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I have had many tomtoms over the last 10 years. When it became necessary to replace my old GoLive I decided to get the newest one at the time, the Go620. Been using it for 3 months now almost daily. I've taken to using it along side my old 5" GoLive due to the fact that many of the formerly simple search, history, and rerouting functions are now too complicated on the GO620. The new unit does offer Internet based search and can obviously do a ton of stuff, but during a typical day, most of it will go unused as it just takes too much attention and tapping to really utilize it. If I need serious detail I can pull over and use my smartphone to perhaps find a business address , etc. Even though the new screen is larger than my old unit, the useful information that you need to know at a glance is actually in a smaller font than the older smaller screen. Even though I have this one set at the largest resolution. I find that when I'm changing my gaze from the highway ahead to the device, I now have to take a microsecond longer to focus on the smaller numbers & letters that populate the screen. They have also slightly changed the 3D driving view, so it is actually a bit more difficult to determine your next turn, or lane, for example. While the screen is larger, the view of what you need to know is actually smaller in many ways. They have also changed the way the distance to your next turn is displayed. Formerly it was a nice, big, easy to read "1.5 miles"; now it's "1 1/2 or 1 1/4 miles". Where the 1/2 or 1/4 is pretty small when quickly looking while you're doing 65mph. Entering a new destination is now a bit more cumbersome. Formerly it would only suggest cities in the state that you were currently in or had most recently searched. Now it gives you suggestions for every city in the country of that name. So, for example, you have to type in " Alexandria v" before it gives you an easy option of tapping on Alexandriah, VA. Otherwise a dozen other Alexandrias populate the menu and you have to scroll down forever. Even though it knows you are in Alexandria Virginia and you just went to three other addresses in that city. Every time you start to enter that city it assumes you're in Alabama. (Alphabetical). Rerouting is also a bit more of a pain. Formerly you could tap on a particular street, highway, or portion of a highway to avoid. Now it wants you to avoid a turn. I have been attempting to get the hang of it but it has continued to be nothing but frustrating. So I just don't use it. End up using the old one for that function every time. As far as traffic delays go, the new unit does a decent job of predicting. But many times it show that the current delay is 2 minutes 50 seconds, even though it is obvious that the total delay to your destination is obviously 20 minutes or more (for example). Apparently it is only showing you the current traffic jam you are stuck in. Not the 2 or 3 jams that are beyond the current one. Somewhat unhelpful. This device also allows you to update it using wifi. Something that I have found convenient. However, today they snuck in a new map update with the normally small traffic camera update. The map update is 6GB! It's hooked up to my smartphone to enable traffic in the go. So when I hit update as I have every few weeks with no problems, it used ALL of my data for the month. When the data ran out, the update failed. Now have no maps. Basically bricked it until I can get to my home wifi. Way to go, tomtom. All in all, except for traffic, my old unit is much more useful. Maybe they'll do some updates to make the new one better. Until they do I'd hold off. Or spend a bit less money on a more basic unit. This one certainly isn't worth the premium.