The Widget UK Blog

This year, many TomTom customers will be holidaying at home.  On all purchases before 30th September 2009, customers get special offers on over 1500 attractions which they can enjoy in the UK and Republic of Ireland!

Full details are on the TomTom Ticket2Drive Sales Flyer, which is also available from TomTom UK's trade marketing department in hard copy.

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Widget had a large and impressive stand at Channel Expo 2009 in the Birmingham NEC. 

Many thanks to all customers and potential customers who visited and to the representatives from Flip Video, TomTom, and CardScan and Dymo who joined us on the stand.

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From May 21^st to July 12^th customers can claim back up to £30 on TomTom ONE, XL and GO Live range of Satnav.

The cashback amount varies with model as follows

TomTom ONE IQ Routes Edition    £20
TomTOM XL IQ Routes Edition     £20
TomTom GO LIVE 540                    £10
TomTom GO LIVE 740                    £30
TomTom GO LIVE 940                    £20

The cash must be claimed by the customer, by redeeming a voucher within 30 days of purchase. For full details, see the online redemption website http://tomtompromotion.com/cashback/

Come to stand 280 at the Channel Expo in Birmingham next week, and you can meet face to face with directors and staff from Widget, and representatives from TomTom, Flip Video and Dymo.

As well as demonstrating the latest models from the TomTom IQ Routes range, Widget's aim is to show that the Flip Video range is available to the UK trade, including the new MinoHD, from UK distribution.

Opening times and location details 

Floorplan of exhibition, showing Widget stand

Reviews continue to pour praise on the Flip Video MinoHD, with its built in USB connector and FlipShare software now included for both Mac and Windows. 

This weekend, the Sunday Times InGear supplement gave MinoHD "best buy" with four stars, and BBC2 featured it in the gadget slot of "Something for the Weekend."

Zoo magazine commented that "it features all the brilliance of the previous Flip but now shoots one hour of 720p high-def footage."

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Did you know that you can save time by requesting a returns number authorisation (RMA) online?  Not only is it easier for you, it is easier for us too, which is why we give priority to RMA requests from the website.

As you probably know, to request an RMA, you have to give us details of the invoice on which you have bought goods. Logging into your account and choosing the "Request an RMA" tab brings up a list of the invoices you have received in the last two years from us, and makes it easier for you to select the invoice from which the return goods came. 

Please also note that TomTom is tightening up its returns procedures and now insists that all units sent back for return are in the original packaging.  We in our turn have to insist on this too, and units received without boxes will be rejected.

If you do not know how to log into your account why not read the earlier post on how to set up your web account.

Full details of our returns policy can be found here

The Bebook book reader comes with a library of free books, but despite our attempts to spice them up by calling them the 200 books you must read before you die, they are generally older books, all of which are out of copyright.

But there are more modern books which are available legally and free of charge, on the internet. The small science fiction publisher Baen has run a Free Library for a number of years, explaining with commendable candour that in their view, "losses any author suffers from piracy are almost certainly offset by the additional publicity which, in practice, any kind of free copies of a book usually engenders". 

Baen’s library is at http://www.baen.com/library/,

This month the large US publisher Random House has followed suit, giving away science fiction books for download from its corporate blog, at http://www.suvudu.com/freelibrary

Some of the titles available as free ebook downloads from Random House. 

TomTom's Easter promotion is designed to make the GO x30 range even better value. 

From 1st March to 30th April, Go 530, 730, 930 and 930T boxes have a free map update sticker (see below) on the outside. The booklet style stickers contain promotion codes which you can use to redeem 8 downloads (one per quarter for two years) of the TomTom Map Update Service.

The promotion packs do not carry a validity end date. However the activation code (placed on the inside of the stickers) must be activated no later than 90 days after the first use of the TomTom GO.

Once you register, you will receive an mail saying that the new map update is ready to download, once per quarter. If you miss a download, you will still be eligible for the next one, but you cannot get back the one you have missed. 

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