TomTom Says GO GO GO June 7, 2007

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Now that it’s added bikers to the fold, sat-nav specialist, TomTom has announced its latest GO range of devices, the GO 720 and GO 520.

There’s a bigger 4.3in screen all wrapped up in a smaller and lighter chassis, measuring 118 x 83 x 24mm and weighing 220g. They are powered by 400MHz chips and have 64MB of memory, an integrated FM transmitter, Bluetooth and an RDS-TMC traffic information receiver.

There’s the ‘improved’ voice recognition which means the device might actually take you to the correct city and street name when you voice your commands. Or not.

The key changes seem to be on the software front with MapShare leading the way. This lets you create, share and receive maps from millions of other TomTom users. The idea is that maps will always be up to date.

Another newbie feature is Help Me, which will display the nearest hospitals, garages, police stations and other important locations in case of emergency. There’s even first aid instructions.

The GO 720 and GO 520 will cost around £340 and £270 when they arrive in Q3. -Martin Lynch

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