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TomTom ONE XL 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator Review from Justin Paxton CLOWNZ IN MY HEAD. THE TOMTOM ONE GOES WIDESCREEN… , Welcome to TomTom’s latest creation, the TomTom One XL. With the ongoing war between GPS manufacturers in full bloom it appears that TomTom has decided to counter against Garmin’s latest GPS products. The Garmin Nuvi 200, 250, and 270 were released early this month and, from what I understand, are selling quite nicely. Never being one to take things lying down, TomTom announced their new One XL.

Customers should be informed this product isn’t exactly a “new” item from TomTom, it’s more of a “modified” version of the previous released (and extremely popular) TomTom One. What I mean is besides the obvious fact that this is a widescreen unit, this product is identical to the TomTom One (New Edition) Versons 3 and 4 which were released earlier this year. The TomTom One XL is equipped with a 4.3 inch screen, (as opposed to the regular TomTom One’s 3.5 inch) because of the added screen space the TomTom One XL is slightly heavier than it’s little brother. It now weighs in at 7.4 ounces instead of 6.5.

As far as the technical specifications…well, it’s all still the same. You get the high sensitivity GPS chipset (which is the new GlobalLocate chipset found in recently released TomTom devices), the 32 MB of RAM space, the CPU runs at 266 MHz, a 2-hour internal lithium-ion battery, and 2.0 Bluetooth technology. The only real difference in the technical specs is the pixel count which is now a slightly higher 480×272 because of the wider screen.

One thing I did notice was the missing 1GB SD card full of maps I’m used to seeing with TomTom products.. It appears all the info (maps, points of interest…etc) is now stored on a small flash-drive inside the unit. The TomTom One XL does, however, have an open SD card slot for future map updates and expansions.

The unit itself is just as powerful and accurate as it’s little brother. It has been reported that some test units have been preloaded with the Tele Atlas maps (version 665.1293)of The United States and Canada. However, TomTom has announced they will be preloading the One XL with Tele Atlas Maps version 675 making this the most accurate GPS on the market to date. This seems to be the subject of much debate, the clich

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