Comments on: Me and TomTom—True Love Always

By: A Retro Road Trip in a New World

A Retro Road Trip in a New World — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:22:18 +0000

[...] I’ve established, I’m notoriously terrible with directions. I should have paused before answering. I should [...]

By: Shelley

Shelley — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:06:13 +0000

NEWS FLASH: I just discovered that you can load Eddie Izzard's voice on your TomTom! This ability alone might inspire me to buy one of these things, Ann...

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:42:22 +0000

Got a tom-tom for chrismas, But I named her Daisey,You know, Driving miss Daisey.I just really wish I`d have had one many years ago.A lot of times I`d turn down invitations to go to unfamiliar places because I was afraid I`d get lost or not be able to find the place.Not good on the social life.But mainly I`m just glad I can go anywhere I want and not get lost.I`ll Never be without Daisey again!!

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:54:03 +0000

TomTom sounds like the perfect man! Non-judgmental and knows directions. Where do I sign up!?

Karen

By: Joe Cascio

Joe Cascio — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:20:33 +0000

Hi Ann,
I, too have become dependent on my GPS device. In my case, it’s a Garmin nuvi. I stuck with the default American English voice. I believe her name is “Jill”. Yes they actually give the voices names. I’ll bet you’d like either the British English male, Daniel, or the Australian English male, Lee.

Now, if they would just make these devices with EVDO, so they could always have the most up-to-date maps, and know about traffic.

By: Steve Woodruff

Steve Woodruff — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:35:02 +0000

But can TomTom shine your shoes??

By: danna Call

danna Call — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:29:57 +0000

I don’t know Ann, remember Hal in 2001 Space Odyssey…

By: Ann Handley

Ann Handley — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:35:15 +0000

There’s a great article in a recent New Yorker about tech gadgets subtitled, “What will the latest gadgets replace in your life?” It poses some questions similar to what we are talking about here.

p.s. Good article, but unfortunately not a single mention of TomTom! Bah!

By: Dusan

Dusan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:30:30 +0000

Cam, there’s actually no way out. So we must embrace it and learn from experiences. The sooner, the better. If we don’t, the technology might actually make us inferior?

It might sound sci-fi, yet we must learn to be ahead.

By: Delilha

Delilha — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:24:45 +0000

I love my TomTom too Ann, and my only wish is that he came with a voice like Barry White and greeted me with a “Hey Baby, looking Goooood today” and a “Yeah baby, let’s turn here, together”. Sigh. My GPS has a drone of a woman’s voice; no fun and certainly not engaging.