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XL 350TM 4.3″ Auto GPS Navigation Unit

Get street smart with the TomTom XL 350·TM–complete widescreen navigation, featuring Lifetime Traffic and Map Updates*. Enjoy a lifetime of easy driving with two great features from TomTom. Lifetime Maps guarantees you receive four new editions of your TomTom map each year to ensure that you are always navigating with the industry’s most up-to-date map. And, Lifetime Traffic automatically sends real-time updates to your TomTom, so you can always steer clear of traffic delays and take the fastest route possible to your destination.

Maps of US, Canada & Mexico
TomTom is known the world over for the accuracy and extensive coverage of its maps. TomTom maps include 1 million more miles of road than other GPS brands and have been rated highest in terms of quality and reliability.

Lifetime Traffic & Map Updates
Enjoy a lifetime of easy driving with two great features from TomTom. LIFETIME Maps guarantees you receive four new editions of your TomTom map each year to ensure that you are always navigating with the industry’s most up-to-date map. And, LIFETIME Traffic automatically sends real-time updates to your TomTom, so you can always steer clear of traffic delays and take the fastest route possible to your destination.

Note: You receive non-transferable traffic data and up to four non-transferable map data updates per year until the product’s useful life expires or TomTom no longer receives map or traffic updates from its suppliers, whichever is shorter. Details and terms at www.tomtom.com/legal.

EasyMenu
Easily access all of TomTom’s powerful features through its simple and intuitive two-button menu. Just a tap gets you started, and easy-to-follow commands and recognizable icons lead you through a quick start-up process to get you on the road in no time.

7 million Points of Interest
Comes preloaded with more than 7 million points of interest in over 60 categories. Easi
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Get street smart with the TomTom XL 350·TM–complete widescreen navigation, featuring Lifetime Traffic and Map Updates*. Enjoy a lifetime of easy driving with two great features from TomTom. Lifetime Maps guarantees you receive four new editions of your TomTom map each year to ensure that you are always navigating with the industry’s most up-to-date map. And, Lifetime Traffic automatically sends real-time updates to your TomTom, so you can always steer clear of traffic delays and take the fastest route possible to your destination.

Complete widescreen navigation plus Lifetime Traffic and Map Updates.

Expand your horizons with a 4.3-inch extra-wide touchscreen.

The award-winning Fold & Go EasyPort mount folds into the back of the device for maximum portability.

Since TomTom has the industry’s most accurate and dependable maps you’ll have access to one million more miles of roads than you would using other GPS brands. Navigate to any location in the US, Canada or Mexico–or directly to one of 7 million preloaded points of interest. Finding your way has never been easier, using TomTom’s new EasyMenu and spoken turn-by-turn instructions including street names.

Only TomTom has IQ Routes**. This exclusive technology evaluates routes based on actual traffic speeds, rather than posted speed limits, and will recommend the fastest route for the time of day. You’ll always be directed to the quickest, most efficient route. Advanced Lane Guidance provides extra clarity when navigating difficult junctions by showing you which lane to take, so you won’t miss your turn or have to make dangerous lane crossings. Photorealistic images and a pulsing green arrow indicate exactly which lane to use.

Eighteen percent of the nation’s road information changes every year. With TomTom’s exclusive Map Share On-Demand Updates, you have the ability to update your own map instantly or download verified updates from other drivers. Update your TomTom daily or whenever you wish.

The “Help Me!” menu lets you travel with peace of mind. It provides added safety features so you can easily access local emergency providers such as police, fire stations, and hospitals. The “Where Am I?” feature pinpoints your exact location so you can accurately communicate it to emergency resources.

The award-winning Fold & Go EasyPort mount folds neatly onto the back of the device, so both are small enough to fit into your pocket or bag.

Maps of US, Canada & Mexico
TomTom is known the world over for the accuracy and extensive coverage of its maps. TomTom maps include 1 million more miles of road than other GPS brands and have been rated highest in terms of quality and reliability.

Lifetime Traffic & Map Updates
Enjoy a lifetime of easy driving with two great features from TomTom. LIFETIME Maps guarantees you receive four new editions of your TomTom map each year to ensure that you are always navigating with the industry’s most up-to-date map. And, LIFETIME Traffic automatically sends real-time updates to your TomTom, so you can always steer clear of traffic delays and take the fastest route possible to your destination.

Note: You receive non-transferable traffic data and up to four non-transferable map data updates per year until the product’s useful life expires or TomTom no longer receives map or traffic updates from its suppliers, whichever is shorter. Details and terms at www.tomtom.com/legal.

EasyMenu
Easily access all of TomTom’s powerful features through its simple and intuitive two-button menu. Just a tap gets you started, and easy-to-follow commands and recognizable icons lead you through a quick start-up process to get you on the road in no time.

7 million Points of Interest
Comes preloaded with more than 7 million points of interest in over 60 categories. Easily find millions of gas stations, restaurants, hotels and more on your route. Or, seek out a new tourist attraction, nightlife spot or shopping center and navigate directly to it. Customize by adding your own favorites.

