TomTom XL 340-S 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $279.95
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Rating:  168 reviews
Sales Rank: 70
Format: CD
Platforms: Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000
Color: black
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: N/A
Display Size: 4.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.7 x 0.8 x 3.2
nv: Connectivity Technology: Not Applicable
Dimensions: 4.7" Height x 3.2" Width x 0.9" Depth
Display Screen: 4.3" WQVGA Active Matrix TFT Color LCD Touch Scree
Form Factor: Mountable
Manufacturer: TomTom International BV
Manufacturer Part Number: 1EM0.052.02
Manufacturer Website Address: www.tomtom.com
Navigation Instructions: Voice
Package Contents: XL 340S Automobile Navigator Easyport Mount US
Product Model: XL 340S
Product Name: XL 340S Automobile Navigator
MPN: 1EM0.052.02
Model: 1EM0.052.02
UPC: 636926026918
EAN: 0636926026918
ASIN: B001VEJEGK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Complete widescreen navigation with the most accurate maps in a compact, portable GPS device with a 4.3-inch WQVGA touchscreen | | • | Spoken street names/turn-by-turn instructions and 3D graphics will guide you to any address in the United States, Canada, and Mexico--including more than 7 million preloaded points of interest | | • | IQ Routes Technology gives you the fastest route every time by using actual average speeds of travel on your route to calculate your trip rather than only posted speed limits, so you'll always travel the smartest route | | • | Advanced Lane Guidance uses photorealistic images to bring even more clarity to complex multi-lane exits so you can be more confident on the road | | • | With TomTom Map Share technology, you can instantly modify street names, street direction, POIs, road speeds, and turn restrictions on your own device |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 168
 Tomtom XL 340-S March 5, 2010
H. Girard (California)
Overall, reasonably satisfied with product. Status display is quite readable, However, Text to speech on street names is sometimes unclear, or even incorrect. Full Brightness is not adequate for seeing on a clear sunny day.
It is ok February 28, 2010
NJ Amazon User (NJ, USA)
It starts up real fast, real real if you compare to Garmin. The lane assistance features are good. It doesn't catch signals at times and the only way to make it work is to restart which is really bad. Overall, it is ok.
 For the money, a great value. February 28, 2010
W. Seidel (CoSprgs, CO United States)
First, let me say after reading most of the reviews here and now having had the 340-S for about a week now, I can write my own preliminary review.
- I received the unit as promised for a decent price: $119. I had no trouble installing the TomTom Home 2.7 app- I use Windows 7 Pro. I went through the initial updates with no major problems.
- I did have a minor glitch: When running initial updates, I was asked by Windows if I wanted to run Scandisk on the TT drive. It was at this point, during additional updates I received an error waring that the updates could not be completed. I ran the Scandisk as recommended by Windows and retried Updates: successful. Same thing on the "Use Onetime Map update" got about 90% and then it fail, No Maps! I called Support and the support tech walked me through how to restart the map download to device. Worked well.
Like any product, there will be some quirks to how it works and is maintained. But for the price, I am quite satisfied.
Parting thought: I only wish I could reduce the size of the map by say, leaving out Mexico. I do not travel there , in a car at least. As it is, I can only have one computer voice available at one time.
 Great GPS February 28, 2010
John Rhoda (Washington D.C.)
Its a great gps that is really easy to use, but it really needs an auto on/off feature.
 Not much better than my free cellphone GPS service February 28, 2010
Brugal1618
I was very disappointed to find that this GPS is not much better than the free GPS service included with my Sprint Samsung Instinct cellphone. There's a few features that my free GPS has, which I had assumed that the TomTom would have as well given that it specializes in navigation. Here's a list of missing or lacking features:
Directions:
Rather than letting you know ahead of time whether your destination is on your left or your right, the phone simply states "after xyz miles, you have reached your destination". You have to look at the arrow on the screen to see which side of the street it's on. The sprint phone tells you which side of the street your destination is on. This is annoying esp. when you're in heavy traffic and trying to pay attention to the road instead of a little arrow on the GPS screen.
The TomTom does not show you a summary of the directions it will take you in. Therefore, you cannot specifically avoid certain streets if you know that there's a problem. The sprint phone lets you avoid any street, not just paid toll roads.
The TomTom GPS can be off by one or two houses. This is a problem when the destination you're going to does not have house numbers or they're not easily visible.
Points of interest
Limited to those that you either enter yourself or hopefully someone else typed it up, shared it and were able to find it and download it. A lot of mainstream businesses were not pre-loaded such as dunkin' donuts, etc. Creating and maintaining a list is not available through the TomTom software. You must find a third-party tool to do this.
Voice
The computer voice pronounciation, although understandble, is not as clear as the one in the sprint phone.
That said, the TomTom has a few features that outperform the free sprint service:
IQ Routes, excellent GPS satellite signal strength (the sprint one is always failing), and faster processing of routes when you make a wrong turn (sprint can take up to 2min which is a problem when you're lost).
Note to TomTom developers:
You can improve this product by partering with cellphone companies which may threaten your business if they keep offering free GPS navigation in their cellphones. If this device could connect to my cellphone through bluetooth and be able to access a data connection, the TomTom GPS would be an exceptional product. There's also no excuse for having a computer voice that is not as good as the free sprint one or not having the same features as the free spint service.
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