Amazon.com Product DescriptionTomTom GO 740 LIVE is navigation and so much more. Real-time information saves you time, money, and stress. GO LIVE automatically accesses traffic feeds, updated fuel prices, Local Search powered by Google, Weather, and Buddies--so you can stay in the know on the go. Real-time services work right out of the box via a built-in wireless data connection.* Three months of service included.  Navigation and so much more. Click to enlarge. |  GO LIVE automatically accesses traffic feeds, updated fuel prices, Local Search powered by Google, Weather, and Buddies--so you can stay in the know on the go. Click to enlarge. | TomTom's award-winning software means the ultimate driving experience. Switch on and go right out of the box. Just enter your destination address with voice recognition or on the touchscreen and start driving anywhere in the US and Canada. TomTom GO 740 LIVE guides you door to door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions, including street names. The GO 740 LIVE features IQ Routes Technology, which gives you the fastest route every time by using actual average speeds of travel on your route to calculate your trip time rather than posted speed limits. You'll always travel the smartest route. TomTom has the most accurate maps, and with TomTom Map Share technology, you instantly can modify street names, street direction, POIs, and more on your own device. The TomTom GO 740 LIVE is the ultimate connected car navigator. *Services available in the United States only. GO 740 LIVE Features - LIVE Services
- TomTom Traffic
- Fuel Prices
- Local Search powered by Google
- Weather and more
- Maps of United States and Canada with TomTom Map Share
- IQ Routes Technology
- Voice Recognition
- Advanced Lane Guidance
- Bluetooth Hands-Free Calling
- Spoken Street Names
All TomToms Feature  Plug & Go--Works right out of the box.
 Preloaded Points of Interest--Easily find millions of gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and more on your route.
 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.
 Traffic Ready--Optional RDS-TMC traffic receiver accessory keeps you up-to-date on traffic events to minimize potential delays.
 Fuel Price Service (optional)--Know more, pay less.
Why TomTom? TomTom believes that personal navigation should be as easy and safe as possible. TomTom develops smart technology that gives you straightforward solutions, innovations to make life easy.  Easy to Use
- Award-winning navigation software
- Plug & go
 Best Maps
- 30-Day Latest Map Guarantee
- Modify your own map and benefit from others' verified changes with TomTom Map Share
 Best Routing
- QuickGPSfix
- Traffic ready
 Leader in Safety
- Help Me! emergency resources menu
- Safety preferences menu
What's in the Box GO 740 Live device, windshield mount, USB cable, adhesive disk, car charger, and user guide
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 a leading navigation solutions provider with navigation products sold in 30 countries and in over 20 languages. To further its commitment to car navigation, TomTom acquired Tele Atlas maps in 2008 so that the company can continually provide the most up-to-date maps and intelligent routing.  TomTom has its 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. |
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 Another solid offering from TomTom |
| Review Date: July 10, 2009 |
| Reviewer: David Goodhand, Washington, DC |
I have used multiple generations of the TomTom, and I have been a fan for a while. TomTom has always had the best user interface, but the rubber meets the road on directions and map accuracy, and here the new GO 740 Live shows solid improvement.
I drive in the Washington DC area, and occassionally commute up I-95 to New York and Long Island. In other words, it's traffic, traffic everywhere.
I depend on the TomTom GO 740 Live. The traffic updates are frequent, and almost always match what I am seeing in the real world. And IQ Routes are clearly having a positive impact on route selection. IQ Routes is the feature than anonymously gathers actual driving experiences from all TomTom users and then factors that history into its route computation. I suppose it works best in metro areas where there are many users.
Why this matters: Anyone who drives north out of DC knows that 16th Street is much, much better than Georgia Ave. They both appear as normal city streets, and though Georgia appears more direct, it has more untimed lights and more local traffic. Before IQ Routes, TomTom would suggest Georgia, and I would ignore it. Now, TomTom suggests 16th. With IQ Routes, TomTom is gathering the experience that only local drivers have.
