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TomTom paperweight!

Well after a very unhappy honeymoon with my BT Navigator 2 & while waiting for the seemingly similarly complex & inadequate V3 upgrade, my 'trusty' :lol: BT GPS receiver has died, charging light works docked or directly connected but no GPS light or any hint of a signal being received!
Don't buy this rubbish! You have been warned! :twisted: :evil:
Much poorer & still lost in Europe and having to fall back on MS Autoroute! :x

Sorry to hear the bad news.
Please let all of us know what the resolution is.

Tomtom paperweight..........
TheGadgetGuy said:
Sorry to hear the bad news.
Please let all of us know what the resolution is.
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My GPS receiver has now been repaired & returned but the version 3 which we were promised would arrive in April has not materialised.
(Hello, TomTom! It's May! or did they mean April 2005?) :wink: HoHum, I'm still relying on £39.00 MS Autoroute to find the route to put into my £500+ TomTom! Duh! :roll:

I have found TomTom software and hardware to be very reliable and now that version 3 is available has become a real bargain. Except for a few discrepancies in mapping which has nothing to do with TomTOM as they use 3rd party maps, I think it is a near perfect system.

TomTom 'naffigator'
cruisin-thru said:
I have found TomTom software and hardware to be very reliable and now that version 3 is available has become a real bargain. Except for a few discrepancies in mapping which has nothing to do with TomTOM as they use 3rd party maps, I think it is a near perfect system.
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Hey Cruisin', don't know if you have ever tried 'Cruisin Thru' up to five countries a day but with TomTom it's been a nightmare! I have just installed the upgrade to mk3 (no mean feat either as it wouldn't accept the new maps <still on 8 CDs :x >) and have got 2 big trans continental trips coming up starting next week. So the truth will soon be out there! watch this space! 8)

CoPilot versus TomTom

<rant>
I bought CoPilot bundled with my Orbit (Artemis) and at the time there were a lot of CoPilot .v. TomTom questions about. I joked that CoPilot was half the price, and you got what you paid for. I take all that back.
When I tried to add European maps to the 2006 installation they simply weren't available (Even when they had been it took forever to find where to get them from). So much for supporting customers.
I've installed TomTom 6, and to suggest that it's only twice as good as CoPilot is frankly an insult to TomTom. If you are offered CoPilot bundled I suggest you save yourself hours of tedious fiddling and bad user interface experiences and chuck it in the bin. Tom Tom is so much better that there's no point in comparing them. IMHO.
/<rant>

TomTom Mobile seems to own the market, no doubt about it. But it is still an open market and just a matter of time before iGo and smart2go (The next big GPS software providers after TomTom) start to add the right features to set themselves apart from the pack as TomTom has done so nicely.
I can't wait for the next generation of TomTom since it looks like they can really deliver.

I am planning on a TomTom upgrade soon, seen CoPilot on a friends Artemis and not even considered it.
P.S. </rant> works better

"I joked that CoPilot was half the price, and you got what you paid for. I take all that back."
sounds like to be that you confirmed it rather then take it back

I have both on my orbit2 (copilot came with the phone). I haven't found a significant difference yet, although I haven't really used TomTom properly (will do soon, of to Grand Rapids (MI).
I also have Google maps, and I was very impressed with the hybrid map view of my route to work today. OK it's not navigation, but it was awesome seeing the dot moving along the road and being able to even read the markings on the road on my Orbit screen. Needs at least 3G data rates if you're moving at speed though.

strongp said:
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I bought CoPilot bundled with my Orbit (Artemis) and at the time there were a lot of CoPilot .v. TomTom questions about. I joked that CoPilot was half the price, and you got what you paid for. I take all that back.
When I tried to add European maps to the 2006 installation they simply weren't available (Even when they had been it took forever to find where to get them from). So much for supporting customers.
I've installed TomTom 6, and to suggest that it's only twice as good as CoPilot is frankly an insult to TomTom. If you are offered CoPilot bundled I suggest you save yourself hours of tedious fiddling and bad user interface experiences and chuck it in the bin. Tom Tom is so much better that there's no point in comparing them. IMHO.
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I totally agree - i have tryed atleest 5 different GSP softwares and i allways returns to TomTom. At this time i´m using TomTom Navigator 6 with the newest cards and its working so well -

Sorry to say that, but I would search for an alternative software (for PDAs). AFAIK Tomtom won't update their software anymore. They even didn't update the maps for a long period and it doesn't seem that they'll do it in future. Therefore I would have a look at some alternatives.

New application: Layar

This sounds fun; http://layar.eu/
Right now only available on Google phones.

Yes, interestig program! read it in the newspaper yesterday, however It will probably never work for us, since our x1 hasn't got a compass.:-(

Wouldn't that be possible thru GPS?

GPS can "fake" a compass by comparing the relative position of two data points -- if you move five feet to the east, the GPS can assume you're facing east.
But that won't be enough for an app like this, since a GPS cannot work as a compass accurately if you're standing still and rotating. It would only work if you're willing to walk around in a ~10' circle to change the direction. Probably not an easy sell.

Anyone use ALK CoPilot Live 8 on their Topaz?

I'm looking at getting ALK CoPilot Live 8 for my Diamond 2, and wondered if anybody has any information or guidance regarding it. At £25.99 for UK only, £52 for full Europe, it' an absolute bargain...
http://www.trustedreviews.com/car-tech/review/2009/08/17/ALK-CoPilot-Live-8-for-Windows-Mobile/p1

works well
been using it since it was released works really well but has been not update like other OS's and still not traffic

Also been using it since it was released. Works great and can recommend it And at £25.99, it really is a steal.

I got the UK only version.
Good for its price.
A few niggles:
when seaching for a postcode in my local area it displays the wrong town name but on checking the map it has pinpointed it correctly.
When putting in my own postcode (I live in a tiny village - only 1 road) it points me to the centre of the village, not to my house.
The map is very small and also not as clear as the TomTom map display.
The good points:
No lag
No need to do any tweeks

Copilot NorthAmerica Map is so OLD?

I just bought Copilot Live 8 with North American Map. But the map looks so out dated. I can't even find my community drive way, and my address can't be found. It looks like at least 5-7 years ago map.
Does Copilot only support Europe map?

It's not quite that old, but pretty close. My house was built just over 4 years ago.. (4 years and 3 days to be exact) and it has my street on the map, but I had to use a custom long and lat, as it shows the street, but not the street name.
I was pretty impressed with Copilot 8 overall, but there are some things that frustrate me, the maps are fairly old, I would say 3 years easily, and it will tell me to back track if I miss a turn, rather than seek out the next closest route.
May still get my $30 out of it, if I buy it, but have not fully decided yet....

Can't say I'm having that problem here in Texas, but I have been reading that their maps are old. Honestly the only thing they have going for them is that it's compatible with the HD2. They supposedly have had some "updates" for their maps, but I haven't read any details as to what that "update" really includes.