We travel a lot. And we joke about the 180 degree rule....that is to say; If we think we should turn right, it's best if we turn left, because we usually have it wrong. But not with this thing. In the short time we've owned it we've marveled at it's accuracy. Amazing!
And, if you miss a turn it quickly recalculates the route for you so you don't need to perform life threatening traffic moves. Buy it.

I tryed it last 14 days on my trip to Florida and in all the big cities works perfectly, although some newest or recently constructed intersections were not in (maps updated 14 days ago). It speaks and shows everything clearly and user friendly. Also points of interest are great and contains a thousands of them.

I purchased this as a Christmas gift for Mom. She found it easy to enter addresses and also to use. She upgraded from a 4 year old lower end GPS and has had nothing but good things to say about it. This says a lot as she loves electronic gadgets and spends a fair amount of time exploring all the features. When they are not easy to use, she can be fairly critical.

As soon as I bought it we went from MD to NJ so had no time to connect it to a PC and update it, but out of the box it did everything it was supposed to and was fairly easy to use (this is my first GPS device that I have used).

The instructions that came with it were nothing special and I have since discovered more detailed ones online. I liked that the GPS had the speed we were going and the speed limit of the road you are on in a box at the bottom of the screen which turns red when you are going around 4.5 miles over the limit. One time it stated the limit as 55 when it was really 65 on the NJ turnpike but this was before doing a map update and in any case you can correct it on the device itself and the next time you connect to tomtom online it uploads that information to the general community as you have the option of accepting other people's corrections (you can limit it to when many people submit the same correction instead of trusting a single person's report and by default it will only accept Tomtom's officially confirmed corrections). We also loved the lane assist feature - it comes up nice and clear which lanes you should be in. 2 miles before a turn it already announces what you will be doing and it re-announces it when you get closer and closer. Adjusting the sound level is a 2 touch operation. You press the bottom left part of the screen (can't remember what the image is now) and it brings you straight to the volume level which also has a box checked that allows it to increase the volume with the speed your vehicle is going at which is nice.

The only glitch we had with the unit was that during the first start up we were setting the different options and when it got to where you choose the voice, we began testing out each voice and then went back to the voice we wanted and when I hit the "test" button again I didn't hear anything but ignored that and selected the voice. After a while though it became apparent that we were not getting any voice despite the volume being on and up etc. I went in to the preferences and found the voice selection (the manual in the box was not detailed enough to tell how to do it but it was easy enough to find) and chose another voice which tested okay then reselected the one we wanted which also tested okay and selected it again and all was well.

When I got home I installed the Tomtom Home software from their website (it did not auto install after plugging it in to my PC which was good because it was better to use the latest version anyway - it can be updated after installing so don't worry about that). Whilst doing the maps update I did a little searching around and discovered that some people had a big problem doing the 1st update where there was not enough room on the device for it and it could potentially cause problems on the GPS. Thankfully, it seems to be a problem that was fixed and the map update went well. But in line with some advise online, I went into the device through windows explorer and did a copy and paste of the entire drive which represented the device pasted to my harddrive as a backup (the Tomtom home software can also do this for you, except mine was updating so I couldn't use it yet). My only surprise was that it took over 5 hours to download the update! After that it gave me a screen full of other updates including the software on the GPS itself. I initially deselected the install of the "Dave" voice update that it wanted to download and install, and all the rest went okay. After that though, I decided to update the "Dave" voice too and after downloading it gave me an error that the GPS was too full to install it. I went to the Tomtom site and found the answer to installing it. You load the Tomtom Home software and you can click on "Manage my Device" on page 2 (click the arrow to go to next page of options), from there you can click on on the device and see what is on it and click what you don't want so space is freed up and you can back the files up and then remove them all from there (I removed all the foreign language voices for around an extra 80MB of free space ). After that, installing the latest "Dave" voice went without a hitch. Since I don't use that voice I didn't really have to update it. Apparently the voices marked "computer" (generated) on the device will pronounce all the street names while the natural voices will not. It seems to have a lot of flexibility in being able to add your own list of POI's, voices and many other things. You can also get through the Tomtom Home software many other POI's and stuff other people have provided for free.

So far I am pleased with the purchase and would recommend it to others though probably not at the recommended retail price (at that price you can get a deal on the Garmin 765T - which has many nice features including free traffic reports - not sure how that compares to Tomtom's IQ routes though. We bought ours on Black Friday for a significant price reduction).

The Tom Tom 340 is the first GPS Navagator I have ever purchased so I have nothing to compare it to. I am 68 years old and for my money you can't beat it.
This product is so easy to use and gives you directions far enough in advance so you can get in the right lane to make a turn. I am sorry I did not buy one a long time ago.I recommend this product.

This is a great GPS system. Large display loaded with all the information that I require on a single screen. I would purchase this GPS all over again if required.

I bought this product when I saw that it was less than $100 and I have been shopping around for a GPS for a while and have never found a price this good. Maybe I was not looking in the right place but I was not going to pass up what I consider a good deal. This is my first GPS and I have to say it was great. I used my sister's GPS to travel to Pennsylvania a few months ago on a cloudy, rainy day and it keep loosing the satellite signal. Remembering that trip, I decided to take Tom Tom out this past Saturday when I went over to my sister's home. The day was snowy, rainy, and a lot more overcast than the day I went to Pennsylvania and it not only picked up the satellite signal, but did not drop it. The signal was very strong too. I don't know if it was the area I was traveling in Pennsylvania or what but I have to say I love if for my first GPS.

This was the best deal I've seen on this item anyplace!! It also included a free carrying case -- a value of $28. My son was well pleased w/this birthday gift. Came in a very timely fashion and in perfect condition.