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TomTom NV is one of the biggest manufacturers of automotive navigation systems and their product line includes a range of stand-alone units and software for personal digital assistants and mobile phones which are equipped with navigation features. Some of the popular TomTom portable GPS navigation systems have been discussed ahead which are adequately equipped to help you reach your destination easily.

The TomTom GO 950 Live is a voice guided navigation system with a screen size of 4.3 inches and is equipped with Bluetooth and MP3 compatibility. It is suitable for cars and the navigation software packages pre-installed in the GPS include NavCore and TomTom IQ Routes. It is online-capable and and provides an address input by voice recognition. Apart from the typical navigation features, it also includes an FM transmitter and a pre-loaded safety camera data.

The next popular model in the range of TomTom portable GPS navigation systems is the TomTom GO 530. It is also suitable for cars and includes a touchscreen display of 4.3 inches. The traffic message channels included in the TomTom GPS navigation system are TMC and TMC pro and there is a 400 MHz processor incorporated into the portable device. Although, it has an internal flash memory, you can expand the memory capacity with memory cards like SecureDigital (SD).

Apart from these two, some other models of TomTom portable GPS navigation systems are the TomTom XL IQ Routes Edition Europe, TomTom Go 940 Live (GPS), TomTom GO 930, TomTom ONE V3 Classic Western Europe and the TomTom Go 730 Traffic (730T).