IQ Routes*
Despite posted speed limits, traffic traveling along a road at 8 a.m. moves at a different pace than it does at 2 p.m. Actual traffic speed is affected by rush hour, traffic light changes, pedestrian traffic, day of the week, and more. Only TomTom offers exclusive technology that evaluates routes based on actual traffic speeds, rather than posted speed limits, and will recommend the fastest route for the time of the day.

Advanced Lane Guidance**
TomTom provides extra clarity when navigating difficult junctions by showing you which lane to take, so you won’t miss your turn or have to make dangerous lane crossings. Photorealistic images and a pulsing green arrow indicate exactly which lane to use.

Announces Street Names
Keep your eyes on the road while your TomTom announces turn-by-turn directions, including street and place names.

4.3-Inch Touchscreen
Expand your horizons with a 4.3-inch extra-wide touchscreen. A wide screen allows an expanded driving view and easier menu operation.

Fold & Go EasyPort Mount
The award-winning Fold & Go EasyPort mount provides maximum portability. It folds neatly onto the back of the device, so both are small enough to fit into your pocket or bag and can be taken with you wherever you travel.

*Feature available in the US and Canada only
**Feature available in the US only

All TomToms Feature

Plug & Go–Works right out of the box.

30 Day Latest Map Guarantee–Up to date, off the shelf.

TomTom Map Share–Modify your own map and benefit from others’ verified changes with TomTom Map Share.

Help Me! Emergency Menu–Easily access local emergency providers such as police, fire stations and hospitals.

TomTom HOME–Always up to date.

Fuel Price Service (optional)–Know more, pay less.

About TomTom

Founded in Amsterdam in 1991, TomTom has established itself as a global leader in navigation by being an innovative company with a strong brand, clear customer focus, and high quality products and services.

TomTom is the world’s leading navigation solutions provider with navigation products sold in 30 countries and in over 20 languages. To further our commitment to car navigation, TomTom acquired Tele Atlas maps in 2008 so we can continually provide the most up-to-date maps and intelligent routing.

We have our own mapping company!
Did you know that every year roads change by up to 40% in high-growth areas? Tele Atlas manages this by using the world’s most comprehensive systems to identify and incorporate these changes into our maps with unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy. All TomTom devices benefit from the Tele Atlas advantage–more coverage, more points of interest, and more freshness and accuracy.

Why TomTom?
At TomTom, we believe that personal navigation should be as easy and safe as possible. We develop smart technology that gives you straightforward solutions, innovations to make life easy.

#Interesting comment about this product.
I’ve been a happy owner of a TomTom ONE 130 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator for more than a year and was ready for an upgrade. First, I bought TomTom XL 340TM (Lifetime Traffic & Maps Edition) 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator. After much trouble with the TomTom XL 340TM (my review is posted), I first exchanged it for another dud and then returned it altogether for this XL 350TM hoping that it was the 340 series that was the problem. The 350 series differs from the 340 series in that it has Easy Menu.

What’s great about XL 350TM? It works! Below are some of the features I find important to note:

EASY MENU

There are lots of complaints about the Easy Menu. For myself, I don’t mind it. Sure, the features are not as customizable as in other models, but it’s not a big deal to me. I can still do things like alter my route, change volume and choose voices. The basics are still there. I would especially recommend Easy Menu for someone like my dad, who’s electronically challenged.

LANE ASSIST

Love the Lane Assist feature, especially in places like Southern California. It even shows the carpool and toll lanes. At a glance, I can see which lane I need to be in.

SPOKEN STREET NAMES

Only the computer voice can speak the street names. They come out garbled half the time, but I can make them out. Occasionally, the street names aren’t spoken or they are spoken too close to a turn, usually when driving slowly down a neighborhood. I’m used to glancing at the screen, so it doesn’t throw me off too much.

LIFETIME TRAFFIC AND MAPS

The Lifetime Maps code that was in the box worked. We get four updates per year, which is plenty, since I will only use it about once a year at most.

The Lifetime Traffic is included in the cable, which must be plugged into the cigarette lighter. The traffic data is updated frequently. When there is a backup, I am told how long the delay will be, my new estimated time of arrival, and whether the route I am taking is still the best route. All of that is both spoken and displayed. If there is a quicker route around a backup, Tom Tom will ask if I want to be rerouted and I only need to touch the screen once to answer.

Traffic is very bad around here in Southern California. Although I know my way around, I’ve been using this TomTom during rush hour and I find my commute smooth and very quick. I am routed onto backroads I never knew existed, but it always works. I actually hope this Tom Tom doesn’t become too popular, lest my newfound lightly traveled roads become congested.

My TomTom One has led me astray a couple of times a year. That’s not very much, considering the map was not updated. I haven’t been lost with this XL 350TM, but it’s still relatively new. If the maps become a problem, I will come back to update the review.

PROS:
+ it works!
+ Easy Menu for the electronically challenged
+ lane assist
+ spoken street names
+ lifetime traffic
+ map updatable up to 4 times per year
+ reroutes around traffic jams

CONS:
- less customizable than models without Easy Menu
- spoken street names occasionally spoken too late or not at all
- spoken street names garbled half the time
- traffic cable must be plugged into cigarette lighter

SUMMARY

This was a very nice upgrade from the TomTom One and is many times better than my TomTom XL 340TM. I love the XL 350TM and hope to keep it for a very long time.

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*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Jul 17, 2010 08:21:24

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