Can TomTom's Go 700 GPS Save a Marriage? Part I
Table of contents
- 1. It's Either Buy A GPS Or A Divorce
- 2. A Feature Rich GPS
- 3. The TomTom Go 700's Case, Buttons And Connectors
- 4. The TomTom Go 700's Input/Output Display
I'm a typical male. One of my major Y-chromosome related faults is that I hate to ask for directions. Sometimes I can literally feel the daggers my wife shoots at me with her eyes as we twist and turn endlessly through unknown highways and streets seeking out destination. It's not that I haven't tried to find a technological crutch for my aversion to asking for directions. I've been looking for a good Global Positioning System (GPS) device for a long time. I must have looked at 15 GPSes over the last few years. None met my requirements. When I bought my beloved Toyota Prius last year I was tempted to get the highly touted GPS system that comes with the car, but the additional €3,000/£2,300 or so the unit adds to car's price tag was more than I was ready to pay.
After getting lost while driving with my wife one recent weekend in the Westlake Village/Thousand Oaks area where TG Publishing's offices are located, I decided to ratchet up my search for a GPS device. I looked at various units from the usual suspects, Magellan and Garmin, in local stores. They didn't impress me all that much. Then I discovered the Danish company TomTom. Its GPSes looked most promising, especially the Go 700 model. So I got my hands on one and began testing it out.
