TomTom One IQ Routes satnav review

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• The chap at the Tomtom booth at TGS Live couldn't confirm that IQ Routes or Advanced Lane Guidance would be rolled into the current, silver XL's (I've just bought one) which didn't make me a happy bunny. But he did let slip that there was already a third generation XL inbound that integrates the sim based LIVE Services amongst the two other premium features reviewed here. Posted by L.Rawlins, UK
• L.Rawlins,
  
  According to the press release we were sent by TomTom, the TomTom XL IQ Routes edition will come with the 4.3-inch screen as mentioned above and cost £179.99 for the UK/Ireland version and £199.99 for the European version.
  
  I presume that you will need a new unit to run the IQ Routes software for the same reasons for the new TomTom One, in that it will have a faster processor and more memory to cope with the new features.
  
  Hope that helps,
  
  Stuart Posted by stuartmiles, United Kingdom
• It's all about the map. The rep was telling me that the functions were heavily tied to the map on the device. So it wasn't as simple as a software update to bring the silver XL's into line. He was unable however, to tell me exactly how that stood to affect silver XL devices bought within the 30 Day Latest Map Guarantee period when this black one with bells on launches. Posted by L.Rawlins, UK
• I didn't fully understand or appreciate IQ Routes until my family visited Six Flags America this weekend. When planning my itinerary of the trip the night before leaving, IQ Routes estimated the 31 mile trip to take approximately 51 minutes. I looked at the route summary to get an idea of the route we would travel, and promptly forgot about it. We left around 12:30pm the following day. After traveling 20 minutes toward our destination, I noticed the route we were traveling was different from the route summarized the night before. I thought I might have mistakenly selected the wrong destination somehow, so I quickly accessed TomTom's route summary again and confirmed that we were indeed headed toward Six Flags as planned. On the way home, though, instead of routing us BACK the way we came (the interstate), we were routed through the local business district and picked up the interstate the last 20 minutes or so of our journey. Thinking back on the last time we visited Six Flags, THIS was the route we traveled by getting directions via GOOGLE. It's definitely a shorter route, but I vaguely remember the stop and go traffic we previously encountered while driving through that heavily congested area. What's notable is, THIS was the route IQ Routes planned the previous night, but it's quite obvious NOW that travel time through a business district is a lot different at night than it would be mid-day. Fortunately, we were able to avoid that congestion through the technical efficiency of IQ Routes. Posted by Rip Washington, USA