In the box you get the 720, suction cup mount, adhesive mounting disk, charger, and dock.

Navigation

The TomTom GO 720 is the first TomTom device to feature their new version 7 application. It is expected a free update for other devices to be available as TomTom has done in the past. There are a lot of great new features in the version 7 application. For example when navigating to an address, you are now prompted for the state, first and independently of the city. For many people this will help streamline the process of navigating to an address, especially for those located in places like “Greenville” which exists in many states.

The world is also starting to look more 3D on the TomTom 720. Rivers and lakes are drawn “sunken” while in select cities building footprints are “raised” up off the ground view. This is yet another step forward of making the picture in the screen look more like the picture out the window. Elements like sports stadiums and playing fields are drawn in a different color for better representation.Finally, a current street name field has been added to the primary interface, something I’ve wanted and lots of people have asked for. You can also move most of the fields from the bottom of the display to the right side of the display to take better advantage of the widescreen.Brand logos for certain POIs are now displayed on the map which they call “brand icons”. So instead of driving by a bank and seeing a generic bank icon, you might see the logo for Bank of America.

Preferences

Unlike the ONE series, you can setup auto day night mode, or choose to override the auto day night mode on the 720. There are lots of options for the audio. There are separate controls for navigation audio and music, for each type you can select if you want that type of audio to go through the internal speaker, through Bluetooth hi-fi, via line-out, or via an FM transmitter to your car stereo. There are also settings which allow you to override automatic zooming while navigating a route. Battery saving preferences allow you to do things like turn the display on or off between instructions.

Safety

TomTom is also making a huge push to highlight new safety features in version 7. There is a new ‘Help me!’ button which asks you if you want to phone for help, drive to help, walk to help, or get specific information about your current location. If for example you select to drive to help it will ask if you want the nearest car repair facility, the nearest hospital, police station, pharmacy, or the nearest fire station.

Conclusions

This new technology gives the user the ability to adjust their maps with a few presses on the screen when they notice changes in the road. It also provides users with the option to share map indjustments with each other, and also update their maps in a very simple and automated way. these updates are done via TomTom Home, and can be done on a daily bases.