TomTom GO 740 Live

usability, performance, design, maps, reliability

59% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Includes connected services ; Uses TomTom's excellent IQ routes technology

Traffic service not as useful as it could be ; Expensive

The addition of connected services should make TomTom's excellent devices even better, but some deliver uneven results.

Svelte, smooth-to-touch design and construction. Decent signal-acquisition times (average of four minutes on a cold start). Sports both Bluetooth audio and file exchange capabilities. Intuitive, touch-based interface and menu tree. Allows instant...

Navigational interface displays waaay too much information at one time (speed, distance, current time, arrival time, current street, next turn, distance to turn, etc.). Sketchy voice recognition doesn’t cut it. Web-enabled services are only free for...

Integrated data connection for live traffic updates, weather, and fuel information and Google Local Search. TomTom's free Map Share helps keeps your maps up-to-date. IQ Routes. Advanced lane guidance

Live services require a monthly subscription after three-month trial period expires. Many voice functions also require touch-screen input. Relatively small internal POI database

TomTom's full-featured GO 740 LIVE sets the new standard for connected GPS devices, but its voice recognition features still need improvement.

Ready- LIVE services work straight out of the boxFlexible- offers Bluetooth, 2GB internal memory, voice navigationFeatured- connect with Buddies, find fuel prices, traffic updatesRare- now discontinued but for sale at discounted price

Weak- battery lasts only 3 hours, user interface needs improvement

If you are not quite ready for the latest installment of GPS devices...

The TomTom Go 740 Live lists for £279 inc VAT, and the connected services are £10 per month, though you get three months free when you buy the device. If the traffic services were better, they might be worth that price. As they stand, though, we'd opt...

The TomTom GO 740 Live is the manufacturer's first connected-GPS device, offering up-to-the-minute traffic data, weather forecasts, fuel prices, and Local Search powered by Google. Map Share and IQ Routes technologies allow map data to be updated more...

Route calculations are slow, particularly from a moving vehicle. High entry cost only includes three months of service.

The TomTom GO 740 Live puts a tremendous amount of information at your fingertips and makes it easy to access and process it all from the driver's seat.

Maps are, as ever with TomTom, very clear although the heavily stylised chunky maps do struggle slightly with complicated junctions, and the software sometimes opts to announce ‘bear right’ at what most people would consider a full ‘turn right'...

TomTom adds even more features to a sat-nav range that was already the best of the bunch

The Go 740 Live has a big, bright 4.3-inch touch screen and a slim form factor (it's less than an inch thick). The Go 740 Live includes a car cradle, through which you connect the GPS to its car charger, as well as a desk cradle