Comments on: TomTom EASE 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator http://www.trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Larry L. Haas http://www.trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator/comment-page-1#comment-76 Larry L. Haas Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:12:43 +0000 http://trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator#comment-76 I bought this for my wife for Valentines Day. She has been wanting her own GPS for awhile and this was a great time. I have owned TomToms in the past, all were rather technical to use. But not this one! It is extremely simple, small and beautiful design. <br /> <br />Beware I have only had it for a day, but here are my observations. It is too new - the TomTom web site doesn't have it in the drop-down menu to get the Users Manual. The box includes a Users Guide not a Users Manual. There are only a few references to it on the web site, well a black one with an available red faceplate. <br /> <br />TomTom Home gave me a lot of problems because of a previous account I had on the site. When I tried to remove the old 700 and select this new one I received an error about an old version of TomTom Home on the new device. I fought that for awhile but finally was able to update and backup. <br /> <br />I have owned many GPSs from handheld to laptop dongles and we currently have 2 other GPSs in the house we use for trips. But this is by far the best one - as should be expected of something this new. As it will be used as a "Personal Navigation Device" for my wife, it fits the bill perfectly. <br /> <br />If something changes as she uses it or something unexpected comes up, I'll repost. Rating: 5 / 5 I bought this for my wife for Valentines Day. She has been wanting her own GPS for awhile and this was a great time. I have owned TomToms in the past, all were rather technical to use. But not this one! It is extremely simple, small and beautiful design.

Beware I have only had it for a day, but here are my observations. It is too new – the TomTom web site doesn’t have it in the drop-down menu to get the Users Manual. The box includes a Users Guide not a Users Manual. There are only a few references to it on the web site, well a black one with an available red faceplate.

TomTom Home gave me a lot of problems because of a previous account I had on the site. When I tried to remove the old 700 and select this new one I received an error about an old version of TomTom Home on the new device. I fought that for awhile but finally was able to update and backup.

I have owned many GPSs from handheld to laptop dongles and we currently have 2 other GPSs in the house we use for trips. But this is by far the best one – as should be expected of something this new. As it will be used as a “Personal Navigation Device” for my wife, it fits the bill perfectly.

If something changes as she uses it or something unexpected comes up, I’ll repost.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: J. Dawson http://www.trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator/comment-page-1#comment-75 J. Dawson Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:22:58 +0000 http://trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator#comment-75 I did not purchase this item from Amazon as the Red version was not my first choice. My unit was purchased directly from TomTom. <br /> <br />This is not my first TomTom PND. From my previous dealings with TomTom and TomTom Home I knew that you need to create a new account for each TomTom device that you own. Strange that the company designs their product support expecting that a customer will only ever buy ONE of their devices. That being said, even a new account did not help with registering and using the EASE with the PC software. When I tried to register my EASE I received an error message the said that there was an invalid version of the TomTom application on my device. <br /> <br />The company website was no help. A call to their support line gave the excuse that the EASE was 'too new' and that TomTom was working on fixing the Home application to recognize this unrecognized device. This should have been done before the product release. <br /> <br />The EASE works well as a PND out of the box and I like the attached folding suction cup mount. Until the Ease is supported by the Home application and the Customer Support telephone menus it doesn't have anything else going for it. Rating: 3 / 5 I did not purchase this item from Amazon as the Red version was not my first choice. My unit was purchased directly from TomTom.

This is not my first TomTom PND. From my previous dealings with TomTom and TomTom Home I knew that you need to create a new account for each TomTom device that you own. Strange that the company designs their product support expecting that a customer will only ever buy ONE of their devices. That being said, even a new account did not help with registering and using the EASE with the PC software. When I tried to register my EASE I received an error message the said that there was an invalid version of the TomTom application on my device.

The company website was no help. A call to their support line gave the excuse that the EASE was ‘too new’ and that TomTom was working on fixing the Home application to recognize this unrecognized device. This should have been done before the product release.

The EASE works well as a PND out of the box and I like the attached folding suction cup mount. Until the Ease is supported by the Home application and the Customer Support telephone menus it doesn’t have anything else going for it.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: Jack http://www.trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator/comment-page-1#comment-74 Jack Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:11:16 +0000 http://trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator#comment-74 Buy this and you will be sorry, in an effort to make it easy to use they have virtually neutered it. All the normal features found on even the cheapest GPS units have been eliminated. No manual and can't be updated on the web because it's not even listed yet, all you get is "user error". <br /> <br />It has virtually no controls other than Volume and Screen color. <br /> <br />The text to speech is a joke, barely understandable and the volume in the speech mode is to low, the TT 125 I bought last year is much clearer and has twice the volume. <br /> <br />I have a Garmin 255 and still have the TT 125 I bought last year and either one work's fine for a basic unit but this thing is a joke, simply a waste of time and money. Rating: 2 / 5 Buy this and you will be sorry, in an effort to make it easy to use they have virtually neutered it. All the normal features found on even the cheapest GPS units have been eliminated. No manual and can’t be updated on the web because it’s not even listed yet, all you get is “user error”.

It has virtually no controls other than Volume and Screen color.

The text to speech is a joke, barely understandable and the volume in the speech mode is to low, the TT 125 I bought last year is much clearer and has twice the volume.

I have a Garmin 255 and still have the TT 125 I bought last year and either one work’s fine for a basic unit but this thing is a joke, simply a waste of time and money.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> By: Zubair Asad http://www.trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator/comment-page-1#comment-73 Zubair Asad Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:37:21 +0000 http://trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator#comment-73 On a look this is okay GPS. But a GPS effectiveness lies in its ability to locate the stating position and then guide to the destination. I have opened the box of TomTom EASE GPS and use help (where am I) function. GPS gave me a wrong location address. I then enter an address and try to get the GPS work. GPS started on initial wrong location and gave me directions from there -- which is obviously incorrect. <br /> <br />So this makes this device an unusable one. I returned it at my first available moment. <br /> <br />-Zubair Asad Rating: 1 / 5 On a look this is okay GPS. But a GPS effectiveness lies in its ability to locate the stating position and then guide to the destination. I have opened the box of TomTom EASE GPS and use help (where am I) function. GPS gave me a wrong location address. I then enter an address and try to get the GPS work. GPS started on initial wrong location and gave me directions from there — which is obviously incorrect.

So this makes this device an unusable one. I returned it at my first available moment.

-Zubair Asad
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Michael H. Davis http://www.trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator/comment-page-1#comment-72 Michael H. Davis Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:59:47 +0000 http://trianglebuckeyes.com/tomtom-ease-3-5-inch-portable-gps-navigator#comment-72 I am sure all of the comments here are more or less accurate--the good and the bad. I have just ordered it but have yet to use it. But since this is essentially the same as the TomTom Start, you can likely use the user manual for that model. You can find it here: [...] <br /> <br /> Rating: 3 / 5 I am sure all of the comments here are more or less accurate–the good and the bad. I have just ordered it but have yet to use it. But since this is essentially the same as the TomTom Start, you can likely use the user manual for that model. You can find it here: [...]

Rating: 3 / 5

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