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TomTom's ONE XL HD Traffic GPS navigator with "world's most advanced traffic information"


TomTom just lit up its High Definition Traffic, premium traffic service in The Netherlands. Announced in parallel is the ONE XL HD Traffic navigator, for what's a traffic service without a GPS device to take advantage of it? The ONE XL HD Traffic shares the same 4.3-inch LCD of its ONE XL brethren only now with the addition of 1GB of built-in storage and a new SIM card (no activation or configuration required) for live traffic data feeds over Vodafone's GSM network. Traffic information collected anonymously from Dutch Vodafone mobile phones and third party traffic authorities is updated every 3 minutes -- that's 5x the traffic updates and 10x the road coverage of typical traffic systems according to TomTom. Available in TomTom's home country of The Netherlands this month (UK in first half of 2008) for €399 (about $581) including a one year HD Traffic subscription renewable for €9.95/month. An HD Traffic accessory for existing TomTom products will be available in early 2008.

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TomTom ONE XL reviewed


As they are wont to do, the folks at GPS Lodge have gotten their hands on yet another GPS device for a looksee, with TomTom's new ONE XL getting the review treatment this time 'round. The device itself is a follow-up to TomTom's previous ONE GPS unit, boasting a 4.3-inch widescreen display among other revisions. On the whole, GPS Lodge seems to have been fairly impressed by the unit, saying that it "earns a spot on the top shelf with the better GPS units," and finding that it performed well with the all-important task of not getting them lost. On the downside, they found that the larger screen came at the expense of battery life, and they were somewhat disappointed with the less-than-intuitive methods of entering addresses and selecting POIs. Still, they don't seem to have much trouble recommending the unit, especially considering its $400 price tag.

TomTom announces widescreen ONE XL GPS

The FCC may have ruined the surprise, but TomTom's not letting that bit of leakage stop 'em from talking up its new ONE XL GPS unit, which the company officially announced today. As we knew before, the big selling point here is the relatively spacious 4.3-inch widescreen display, which gets backed up by 32MB of RAM, Bluetooth 2.0, and pre-loaded maps of the United States and Canada. along with the usual plethora of POIs. You'll still have to wait a little while longer to take one of these along on your next trip though, with the device only set to hit stores in June for $400.



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