TomTom Go 930
29 APR 2008
Launch price
£400.00
Stuff says
Heartily recommended, but not a massive leap forward from the previous version
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As a new version of the best-selling portable navigation device (or PND) in the UK, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the TomTom Go 930 would be an easy sell. Not necessarily. Most people who want sat-nav have it. A massive proportion of those people have one of TomTom’s previous models.
So, in a way, the new TomTom Go 530 (with UK coverage), 730 (with European coverage) and our Euro and US mapping 930 test sample have to entice current TomTom users to upgrade. They’re going to need some new tricks.
The new black finish is classy, and TomTom’s renowned build quality is still all there, but that’s surely not going to be enough. The dreamily simple windscreen mount continues from the previous version, no problems there.
Killer new features?
The two new features that are most likely to catch a buyer’s eye are advanced lane guidance and IQ Routes. The former, as the name suggests, serves to help you navigate complex multi-lane junctions with a new driver-eye view of the lanes available and which one you should be in.
It only works on major roads and motorways, but does a good job, certainly more so than just an instruction to ‘keep right’ when there are potentially four right-hand lanes to choose from.