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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 07:31 AM
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Been offered a brand new, boxed Tom Tom 700 for £270

What are they like??
Can you get downloads for them easy enough??

What else do they do except for sat nav??

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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 07:39 AM
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The Tomtom 700 is excellent. It gives you POI's, your true speed [then you'll see how far your speedo is out ] you'll have to register I would imagine to get updates.
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WHat are POI's Lynne
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 07:42 AM
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points of interest
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 07:43 AM
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Got ya
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 07:44 AM
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As above..... ie restaurants/petrol stations/interesting landmarks etc etc
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I got a Tomtom 700 a couple of weeks ago and it has got me to every destination spot on....
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Worth the money then
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by TIFF
Worth the money then
I think so, especially if you're as useless as me and Andy finding places.....
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 07:54 AM
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 07:57 AM
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I just won an eBay auction for another screen mount as it's a right PITA having to alter it all the time from the cossie to the evo.
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 09:29 AM
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id snap their arm of if its a 700 for that money, i paid 500 for mine when it come out
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 09:50 AM
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got a tom tom 700 ,does any one knows how to delete the messages
from the tom tom when you hook it up to your bluetooth phone
it does not give you an option to delete like your phone does
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by TIFF
Does that mean you've bought it?
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 10:09 AM
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Indeed Lynne

Bargin too, as i just looked on e-bay and they are going for ALOT more

Just got to think of somewhere to go now
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 10:19 AM
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I pre-enter all the places I am likely to go to. Favourites is becoming quite big now
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 10:21 AM
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I bet you have enter all the tracks in the UK Lynne
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by TIFF
I bet you have enter all the tracks in the UK Lynne
A few of them and places like NMS, A1 Rallysport, Marcos, Dingys, Karls etc and a couple of Evo tuners too.
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 10:35 AM
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It's dead easy being able to them from home just using the connector to a leccy plug.
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