radar e qual a velocidade permitida na via e monitorada pelo radar em questão – não que o XL 330-S também seja um detector de radar, mas a TomTom atualiza a localização destes através do TomTom Home e o software do aparelho informa quando percebe que você está na localização próxima ao radar informado ao sistema. Muito bom e prático – quase todos estão mapeados e é só manter o aparelho atualizado via TomTom Home para ter as últimas referências mapeadas.

Um ótimo aparelho, uma boa relação custo x benefício e uma certeza de ter bons recursos para se guiar via satélite no Brasil e em outros países (é só adquirir os mapas e facilmente implantar no aparelho).
Rating: 5 / 5

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