TomTom GO LIVE 1005 5" Sat Nav with World Maps (66 Countries): Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

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Fluid touchscreen
One year FREE LIVE Services - unlimited access to HD Traffic, Speed Cameras and more
Hands-free calling - Use your device as a car-kit for your mobile phone
Faster route planning
Voice Control - Use your voice to plan your route and give commands to your device

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Enhance Safety

Safety is always the number-one priority when driving, and the GO LIVE 1005 gives you the tools to make your journey go more smoothly - from easy-to-read-and-use screens, hands-free operation, emergency information, and warnings of danger ahead.

5" XXL Fluid Touch Screen (13 cm)

See more and drive easy with an XXL 5" Fluid Touch screen. Pinch to zoom in and out of maps, or scroll through menus with the tip of your finger – the screen responds intelligently and sensitively to your touch.

Easier navigation with a large, rich colour Fluid Touch screen and new user interface.
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Intuitive User Interface

The new user interface gives you a sharper view with richer colours, allowing you to identify maps and directions much more easily and quickly. The navigation view is more fluid, with clear and detailed lane guidance to help you navigate complicated junctions.

Help Me! Emergency Menu

You can find help with local emergency service information at your fingertips. From hospitals to roadside assistance, this information will be useful in any area.

Be Aware of Cameras Ahead

Your device receives real-time mobile speed camera locations, including reports from other users. It also warns you of other alerts, such as fixed speed cameras and average speed checks for the road ahead. It saves you money on speeding fines, helping you to drive safely and relaxed.

Hands-free Calling

Use your device as an car-kit for your mobile phone. Now you can make and answer phone calls safely while driving, leaving you in control and in touch.

Voice Command and Control

Advanced speech recognition technology lets you control your TomTom device using voice commands. From planning a route to placing a call, over 150 tasks are easily activated by voice, making your drive smoother and safer.

Reduce Driver Stress

Find the right route every time with the GO LIVE 1005's real-time traffic information, the latest maps, and easy and clear instructions on how to get started.

Advanced speech recognition technology lets you control your TomTom device using voice commands.
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LIVE Snapshot

LIVE snapshot gives you all the relevant information in your surrounding area right from the start. You'll be able to see real-time information at a glance, including traffic conditions, safety cameras and more, making your drive more relaxed.

Advanced Lane Guidance

Drivers often feel stressed at unfamiliar junctions when there are a lot of lanes to choose from. Advanced lane guidance provides extra clarity to drivers in these circumstances, so they won’t miss a turn or have to make a last-minute lane crossing. It works by giving them a still 3D image on the screen that clearly indicates the lane they need to take. So even at the most complex junctions and in the heaviest traffic, drivers can stay relaxed and in control.

Richer Maps

You are ready to go with the richer maps, covering two million km more roads in 45 European countries with more graphical details. IQ Routes™ speed profiles give you the fastest route any time of day. And with rich POI data, such as phone numbers and opening times, you have even more information at your fingertips.

Local Search with Google

Tap into the latest local Google listings from your TomTom GO to locate anything from Indian restaurants to flower shops wherever you are. Type in any search word, find matching locations and let your device take you there.

Use your device to find, check and compare places and hotel prices while you’re out and about, using your favourite independent travel brands TripAdvisor and Expedia.

Compare hotels, restaurants, shops and attractions on your journey.
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Search & Go with TripAdvisor & Expedia

Use trusted reviews on TripAdvisor to check out the best places to eat, stay and have fun. Then decide on your next hotel stay with availability and price information from Expedia. And once you have chosen, let your device take you there.

Parking Assist

See information on nearby parking garages when you get close to your destination by default. When planning a route the GO LIVE 1005 will also ask if you want to find parking spot near your destination.

Easy Click Magnetic Mount

A unique magnetic dock makes docking and undocking your device easy.

Fast Route Planning

No more waiting around - your route is calculated in a matter of seconds, so you get on your way much faster than ever before.

Save Time & Money

Drive smarter with the GO LIVE 1005. Find up-to-date traffic information, the most economical routes, and plan the best routes for any time of day.

HD Traffic™

It’s often helpful to check the radio, TV and internet for traffic news. But most of these sources only give news on the main highways. And that information won’t make any difference to route calculation on your device. Our leading HD Traffic™ service, however, gives drivers more detailed updates on more of the roads – live on their TomTom device. Users can view detailed incident reports, estimated delay times and alternative route proposals in an instant. The result? Drivers stay calm and in control, with the most accurate journey durations and arrival times.

TomTom HD Traffic gives you up-to-date traffic information, and IQ Routes helps you find the fastest route.
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IQ Routes™ Technology

Only TomTom uses actual speed data collected from millions of users to accurately calculate the travel time of your route. It allows for rush hour, traffic lights, even shopping crowds. So no matter what time it is, you can rely on IQ Routes to tell you when you’ll get there.

Eco Routes

Driving with these more fuel-efficient routes saves you money as well as reducing your impact on the environment. Your device can show you the route which has a lower environmental impact, using the driving data of millions of TomTom users.

QuickGPSfix™

QuickGPSfix™ speeds up the time it takes to fix your GPS position to help you drive off more quickly.

Smart Extras

Update your maps, plan your route, or get involved with the TomTom community - all from the comfort of your own home.

