Tom Tom Go 720 Review

The TomTom Go 720 has got to be one of the best Sat Nav devices currently avaliable! It is simply awesome.

The Tom Tom Go 720 utilises people's desire to correct "mistakes" in the maps and share them with others. It's happened for me, my Tom Tom told me to turn right at a junction that no-longer exists. Now you can help others not stop in the middle of the right attempting to turn when they can't.

Another great feature is the inbuilt FM transmitter so it can cut in and play the directions over yur car speakers.

And if you thought it couldn't get any better, it'll read your text messages to you as you drive as well!

It can't get any better can it? Well yes! It has speech recognition as well. I've got one of the new Honda Civics and the voice recognition isn't all that great at times when you're telling the car to call your girlfriend. But the Tom Tom Go 720 has fantastic voice recognition capabilities to allow you to re-route as you drive without taking your hands off the steering wheel.

There's also the ability to create routes for walkers, limited speed and motorway avoidance etc.

Route Planners Rating:9/10

You can get it from Amazon for just £265.

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Walkit.com - A Walking Route Planner

I've been thinking that people often need a walking route finder - not least for organising Sunday morning walks, but also trying to get to work if you live a reasonable distance from your office.

Now the fabulous website Walkit.com have created a brilliant walking route finder. It may only work for Birmingham, Edinburgh and London - but its a great start.

I just chose a random route: SW2 1AF to Cheslea Hospital. And it worked out the distance travelled, how long it'll take if you walk fast, medium slow, the related calorie burn and how much CO2 you'd avoid putting into the atmosphere.

You can also choose to print the map, directions and email it to a friend.

Here's a grab of the route I got back:



It even shows you useful way points:



Route Planners Rating: 9.0
A very useful service. I've just spent 1.5 trying to get to the office via the M62, M6 and M56 and got nowhere - having to turn home. For many traveling to work within cities it will be a fantastic way of cutting down congestion and saving emissions - well done!