On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:29 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, I decided to update my less than 1 year old TomTom and the bastards want > me to pay for the pleasure. Now, there is nothing wrong with the unit, it > just kinda irks me. > So, what's a good GPS unit? > I'm interested in either a Garmin or a Magellan since I now have a hate on > for the folks at TomTom. So, are you going to pay for map updates for your new Garmin or Magellan, or do you plan on just getting pissed off again when the topic comes up? (Garmin updates are $69.99 each, or $119.99/lifetime. A Magellan map update I spot-checked costs $79.99.) The TomTom pricing situation has actually improved considerably since a year or two ago, so assuming you researched the map pricing policies at the time you bought your TomTom, you should be pleased. It used to be something like $50 for an updated map (released quarterly). Now you can get map updates for $39.80/year. (New units with the "M" suffix include lifetime map updates at a fairly small cost premium, but these only came out recently. Conceivably buying a TomTom XL 350M for $158.29 could be a good move, especially if you can sell or hand down your existing unit.) Our TomTom ONE XL-S does not have the slow acquisition problem you report. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
