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We have collected 2 reviews of the TomTom Go Live 1000. Experts rate TomTom Go Live 1000 7.5/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the TomTom Go Live 1000 and TomTom GPS.
Its latest effort is this top-of-the-range TomTom GO LIVE 1000 GPS, which introduces both a new interface and hardware improvements to make it even easier and faster. Hardware After two generations of frankly quite similar sat navs, the TomTom GO LIVE 1000 finally represents a real change. The revolution isn't on the outside, where the new case still uses rounded corners and a mixture of matte black plastic and titanium-coloured brushed metal. It's a good look but we think it's a bit too ordinary for a top-of-the-range product. As usual from TomTom, the build quality is excellent and the 1000 is easy to handle despite being bigger and heavier than average. Measuring 19 mm thick and 220 g on the scales, it's still smaller than its predecessors which had the advantage of being thinner at the sides, making them easier to hold. At the same time, some of TomTom's competitors have slimmed down further and are not much more than a centimetre thick. Whatever you say, there's no denying it can often be handy to slide your sat nav into a pocket or bag. The main change on the outside of the GO LIVE 1000 is the 4.3'' which is now uses capacitative touch-sensitive technology.
The sat nav market is becoming a very crowded place, and the quality of hardware has rocketed in the last year.Gone are the poor quality boxes with screens like Casio calculators. The market is now awash with internet-connected iPhone-like creatures, with decent processing and a host of options.The TomTom GO LIVE 1000 is the newest entry into the TomTom range, and sits at the top of its hierarchy of sat navs, trumped only by its larger brother, the TomTom GO LIVE 1050. However, it stands in direct competition with the excellent Garmin Nuvi 3790T and the 3760T for the sat-nav crown. Like the Nuvi 3790T, the TomTom GO LIVE 1000 is a sleek, solid-feeling device, and the difference between earlier models is clear from the offset.The sluggish resistive touch is gone, and TomTom has given the GO LIVE 1000 a solid capacitive screen. It feels like an iPhone, and it's more responsive to the finger than the TomTomGO 950 and easier on the eye as well.While TomTom has led the march on sat nav technology for much of the last three years, in the GO LIVE 1000 has fallen behind somewhat.