I have recently bought a Cruise in the US. On installing the supplied Tom Tom 6 software, I was able to download a free map. I chose Washington DC from the list of all the states (I know it is not a "state"!). I would also like Virginia and perhaps Maryland. I went to the website provided in the download instructions www.europe.htc.com/gpsmaps but could only buy the whole of the USA. Does anyone know how to access just an extra state? I do not mind paying but do not want to pay for all of the USA. Thanks.
Buy from TOMTOM's own wb site. At the moment they are offering 50% discount on all maps unyil 31st Jan. The link is:
http://www.tomtom.com/products/maps/select.php?D=23&Language=1
If you select product as NAVIGATOR 6, then in Region, you will see US maps , separately divided into 6 regions. You can buy single region of your choice or whole USA ... whatever you like. (It gives details of states covered in that region, if you expand "more info" after selecting the region)
Hope it helps.
synfuel said:
I have recently bought a Cruise in the US. On installing the supplied Tom Tom 6 software, I was able to download a free map. I chose Washington DC from the list of all the states (I know it is not a "state"!). I would also like Virginia and perhaps Maryland. I went to the website provided in the download instructions www.europe.htc.com/gpsmaps but could only buy the whole of the USA. Does anyone know how to access just an extra state? I do not mind paying but do not want to pay for all of the USA. Thanks.
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Register on the Tomtom site then download/install Tomtom home on your PC or Laptop. Download/Install active sync 4.5. When you're done, restart your Laptop/PC then connect your HTC Touch Cruise to it. Tomtom home will automatically pop up and ask you if you would like to link your account to your Touch Cruise. If you click yes, you will then be asked to log in after which you can now choose which map you want.
I suggest you buy the whole map now while Tomtom is still on "50% SALE"
Me? I bought both Map of Western Europe and Map of USA and Canada. Its a lot cheaper than buying one city at a time. Besides, if one day you decide to sell your HTC Touch Cruise on eBay, then, you've got a reason for asking a higher price. Ain't it?
Thanks for the tips. Will try them out.
Hi all,
I've got a query which I'm sure a knowledgable person here may know the answer to!
Thinking of getting the USA maps from the TomTom site and theres an option to have all of canada and the USA and hawaii and includes 'street mapping' and covers '99%' of these countries.
But also listed is various regional maps - north east US south area, mid area etc etc.
So what's the difference ? why buy those regional maps?
is it just for those with small MicroSD cards so that not as much space is taken up?
for the price, the full USA and Canada map looks to be good value. I just want to know if theres any benefit in getting any of the regional maps?
Cheers!
Dennis! West London UK!
Buy the full USA & Canada set. You can then choose to download all or just sections, depending on the size of your micro SD card. All of the US and Canada map set only takes up about 2 gig with a voice and sat imagery.
I just loaded Tomtom6 on my TC. I just wanted to try and use the one free trial city download from htc before I purchase the US Maps to see if I like it.
It only would let me download the Minneapolis cab... It didn't give me any other options??
These trial/ one city cabs are not protected, so if anyone needs Minneapolis I have it.
Does anyone have the Chicago Cab so I can try it??
thanks guys....
Mate sharing of this type of file is prohibited on XDA, if you want it buy it, I use tomtom and it is the best of all the satnavs
Sorry about that guys. i didn;t think the trial one city cab was protected.
Non the less I am now using tt7 and it came with t free one city map.
trying to figure out how I can purchase the US. DOn't see it on their site...
It's not really geared for USA customers, at least the pre-installed version isn't. Trying to upgrade via the website doesn't appear to be an option. I gave up and just went with CoPilot Live 7, which I already had...
I had similar problem with TomTom that came with HTC - although it says "you can download free map of your choice", they "made choice" instead of me (by giving maps that I don't need). Was thinking about buying couple of full maps (Western Europe, Eastern Europe) after testing tomtom with map of single city, but ... not really interested in tomtom anymore.
I have used TomTom 6 and 7 as well as GarminXT in the US. When I had both TomTom and Garmin installed, I would find my self using Garmin instead of the TomTom the majority of the time. You can pick GarminXT up on ebay for about $50.00; it comes preloaded on a protected SD card (2GB). If you want it on a disc (to load onto a larger SD card of your choice), it will cost you about 80-110 dollars. It picks up satellites pretty fast and is quite accurate/reliable. Some links to Garmin for screenshots, purchase, and downloads. Also, this gives the same coverage as City Maps / NT 2009 I believe, which covers the entire US.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=11413
http://www8.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=010-11034-00
Navigon just got released yesterday to the US market.
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/ca...s-out-mobilenavigator-for-android-phones.html
What are your guys thoughts?? Anyone tried it yet?
The google navigation is good enough don't you think?
If you're in the US, yes.
In the middle of Europe, I can be in six different countries within 300 km from my place of residence, wonder who's going to cover all those roaming charges for data transfer...
In Navigon you can choose GPS or phone to navigate.
Navigon is the best i tried yet.
Anybody know if it's possible to add billing countries that aren't listed on the phone?
I recently purchased a pre from the UK, but I live in Australia. The pre was officially available in Australia, so I didn't think I would have any problems with it, but I can't purchase apps because Australia isn't listed as a billing coutry!
The countries in my list are: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, UK, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Netherlands.
