I have explained some of the Issues with TomTom NavCore 7 on the Go 710 before, but the latest discovery on Monday morning has me fuming.

How on earth TomTom can release an upgrade that loses such a core piece of functionality is beyond me.

The main reason I always have the TomTom on, even when I know where I am going is it is my BlueTooth handsfree kit for my phone. It’s a key feature, and also the reason I have the phone I have, which was selected for it’s compatability with the various BlueTooth functions that the TomTom offers.

But NOW it doesn’t work. Voice is totally garbled with small clips of speech being randomly repeated until after a couple of minutes either TomTom or the phone crash.

ABSOLUTE JUNK If you see the upgrade available on TomTom Home don’t install it.

It all started with an innocent email from TomTom saying that I will now be getting weekly speed camera updates. Hurrah! So, today I got round to downloading the updates and lo and behold! There was new application software available. Double hurrah!

So, download, install, TomTom bricked. ARGHH

I investigate and find the problem I have of hanging on the splash screen can be fixed by attaching to TomTom home’s remote display facility where you can operate the TomTom from your computer. Except, this facility has never been available in the Mac version of Home. Muttering under my breath I dug out the old Dell and connected up and at least it wasn’t a red-herring – problem solved.

Next, I noticed that MapShare, a feature that I wanted was now available. Humphh, not with the old maps I had. So out comes the credit card and I now have the latest maps. In a rush to get out, off I go.

On the way there I notice that TomTom traffic is off. No worries, a quick activate and it is sorted. On the way home I notice that I am not getting speed camera warnings. Getting home, I find it is another upgrade bug, and NOTHING I could think of would reactivate them. The TomTom advised me that I could BUY them in TomTom home. TomTom home said I already had the latest ones. Grr. I eventually lucked out by choosing “Download POI” from the TomTom itself and getting them that way.

MapShare? Forget it – seems it is only supported in TomTom Home V2, which isn’t available for Mac.

The last time I had these sort of issues (with my Dell and Microsoft), I chucked it and bought another brand. Not happy.