After second-guessing TomTom for a few months, and usually being wrong, I now let it automatically route around traffic. Between the traffic reports and the IQ routes, I am getting the right routes and very accurate estimates of arrival times.
My previous TomTom was the 930, which reached its traffic service through a bluetooth connection to my phone. The connection was flaky (I blame Verizon, not TomTom.) and did not work if I was on a call. The new LIVE series has it's own cell circuitry built in. I stopped paying $15/month to Verizon for "broadband access connect", and I will gladly pay $10/month to TomTom for the LIVE services, which include traffic, fuel prices, speed cameras, Google searches, etc.
Final note: In addition to the LIVE services, I subscribe to TomTom's map update service, and I dock the unit to my PC often to download map corrections. I depend on my GPS, so these update services are a positive feature for me, and my review assumes use of all these services. |
A New TomTom GO
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| Review Date: August 16, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Weatherman, Northeast, Pennsylvania, USA |
Yes, I'm a gadget geek. With GPS playing a major part. Past GPS include a Garmen Nuvi 350, Magellian Maiestro 3140, and a TomTom GO 720.
First off, if this is the GPS you're already thinking of, here are some products I'd recommend. If not, read on for my review. Before even using the GPS (for ALL GPS for that matter), I'd recommend purchasing the following:
1) Purchase and apply a screen protector. These can be a real pain to apply. However in the long run they're worth it as they do protect the screen from scratches, drips and splatter, etc. You may take care in tapping your screen, but someone with long nails who touches it may use their nail and put in a scratch. There are many different protectors, however I get one that is set for the model GPS, but even then you may have to cut it...and if you do I'd say use largest scissors you have so you only have to make one if two cuts at the most. Before starting, SET ASIDE TIME.....set a good half hour to and hour. DO NOT rush it as this will be something that in most cases be on your GPS screen for the life of your GPS. Make sure the screen is clean (why I said before you take it into the car) as anything on the screen will show under the protector. And do not touch the sticky part of the protector as finger prints will show, hairs will show, lint, etc. Smooth out with something hard but not sharp or not overly hard. I use a credit card....anything like that will work fine. Smooth out all the air bubbles, run them out the sides.
2) Purchase a HARD case for your GPS. You were crazy enough to spend money on a GPS, so spend the money on a hard case. I purchased a **Tomtom Travel Case for TomTom GO, XL and One GPS Units** This case (had a funky material odor when it arrived but I let it air out and it went away. Anyhow, this case lets me put everything that came in the box (directions included) and that way I always have everything together. If you leave your GPS in the car out in the open it's going to be stolen, a smash and grab takes less then five minutes. If you stuff it in the glove compartment that's good, but eventually you have to take it inside to update to the computer and then you could drop it, put it in a bag and you risk sitting on it, smashing it, etc. A hard case because you protect it. Now some may consider this case large, I don't think so. Plus if you take your GPS for rental cars (many times the cost of renting a car with a GPS equals the cost of purchasing one in the end) you'll need everything (which I'll get to).
Now onto the Review....................
First if you have another TomTom you'll have to use a different email address for this TomTom. Load the new software and make a new email for this TomTOm. You cannot use two TomTom on the same email. Then it'll probably update to the newest HOME software as there have been updates since the one that came with the GPS.
Among all my GPS, this GPS screen is the largest. Screen is nice and big. Colors do white out a bit in the direct sun, but you must make sure it's set for Daylight, and angle it. No major problem for me.
-Finding the satellites upon turning on the GPS. For whatever reason I've always found Magellian to be the quickest here. However everything being equal, location, location, location is the key. If you're in the middle of nowhere with open sky it's few seconds for the 740. Buildings, garage, under trees, etc. It takes a few seconds longer. Nothing major but you notice it.
-With all TomTom they're dependent upon the computer to update maps, GPS and locations.
-This TomTom is cool in which it has a LIVE update for traffic, weather and you can google locations. It works off the Verizon cellular system, so naturally that depends upon where you are with that cellular service. This is unlike GPS which works anywhere out in the open. TomTom gives you three months free, then it's Ten dollars a month to keep.
