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I’m not going to spend a lot of time talking about the TomTom XXL 550T’s features. You can learn all about that by reading my review of the TomTom XXL 550. What I would like to do is just draw your attention to the difference between the XXL 550 and the XXL 550T. The only difference is the 550T comes with a lifetime subscription to TomTom’s real-time traffic updates. With real-time [...]

The TomTom XXL 550 5-inch widescreen portable GPS navigator is an excellent, mid-priced navigator with a really big screen. Maybe it’s an age thing, but the older I get the more I appreciate a larger GPS screen. I used to have a Garmin with a 3.5-inch screen. That was fine until the 4.3-inch screens came out. What a difference the bigger screen makes. (It’s a whopping 60% larger. You wouldn’t [...]

Garmin vs TomTom? It’s frankly a place many of us get to when we’re deciding which GPS to buy. You like TomTom’s features for the price, but you’re sort of blown away by Garmin’s great product line. You can decide which Garmin or which TomTom to get later. For now, to solve the conundrum of Garmin vs TomTom, let’s get an overview of each company’s product line. [...]