TomTom GO 720 in shops next week

Even though the summer holidays have already started in most European countries, the new GO x20 series by TomTom has been unavailable. Up to now that is, because we got word that TomTom has just started shipping the first few batches of these new devices to their distributors. This should be just in time to still benefit from the summer sales.

The company has confirmed the start of shipments to yourNAV.com. This effectively means the first devices will be available in the (online) shops by next Monday or Tuesday.

GO 720T

The first of the new TomTom GO models that will find it's way to the consumer will be the GO 720(T). This top-of-the-range model (for now), will ship containing the maps of Western Europe, and will be available in two versions: the 720T which will include an RDS/TMC receiver for retrieving traffic information will ship for about € 549 / £ 370), and the regular 720 (without a TMC receiver, € 499 / £ 335). Of the other announced models, the GO 520T (with regional map and TMC receiver, € 499 / £ 335), and the GO 520 (with regional map, and without TMC receiver, € 449 / £ 299), it's still unknown if they will ship in the UK.

You also have to be aware that the first few shipments of the GO 720(T) won't be in large amounts, so there will only be a limited supply at the shops. It is very possible that these shipments will only be just enough to cover the pre-orders.

The GO x20 series, which was announced in Cannes last June, is only 24 millimetres thick, and that makes it the first GO range without a rounded back. These new devices weigh in at 220 grams, and feature a 4.3 inch touch screen, text-to-speech, speech recognition and run version 7 of TomTom's NavCore navigational software.

Map Share

Apart from all sorts of large and smaller novelties in NavCore 7, we especially look forward to how a very important innovation in the software will work in practice: TomTom's Map Share. This new technology will enable users to adapt navigational maps if they don't entirely conform with the real-life situation.

Now that the GO x20 has become available, we are sure it won't take long before the first user experiences will start popping up on our forums, and that should give us a good idea if this new technology will live up to what it promises.

Review

Here at yourNAV, we already received a review sample of the GO 720T. We are currently busy with in-depth testing of the device, so you may expect a review of it on this site very soon now…