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Hi all
I'm toying with the idea of getting a GPS based navigation system to use with my QTEK 2020i.
I think that the Navigator kits are quite pricey for someone who isn't sure they;lll get the use out of them though.
What's my cheapest option if I wanted to try this stuff out?
I don't mind buying a generic GPS receiver as I'm sure I can use it for something else (!?????) other than satnav.
Is it as simple as buying one of those £29 GPS reciever jobbys off ebay and then downloading a trial version of tomtom???
Cheers all
Wayne
there is no version for trialing tomtom. your best bet would be to to buy a kit from 1 of the online shops to be honest and i wouldn't recomend ebay as they are not legal copy's and hence don't work properly
andy-c1 said:
there is no version for trialing tomtom. your best bet would be to to buy a kit from 1 of the online shops to be honest and i wouldn't recomend ebay as they are not legal copy's and hence don't work properly
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eh?
So I can't download like a 30-day trial!...How do they expect people to know if the product is anygood?
I know it probably is but that for me isn't the point...I want to see if I'll actually use it and how I'll use it, that's how I'll know if it's worth me buying it.
Cheers
Wayne
Well, I bought a Qstarz BT-Q880 32-channel GPS receiver, which works excellently with the XDA 2i and TomTom 5.
However, I did download TomTom 5 via BitTorrent... Purely for evaluation purposes. Of course.
If you have €369 to lend me (with long-term repayments at a low interest rate) so I can buy the damn thing straight away, then hell I'll buy it straight away. I do think they charge an arm and a leg - and the Plus maps (the more detailed versions of the maps) cost a good €150 extra - at least.
The long and short of it is that you'll have to break the law in some way or another if you want to evaluate GPS software before you make your own purchase of the software - which I do intend to do when I have the cash (Uni students don't really have that much spare to be honest, but I do buy the software for my XDA whenever I can).
just to say though, no matter how you aquire the software, a basic GPS receiver is still gonna cost you around £45 - £50 via Ebay.
And I'm not sure what other use you would have for it other than SatNav, except maybe wifi hotspot logging.
Geocacheing!
Gajet said:
just to say though, no matter how you aquire the software, a basic GPS receiver is still gonna cost you around £45 - £50 via Ebay.
And I'm not sure what other use you would have for it other than SatNav, except maybe wifi hotspot logging.
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still, that's a lot cheaper than paying £££ on TomTom!
If I did it this way and then used a less-than-legit version to trial it, I could then upgrade to a proper version later and then sell the GPS receiver.
If I buy TomTom now and don't use/like it then I stand to loose a lot more money (especially seeing as the general impression people seem to have is that TomTom on ebay is fake or no good).
...you see my predicament
Cheers
Wayne
If you did fancy Geocaching or even just the chance of an Ordanace survey map. I recommend 'aquiring' a copy Memory Map too. I have both on my xda iis, Tomtom drives you to the local area, and memory map will plot everything after that.
Now that sounds like a plan...
Gajet said:
If you did fancy Geocaching or even just the chance of an Ordanace survey map. I recommend 'aquiring' a copy Memory Map too. I have both on my xda iis, Tomtom drives you to the local area, and memory map will plot everything after that.
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Geowhating? Sorry to sound dumb but you've lost me now :S
Cheers
Wayne
dispite all it's bad press on most websites tomtom on the whole is a very good product ,i persoanlly havn't had any reall issues with tomtom apart from the problem being the sd card being to slow with the 2i , i've signed up for the traffic updates which i find to be about 90% correct
i also think most of the problems arise because people are using illegal versions
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dispite all it's bad press on most websites tomtom on the whole is a very good product ,i persoanlly havn't had any reall issues with tomtom apart from the problem being the sd card being to slow with the 2i , i've signed up for the traffic updates which i find to be about 90% correct
i also think most of the problems arise because people are using illegal versions
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Not sure I agree with the problems all being down to illegal copies (more so on the 2i).
This is my main concern. If I shell out for an app that crashes etc with little to no support/help from TomTom.
As it is I will probably try a dodgy copy and if it's stable I'll get a proper version. I know that a bad copy may be the cause of the crashes but with TomTom not supplying a trial copy how do they expect people to make an informed decision? You wouldn't buy a car without test driving it would you?!
Nearly all software (including that on the Pocket PC platform) provide trial versions. I've even seen some posts on here to suggest that TomTom used to do this...but not now for some reason?
Lost business I say.
Cheers
Wayne
dotn got to halford and have play with a tomtom go or one the app is the same as is the maps as anis the andy says there have been problems with the 2i this is mainly down to a hardware issue the way round it most users have found is to get a the fastest sd card you can find currently mappopolis is the olny vendor to have a 30 day trial
Aye, I must say for the record that TomTom on my 2i MOSTLY works fine, it only crashes out if you do something like try to use the Ring Number feature - it'll show the screen, but as soon as you select the Point Of Interest category you want, it has a think about it then crashes back to the desktop.
