Comments on: Why Gizmodo Got TomTom Wrong

By: IsLNdbOi

IsLNdbOi — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:47:19 +0000

Why not have it on all the time?

I like to have mine on so I can see the temperature outside, whether there’s traffic coming up, to find the cheapest fuel closest to me, etc..

By: joseph

joseph — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:01:05 +0000

I disagree about automatically turning on. What percentage of drives does a person really need the gps unit for? The vast percentage of driving, unless you’re in the delivery business or sales, are to places that you go to frequently – work, groceries, etc. Why turn the gps unit on 100% of the time, when it’s probably only actually needed 5% of the time or less?

By: IsLNdbOi

IsLNdbOi — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:08:44 +0000

I agree w/ the complaint about the unit not turning on w/ ignition. The unit is designed to be used in a vehicle. It should power on w/ it.

Proper voice activated / voice recognition operation is the way Garmin has it in the 8xx series. You shouldn’t have to memorize commands.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:39:18 +0000

I think most of their points are valid.

By: Homer

Homer — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:28:40 +0000

I have to agree. Gizmodo is basically a bunch amateur [deleted] who have some inflated ego that they are “it” when it comes to any electronic device review, etc. However every review you read is riddled with factual errors and as you said, [deleted] that is just plain made up.

I urge anyone reading this to just quit going to their site, the reviews are pointless and largely inaccurate.

By: Shooter

Shooter — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:59:43 +0000

I don’t know why, but I see a lot of people that feel they need to bash TomToms. As with a lot of those who do bash TomToms, they do not have their facts straight. While I will readily admit there are things about my GO 930 that are not perfect, it still does the things I find most important in a GPS better than any other currently on the market.

By: patruns

patruns — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:27:58 +0000

Gizmodo tries to be too much to too many. That’s the very reason why I view every article on pcmag or pcworld.com not relative to an actual PC with a grain of salt. (I also question some of the opinions of PCs as well.) Same with Wikipedia. Great tool but subject to error.