Use Twitter™ on your journey to keep your contacts up to date on your destination and arrival time.
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Share destination with Twitter™

Use Twitter™ to keep your contacts up to date on your destination and arrival time. You can set your device to send a message automatically if your arrival time changes. So, even your most avid ‘followers’ can’t say they’re out of the loop.

Map Share™ Technology

Our research reveals that roads change by as much as 15% every year. That’s why we draw upon the largest satellite navigation community in the world – ours. Through our unique Map Share™ technology, drivers can make corrections to their map and benefit from thousands of corrections made by over 40 million TomTom users every day – free of charge.

Over 5 million Map Share™ corrections have been made worldwide to date. Through Map Share™, a driver can: block and unblock a street, reverse traffic direction, edit a street name, change turn restrictions, change road speed, add a missing Point of Interest (POI), edit a POI, and report another error.

Weather with LIVE Services

Your TomTom device receives local and five-day forecasts so you can make planes based on the latest weather.

Box Contains

GO LIVE 1005

Easy click mount

USB Car charger & Home Charging Cable

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Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

Great navigation and Live Services 14 Feb 2012

By C. Froggett

I used to own a Garmin Nuvi 770 - I loved that device because it had world maps, solid GPS, a large screen and most importantly (for the wife!) it was EASY to use. It had bags of features, mp3 player, phone connectivity, pictures, FM transmission for the voice guidance etc - I never used any of it. The traffic service was delivered via FM signal - disaster, not reliable traffic information and I could rarely get a lock on to download the traffic data anyway.

Moving on, I purchased the TomTom because of the screen size and resolution, the much hype'd Live Services and the guidance/navigation. On these points you cannot fault it. The Live services are outstanding, you get the first year free but it is a subscription service. This combined with the IQ routes makes it, IMHO, the best navigation device on the market. Unlike the Garmin, I "trust" this will do its best on the most up to date knowledge whereas as I pointed out this is Garmins weak link.

The unit is very well built, I also have the bean bag stand which is ideal. The screen is really nice brightness and resolution of graphics, I've had no issues reading it. The new menu system is as simple or complex as you like. I still prefer the Garmin method of listing favourites / POI based on distance but its not a big deal. I do like the on device options to modify maps (say if a turn is no longer legal, you can mark it on the device so it doesn't use it in routing) and the speed camera reporting - very cool as things change quite a lot. Despite the graphics, screensize and resolution the unit is very responsive and I've never had a crash/software bug yet.

Following the February update, I can confirm that memory space due to maps is no longer an issue as the SD slot is enabled. You must go via TomTom software however as the TomTom v Microsoft fight means no regular FAT file system here. With the update was a bunch of other things like improved POI handling.

Overall there are other devices with more "features" out there, but I never used them on my old device so they really didn't come into it for me. I would welcome the mapshare option to be available, I think we get much more value from community updates this way. Finally I would say that I think the Garmin maps are slightly more accurate/up to date with a much richer POI database, however on the POI the Live Google/TripAdvisor/Expedia search more than makes up for that.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

Slightly Cheesed Off 24 Jan 2012

By Richard

Great product until you decide to update the maps....there's not enough memory (you get 8GB) to hold all the larger updated map files. The response from tomtom support is to swap maps in and out from my PC, this is what I wanted to avoid by buying this product!

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful

Great navigation - flawed support software 2 Dec 2011

By AdamB

I have been waiting for a TomTom with global mapping for some time, to replace an ageing GO910 which I used widely in Europe and north America. The Live 1005 Global is a significant step forward compared to prior Live models, having 8GB of internal memory, an SD slot for expansion, and pre-installed maps covering Europe, North America, Australia and bits of Asia.

First impressions were very favourable. The latest mounting and connection arrangement is a huge improvement on my prior model. Of course, the much larger screen is also great. The layout of the menus have changed substantially and took a little time to get to grips with. However, after a month of use I have got used to the new format and find it very intuitive. A couple of niggles: the default display for motorway exits is the fixed picture, which I do not like as it does not update as you approach the junction - this is particularly an issue if there is a follow-on manoeuvre and you need to know which lane to be in (it is odd that TomTom use this graphic in a lot of their promotional material as it a poor feature). Fortunately this can be turned off in one of the preference settings. The other niggle is that the "confirm destination" menu covers a lot of screen that sometimes you want to see.

I have been using it for a month or so now, and the navigation has been faultless. The TomTom navigation UI remains the best on the market: it is so much better than any other manufacturer (my personal opinion!) and was the primary reason I went for another TomTom. The GPS fix is quick: I was particularly impressed on returning from the USA to turn the device on at Heathrow and within 30 seconds it found the new location, and prompted to switch to the correct map. The Live traffic works well. There are a number of features I have not yet tried, eg bluetooth connectivity, so cannot comment.

So why does it not get 5 stars? Unfortunately the MyTomTom interface for updates and device management is terrible. It took several calls to TomTom support (the live chat facility worked well) and some software reboots to get it going. I have now updated the maps and other software, but it is a bit random as to whether it works or not each time I connect the device.

One final points, which is quite odd: if I turn the device on near my computer it crashes the cable modem and I have to reboot all my broadband devices. Do not know if this is particular to my modem, but it is unaffected by other radio devices. The Live must have quite an EM footprint.

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