Tomtom 510 - 520 - ( 530 ?) differences ?

[wong]

Have got a 510. I want to buy another for the wifes car and thinking what are the differences ?
I like the external microphone of the 510 - does the 520 have an external mike ?

I presume there will be a 530 coming soon to have similar improvements as the 930 as well

Wong

[MickC]

wong said:

Have got a 510. I want to buy another for the wifes car and thinking what are the differences ?
I like the external microphone of the 510 - does the 520 have an external mike ?

I presume there will be a 530 coming soon to have similar improvements as the 930 as well

Wong

My 510 got nicked so i got myself a new 720. The 720 does not have an external microphone but the internal one is miles better than the 510 so i dont think it needs one.

The other major difference that i notice is the 720 car dock is FAR inferior to the 510 - there is nowhere to plug cables into the dock so when you plug the thing in or out of the dock you have to plug in/disconnect the power/RDS cables manually. The dock is a major step backwards IMHO and i've told tomtom support this (they didnt seem to care much). The rest of the functionality is as good or better than the 510, which is to be expected.

[King of Dings]

I know you didn't ask this. But was looking at that model and got the Go720 instead.

Only about 20 quid more expensive and much more options. Also, probably can get it cheaper than a 520 if you shop around Halford had an offer for 178 I think.