Great buy, this was a great deal on eBay at $100 and i didn’t pull the trigger… Good thing, usually i don’t get lucky.
Really? Less than a week after the baby TomTom?
My last GPS had a voice that sounded like my sister. I hope this one has a voice more pleasant to listen to. Like Wanda Sykes perhaps.
If I switch it to a female voice is it called DebDeb?
Aren’t these things almost totally obsolete by now?
Kinda spooky that I have the 550XXL, and was about to reference the problem I had with the Lifetime Map updates while discussing the previous item!
They give me US/Canada/Mexico maps for free, but if I want ONLY US map, I have to BUY it, delete the original maps and install the new map, and then Continue to Pay for my ‘lifetime’ updates!
W T F?!
But…it Is a nice unit. (yeah…joke comment forthcoming!)
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there’s a bunch of free add-on voices that ar on thier website. I used Beavis for months… and Eric Cartman is free last time I checked.
So is this the 550 or the 550TM? I’ll assume the 550TM since it indicates that it includes the lifetime traffic and maps updates. But leaving off the letters could be a bit confusing.
I got one of these during the Black Friday sales last year for $130, and it was a great deal back then! Might be in for one as a gift, this GPS is intuitive and easy to use, only gave me bad directions once when a bridge was out for repair on a small road. Get this GPS and make all your friends jealous that you get free lifetime updates!
Also, with the newest OS update, it tends to pick up the satellites faster than it used to
Nice price. I love my Tom Tom, but I think it’s worth the extra money to get lifetime maps.
Not confusing at all:
T=lifetime traffic M=lifetime maps
Edit:
In the description “Lifetime Traffic & Map Updates (US, Canada & Mexico only)” is probably wrong, the model number does not indicate the “TM”.
Woot, how about clarification?
I agree. Leaving the TM off is a little confusing. It does say lifetime Traffic and Maps in the ‘feature list’ but it could mean that it is eligible for the annual subscription of the TM feature at a cost… I wish that they would clarify this point.
Wow–this thing looks loaded. Is that a GPS in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Lifetime Traffic? The Car Charger Looks Like the Regular Car Charger and NOT The Lifetime Traffic Receiver…