By Peter W. Broido
The tomtom GO 930 was purchased because it has both USA and European maps. I looked at the Garmin equivalent at a Garmin Store the Nuvi 770 and when typing in addresses found the keys were off. I have no idea if this is common but figured if they were that way in their store perhaps there would be a problem. The 930 finds its GPS signal extremely quickly, and gives a number of options such as fastest route, quickest route, bicycle and walk. The preference screen allows an almost unlimited way of customizing. I have only used it around the Chicago area and have found the maps to be accurate. I have found one quirk: in the Western Suburbs street numbers sometimes have a letter in them such as 1 N 123. I have not found a way to enter this and calls to TomTom’s help desk take almost an hour to be answered. Neither of these is appreciated. A work around the street address is to find the cross street which can be looked up on Google Maps and navigate to that intersection. I have not used it in Europe nor areas beyond the Chicago region. If I were to purchase a GPS now, I would still purchase this unit.