tom tom 730 SD card what sort of sd card does the 730 take? and is the unit portable? you can take it walking with you and it will give you directions?
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SD or SDHD and yes you could take it walking with you, as long as you're walking where there are streets. I'm not sure how it would work if your talking about a stroll in the woods.
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While mine is current, only a month old, there are two ways to upgrade maps and firmware... there is an sd card slot and a usb slot. I think the correct process for updating maps and firmware is to use the sd card slot though. Hope that helps.. I like the unit and the gps is pretty good.
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Paul, What's an SD card? How big? I've looked at it, and it doesn't look like it has a card slot, except for maybe one place that might take a card, about 1/4" wide.
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I got the chip pre-loaded with the City Navigator map files. I looked at the capacity of the device and size of the map files. It appears the map files (1.7gb) are too big for the internal memory of the device (105mb), so the extra memory of a SD is useful if not required.
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Buy the Garmin. I had a Tom Tom Rider 2 but it "went south" after 4 years and there was no service. There were features on the Tom Tom that I liked better but the screen was too small and it would not connect to my headset consistently.
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Card version dosen't have a hard drive in it. The SD card is sold separate.
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No, just the regular SD card. But you can use the micro SD with an adapter shell. Your listed price is $269, I hope it come with the unlimited update. I paid $129 without any updates. Each update is $50. Good Luck!
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Linda, Sorry this comes so long after you posted. I was just looking at micro sd cards and saw this. The 530 HCX is the best choice. If this person spends time in the outdoors with other folks, he will use both the GPS and the radio. It also has all the NOAA Weather radio stations. Hope this wasn't too late! 2wltime
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The instructions that I read stated I had to download the updates by a computer then insert the card into the GPS. I am not totally certain but if you have a camera that connects to your computer through a usb port, you may can insert the card into your camera, then use the camera as a drive. Computer will ask where do you want the download to go, point it to your camera with the new SD Garmin 4GB inside. I would contact garmin to insure this will work or on the safe side go out and pay $10 or so for a usb port that accepts card readers.
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The TomTom ONE XL lets you use handy and very cheap SD cards for virtually unlimited data storage of maps and POI's. Nice !
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I bought the micro sd card for Europe and also this update. I tried to load the update the night before the trip and I failed to get it to work. Allow time to get tech support before you go. I kept it to try again. Sd card was great. I drove from Paris to Biarritz in France with many stops in between. Then Santiago Spain through Portugal to Gibraltar again with many stops. Always had the streets big and small.
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Use the SD card and the resident tools on you PC. If only the unit itself had more robust options.....sigh.
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Yes, any SD card will work. First format it on your PC and use it only for updates to the GPS.
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It has an SD card reader. With an adapter you can use mini SD cards as well.
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As Richard responded, you do need to get the micro SD card and then you can load maps. I had found free topos to load from online, but I can't remember the site for right now. They worked perfect however.
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It takes a Micro SD card, but I have no idea if a high-speed one will work or not. I just opened my unit and tried the one from my Blackberry. I will have to go out tonight and look for a micro SD. Looking forward to trying the unit in an upcoming race.
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Is there some way to update the maps or firmware? How do we know we have the latest version? My wife's TomTom plugs into the USB port and downloads the updates automatically. I see nothing other than MIO transfer, which is not very intuitive or useful.