Alternatively, are there any unofficial app stores for WebOS?
Or would flashing an Australian ROM work?
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Anybody know if it's possible to add billing countries that aren't listed on the phone?
I recently purchased a pre from the UK, but I live in Australia. The pre was officially available in Australia, so I didn't think I would have any problems with it, but I can't purchase apps because Australia isn't listed as a billing coutry!
The countries in my list are: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, UK, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Netherlands.
Alternatively, are there any unofficial app stores for WebOS?
Or would flashing an Australian ROM work?
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It is not possible to add billing countries.
No webOS phone has ever been officially available in Australia. In fact, no webOS phone has ever been officially available in the Southern Hemisphere.
You have a device with UK app catalog access set in the device record on Palm's servers, and that can never be changed.
Preware is the alternative app catalog for webOS.
There is no such thing as an Australian ROM (there is no such thing as a ROM for webOS devices, it's flash memory not Read-Only Memory), and even if there was such a thing it wouldn't help you since the setting for which app catalog you are able to access is stored in the device record on Palm's servers.
The only way to purchase apps on a webOS phone in Australia is to have it first activated in another country (as you have done) and then use a credit card from a country in that area. For example, I live in Australia, buy webOS devices from the UK, ship them to the US for first activation, then ship them to Australia, and use a US debit card from www.simon.com to buy apps.
Yes, it is that hard, and yes that is the only way to do it.
-- Rod
Thanks for the info rwhitby.
You're right, I was mistaken about the pre being available in Australia. It's advertised on http://www.palm.com/au/ but can't actually be purchased.
One more question, why don't I have the US in my billing country list? I would much rather pay in USD than EUR or GBP, it's almost 25% cheaper (with current currency rates).
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Thanks for the info rwhitby.
You're right, I was mistaken about the pre being available in Australia. It's advertised on http://www.palm.com/au/ but can't actually be purchased.
One more question, why don't I have the US in my billing country list? I would much rather pay in USD than EUR or GBP, it's almost 25% cheaper (with current currency rates).
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Your device record on the Palm servers is set to the UK App Catalog.
That device (or more precisely, that comms board in that device) can never purchase from the US App Catalog.
The set of billing countries cannot be changed once the device has been activated once.
-- Rod
Thanks again Rod.
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Your device record on the Palm servers is set to the UK App Catalog.
That device (or more precisely, that comms board in that device) can never purchase from the US App Catalog.
The set of billing countries cannot be changed once the device has been activated once.
-- Rod
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Rod, first, great to see you and WebOS on XDA, which I've been part of for years. Question - do you know of anybody successfully claiming a new Pre2 through warranty (since HP never said that if you activate in the wrong country or wrong operator, you're f'ed where apps are concerned) in order to re-activate it with another SIM? I bought my Pre2 from the HP UK site via mail order to Sweden as soon as it appeared a couple of months ago, but of course, I never figured out that I should have activated it using a UK SIM card... I know you're getting these questions a lot so maybe you've heard of some success stories in that respect? It would perhaps also be a signal to HP if people started claiming returns based on the (un)availability of apps when not in an official country...
In my case, HP's UK store "knew" I was ordering TO Sweden, and still, no disclaimers or anything like that. It could be either a warranty case, or a consumer rights case.
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Rod, first, great to see you and WebOS on XDA, which I've been part of for years. Question - do you know of anybody successfully claiming a new Pre2 through warranty (since HP never said that if you activate in the wrong country or wrong operator, you're f'ed where apps are concerned) in order to re-activate it with another SIM? I bought my Pre2 from the HP UK site via mail order to Sweden as soon as it appeared a couple of months ago, but of course, I never figured out that I should have activated it using a UK SIM card... I know you're getting these questions a lot so maybe you've heard of some success stories in that respect? It would perhaps also be a signal to HP if people started claiming returns based on the (un)availability of apps when not in an official country...
In my case, HP's UK store "knew" I was ordering TO Sweden, and still, no disclaimers or anything like that. It could be either a warranty case, or a consumer rights case.
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Yes, we have heard of people having success with such claims.
-- Rod
Well, I am really sad to report that I failed (at least via mail) to get Palm UK to replace my phone on the grounds that I can't buy apps without activating it as above. Here's the response from Palm:
Unfortunately, in order to be able to purchase applications from the App Catalog, the phone would have had to be activated in a country in which the Web OS platform had been officially released (Spain, Ireland, France, UK, and Germany). On the other hand, we are not able to offer you a replacement Pre 2 for you to activate it in UK, to enable the payable applications to appear on the App Catalog.
Currently, there are no plans to include Sweden as a supported country for the applications availability.
Please remember that the e-mail support has been discontinued; we suggest that you call our technical support department to: 08 519 92029 (Sweden), or contact us via chat on: www.palm.com/chat
We apologize for these inconveniences.
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The really sad thing is the statement that they "don't plan to include Sweden". They didn't say "right now", just that they don't. I am assuming that this goes for other countries not on the list as well... I wonder if anybody has any other information to contradict?
I just ordered my Pre2 from their UK site and they sent me an email telling me that in my country I wouldn't have access to the App Store. They asked me if I'd like to cancel my order. That was nice of them (I didn't cancel because I already knew it).
However, it really sucks that they don't plan to change something with this App store thing. It's like they don't want money from their customers.