The same if you load up too many Points of Interest on a map, I've also found. I guess that's most likely down to the fairly old SD card I have, an old PNY 256Mb card - but it does the job very nicely, and just has enough space on it (6.66Mb! remaining) to store the TT files, the Netherlands map and the Great Britain Plus map. If you want to load more maps though, you'll definitely need the 1Gb card, the France plus map is something like 370mb - and the main Western Europe map is even bigger.
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Geowhating? Sorry to sound dumb but you've lost me now :S
Cheers
Wayne
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I can't say I've ever tried it, but Geocaching is a bit of a GPS treasure hunt. People leave these caches hidden in "interesting" places and provide the GPS coordinates to a website, then other people can use their GPS devices to locate the cache and leave a message in the notebook, take photos with the camera or maybe even recieve a little prize. It's for those odd people who go outside, when they could be huddled up in the warm over their PC's
If that vaguely interests you you could look at
http://www.gagb.org.uk/
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Hi all
I'm toying with the idea of getting a GPS based navigation system to use with my QTEK 2020i.
I think that the Navigator kits are quite pricey for someone who isn't sure they;lll get the use out of them though.
What's my cheapest option if I wanted to try this stuff out?
I don't mind buying a generic GPS receiver as I'm sure I can use it for something else (!?????) other than satnav.
Is it as simple as buying one of those £29 GPS reciever jobbys off ebay and then downloading a trial version of tomtom???
Cheers all
Wayne
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www.mapopolis.com
Mapopolis looks promising from the site, their bundles are quite handy if you don't want all the extra steps of buying the phone holder, buying the carkit... All of which I did, hasssssssle - I do think I would miss the nifty 3D view which TomTom displays whilst you're navigating your way through the world, but I guess that's only because I'm feeling spoilt now.
When it comes to caching, geocaching.com used to be one of the definitive sources of info on the net, but it's suffering server problems at the moment.
Other good sites:
http://www.gpss.tripoduk.com/caching/
http://www.gagb.org.uk/guidelines/guidelines.php - deserves a second mention, as it's a very useful site...
And of course, http://www.geocaching.org.uk/ ! Get caching kiddos.
mapopolis
download mapopolis demo and ill show u how to register it free...its good software and free!
christopherwoods said:
Aye, I must say for the record that TomTom on my 2i MOSTLY works fine, it only crashes out if you do something like try to use the Ring Number feature - it'll show the screen, but as soon as you select the Point Of Interest category you want, it has a think about it then crashes back to the desktop.
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have you upgraded your tomtom as mine did exactly the same till the new upgrade i havn't had to soft reset since then
I don't have to soft reset, the program just crashes back to the Today screen. I don't really need to use the Ring Number feature anyway, kinda pointless as I can just 118 500.
The issue is moot anyway, since I'm using a less-than-100%-legitimate copy... I'm sure once I have a job post-University I'll be able to afford to buy it, but until then I'm not keeping my hopes up.
Hello all, I just got and unlocked htc fuze running elite rc2, phone works great, loving it until now but I really wanna make use of the GPS feature. I,ve heard dozens of people saying that they found free gps software like tom tom or garmin or igo to install on their fuze. Id really like having a gps like that with turn by turn nav and not have to use my 3g network, if anyone can help me, i barely had the cash to dish out to get the phone, dont have more money to waste on gps software.
thanks in advance!!
Just where are you trying to lead your thread to...??
well im trying to post to anyone who owns a raphael, that may have an answer for me
discussing or distributing, pirated software is not allowed in this forum
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discussing or distributing, pirated software is not allowed in this forum
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And there it is...
ah ok, well its my first smart phone, when i saw that there were all those ways to mod and tweak the phone for free like themes, clocks and much more for free, i thought there were ways to get the gps to work for free also, no problem, thanks for the help anyways
google maps, any good?
tonyfuntime said:
Hello all, I just got and unlocked htc fuze running elite rc2, phone works great, loving it until now but I really wanna make use of the GPS feature. I,ve heard dozens of people saying that they found free gps software like tom tom or garmin or igo to install on their fuze. Id really like having a gps like that with turn by turn nav and not have to use my 3g network, if anyone can help me, i barely had the cash to dish out to get the phone, dont have more money to waste on gps software.
thanks in advance!!
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You might want to try amazegps.com. It is free and has turn by turn directions. It is free (ad supported). In the next rev (March or April) they are telling us that the route maps will be downloadable. This prevents losing your way when you go out of tower coverage (which happens with Google Maps).
I only installed it 2 days ago and have used it once. It seemed to work pretty well and having the turn by turn sounds is an improvement over google maps.
I,ve heard dozens of people saying that they found free gps software like tom tom or garmin or igo
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NONE if these are FREE. I guess we should close this thread.
Which software do you guys use? i download a few from ppcwarez but they dont work..........any suggestions to compatible software?
copilot live 7 works flawlessly
http://www.alk.eu.com/buynow/htc-copilot-dach.asp?language=German
iGo 8 in my opinion is the best.
