New TomTom, Go 750?

[tommytommy]

Hey there,

So I've had a Go 720 for a few years and it's served me well. Sadly now, it's gone.

So I purchased a TomTom XXL and found out today it won't fit all of the Western Europe maps on it, and worse still, I can't even pick the countries I specifically want. None of the 'Zones' really fit my needs.

So I'm looking at a Go 750. A few questions,

Looking on Amazon reviews say the device only has 2GB of internal memory, the same as the XXL. So if I get a memory card, I can load the maps on to that?

Second, I couldn't find any difference between the Go 550 and 750 other than the preinstalled maps? I already have Western Europe purchased and quite a few months left on that on my TomTom account, so is it worth going straight for the 750?

Thanks for any help guys.

 

[mikealder]

You will need to get TomTom to transfer your account from the old unit to the new device if you do purchase an x50.

All the Go-x50 units do support MicroSDHC cards up to 32GB in capacity so you can pop a memory card in to one of these and with a bit of messing around install the full map to it - The easy way is the Go-950 and remove the North American map to the PC for safe storage, the device then has enough built in memory for the full Western_Europe map negating the need for the storage card or any messing around (this is how I updated my 940 Live to V850 Western Europe) - Mike

 

[tommytommy]

You will need to get TomTom to transfer your account from the old unit to the new device if you do purchase an x50.

All the Go-x50 units do support MicroSDHC cards up to 32GB in capacity so you can pop a memory card in to one of these and with a bit of messing around install the full map to it - The easy way is the Go-950 and remove the North American map to the PC for safe storage, the device then has enough built in memory for the full Western_Europe map negating the need for the storage card or any messing around (this is how I updated my 940 Live to V850 Western Europe) - Mike

Hey, thank you.

How much messing around is required?

Will the TomTom Home software let me download the maps to the SD Card, or at all?

Do I need to download them separately and put them on it myself?

I'm asking because the 950 is quite a bit more, and unfortunately, I need it in just shy of a week and a half. This is a real pain.

Thanks for your help.