-The traffic (naturally) gives traffic conditions. However I've found there to be a slight delay. Not major but it could use a tuneup.
-Weather I found to be good.
Now a major difference with the TomTom 740 and the 720 is the connections. With the 740 you NEED the backing of the connector that plugs into the bottom of the GPS to either use the GPS in the car (you can lay it on the seat if you gently pull out the round part from the dash mount)......which plugs into the car (DC). OR if you have a AC/DC converter at home to charge the unit. My other GPS all connect directly with the GPS, however with this GPS you need the connector.
-Another difference with this GPS is I do not believe there is a AC charger for it. As of the time I'm writing this review I've been unable to find one. Why TomTom did this I don't know, but there may well be a reason. And yes I know a search provides "universal" AC adapters, however if you look closely they all look like they plug right in and there is no place on the GPS to plug in.
-You can charge the GPS through the computer UPS. Or as I said if you have a AC/DC converter. What I like is the on/off button lets you know when it's fully charged....unit must be off.
-Also there is TomTom voice with this. You can read off a command and it will read off the directions to you. A small card is included to tell you basic ones. However I could not get used to using this, so I can't comment on it in detail.
-One major difference is this 740 has a small opening on the upper Right to differ light and day for screen color. Works much better than others where the GPS to differ.
All in all I like this GPS. I think that all GPS have their pros and cons, and you have to take the good with the bad. Naturally I'd like to see TomTom give us the LIVE for free, but I doubt it'll happen. According to TomTom this GPS came out in the early summer (yes I called them for this and other questions), so it's their most recent GPS. I really like this GPS and I'm hoping to get many years of service out of it. |
Great GPS, but XL340S may be a better deal!
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| Review Date: October 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: M. L. Mcconnell, Las Vegas, NV |
We ordered this GPS because it offered everything we wanted, we loved the TomTom interface, and Amazon had the best price we could find anywhere.
Pros:
- Great features, especially lane guidance, spoken street names, customizable POI's
- Bluetooth compatibility
- Easily interfaces with your computer through included TomTom Home software
- Can plan a route using Google maps and send directly to the GPS
- Live services are awesome to find new POI's through Google (first 3 months free!)
Cons:
- BT doesn't list our cell phone type, so check to make sure it is one of the "tested: ones listed by Tom Tom
- The Live services are $10 a month, so probably not worth it if you have a smart phone or another data plan, but the traffic updates are nice to have in metropolitan areas.
- The windshield mount is not very compact for traveling, it doesn't fold nicely like the XL340
Overall I would recommend this if you want everything in one GPS (if you've got a compatible phone). Otherwise, I'd go with the XL340S, it's cheaper, and even though there's no BT, it gives most of the same features as the GO740 Live, and you can always add the traffic antenna later. |
pleasantly surprised!
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| Review Date: December 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Rex Handsome, Chicago, Illinois |
I really researched extensively to do the Garmin 1690 or the 740 Live....I feel I made the right choice. IQ Routes seem to really do the job! I'm loving the Live features. Speaker get nice and LOUD while still sounding clear. I live in Chicago, so it gets a real workout with the traffic routing and such. The mount works like a champ, never has fallen. Battery life seems fine for me. screen is easy to see, if you see some glare from lights behind you, just tweak the angle, your good! Touch screen responds well, TomTom Home software wokrs like a champ as well. I recommend updating once a week for the newest maps through mapshare(ROCKS!), and for traffic safety lights..
I'll update this at a later date also! I'm loving my TomTom!
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Best Travel Companion
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| Review Date: July 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: R. M. Miner, |
| My recent purchase of the Tom Tom GO 740 is one of my smartest purchases ever. This GPS was ready to use out of the box and I love the voice command features. I travel alone quite a bit so I don't have someone to look at a map while I'm driving. The clear turn instructions are wonderful although I must admit sometimes annoying as they are repeated a little too much for me. Otherwise, great product and keeping it updated online is a cinch. |
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