The usual procedure here is; try a few different pieces of software until you decide which has the best maps / features / interface for you. No harm using ppcwarez for this I suppose. Once you've decided, buy it. Ironically enough, you will probably still end up using the cracked version from ppcwarez as, for example, iGo8 comes on a microSD card, so it can't be used with the Diamond. Diamond 2 has a microSD slot, but I don't know if it works as I don't have my Diamond 2 yet. Anyway, I prefer having my navigation software and all my other apps on the one large memory card, rather than be swapping them out all the time. But the main thing is that you've bought a licence, and you have access to their technical support, online map and poi resources etc.
Also consider TomTom 7. Many people here seem to use it and like it, but I'm not particularly fond of it.
Unless the search engine on this site allows 3 letter word searches then a new GPS thread is going to start for the Topaz every week!
For some reason the last thread was not under the software topic either. Here it is .....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=511298
I use iGo 8 by the way
Is there a problem with Google Maps or Windows Live Search?
You can't beat the price (free), and they get the job done.
I prefer Windows Live because I can speak my destination.
harolds said:
Is there a problem with Google Maps or Windows Live Search?
You can't beat the price (free), and they get the job done.
I prefer Windows Live because I can speak my destination.
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... except to people that do not have an unlimited data plan!
i also i dont belive that those also do turn-by-turn navigation...but i could be wrong.
They both have turn by turn navigation.
Why would you own such a phone without unlimited data plan?
harolds said:
They both have turn by turn navigation.
Why would you own such a phone without unlimited data plan?
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i stand corrected.
because some carriers do no offer it , like mine, and the ones that do at least where i m want something stupid like £80 per month contract.
at the moment i pay £10 for 100mb.
harolds said:
They both have turn by turn navigation.
Why would you own such a phone without unlimited data plan?
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where im from we dont have unlimited data plan and even so the data plan is really expensive.......so i bought the phoen cuz it has a internal gps antenna and if have maps loaded on the phone already it will be free...........that is why i bought this phone for that and many reasons
I have try to install Igo8 on my Diamond 2. Install works fine, but when i start i see a short time the loading symbol and then back to desktop?
I use Garmin Mobile XT for European and US maps and MapKing for Asian main cities.
Both run fine from my SD card.
Personally i really like Amigo
It's basically a skinned version of Igo 8 but i really like the menu's. They are very easu to use. So currently i am very satisfied witj Amigo
I use Garmin Mobile XT and love it!
Works perfectly!
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Personally i really like Amigo
It's basically a skinned version of Igo 8 but i really like the menu's. They are very easu to use. So currently i am very satisfied witj Amigo
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I am using iGo My Way 8.3.2. My only issues are:
- can not tell it to avoid traffic lights
- I can not tell it to find a petrol station but it knows where they are and draws pretty graphics of petrol stations
Do you have these issues?
extracrunchie said:
Which software do you guys use? i download a few from .... but they dont work..........any suggestions to compatible software?
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You don't seem to bright. XDA is no warez related site! Please modify your post and do some reading about different navigation software.
we don't do warez here
people have answered your question....now go and buy the software
thank you
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Hi Guys
I've had my HD2 for about a month now ...love the phone, hate the availability of apps...
I was wondering, do you know of any really good apps that use the inbuilt GPS. Something like the "Around Me" iPhone app that gives you an idea of things around you using GPS location?
I really wanna juice up my phone with fun stuff without having to pay the ransom demanded by windows marketplace...
Any suggestions would be appreciated
sorry maybe I'm really slow, but whats wrong with good old Google Maps?
download all new bing.. here is the screen shot
Aloqa is free and sounds just what you are looking for.
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download all new bing.. here is the screen shot
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That looks nice but I cant find it anyway. Just installed one and it was just a small update to the old one.
EDIT: OH i just poped up at the top of openmarket... doh.
The best atm is google maps. next2me and aloqa have not enoght information.
i hope it is getting better.
a nice one is also foursquare
Still new to Android, but I've manage to get just about all of the capabilities from my WM6 Fuze with the Captivate.
One thing I haven't seen though, is an app or any other method of tethering the GPS data to a laptop. Is this possible on Android?
I don't believe this is possible. But, why would you want to tether a broken GPS?
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I don't believe this is possible. But, why would you want to tether a broken GPS?
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Maybe he wants to know for when it gets fixed. Why did you have a decent post in telling him you aren't sure, and then troll it in the next statement?
i am genuinely curious about what you would use gps tethering for? Pique'd my curiosity
as for the troll, idk. Gps worked out of the box for me. Following gps fixing threads fixed it for a bunch of people so maybe the troll should give that a try.
No humor allowed in this forum, huh. Sorry guys, I'll keep the sarcasm to myself in the feature.
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lol skin, i think there just have been more trolls than normal lurkin around lately, i sorry.
phones gettin popular i guess. i see more and more new faces every day.
There are some 3rd party Windows programs that work a little better for navigation when you're out on the 4x4 trails, like DeLorme Topo and full Google earth.
Google Nav on the phone works good for "get me from Point A to point B", but I need a little more then that when I hit the trails.
I used "GPS2blue" on WM6 and it worked pretty well. Was hoping there was a way on Android, specifically WiFi or BT.
As for the GPS issues, I haven't seemed to notice any problems with mine. Seems very accurate when using satellites, although the indoor accuracy is not very good compared to the old FUze or wife's IP4.