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[neilg]

cheers awarner.  I was looking on expansys and globalpositioning systems UK website.  there is only a 20 quid difference on expansys, 10-quid more on tomtom, 20 quid cheaper on co-pilot!  globalpositioning deal with a pre-pay C500 bundled is interesting though....

WIll still wait for reviews and see what comes out on top!

[the_ugly_north]

awarner,

The price includes better (IMHO) receivers than the standard one with co-pilot. So the price difference of £56 is not indicitive of the difference between co-pilot (and bundled GPS receiver) and TomTom (and bunled GPS receiver).  As Neilg has said the actual difference is £20.

Another point; tomtom normally charge approx 9EURO (per month?) for their traffic integration. co-pilot has not mentioned a charge for this.......

I am with neilg. Wait for a few more reviews first.

[fozzie]

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When getting GPS unit make sure it's SiRF XTrac

Is TomTom's?

[rikwebb]

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Neilg,

Co-pilot works with C500 and is available now......

Where is it available 'now'  ----- oooooo cant wait ooooooo

Rik

[travisb]

Expansys reckon to ship Co-Pilot on 10th October

http://www.expansys....asp?code=115191

[fozzie]

Tomorrow (22 Sep) for globalpositioningsystems.co.uk

[iainp999]

so if I've got this right,  on my C500 I have to keep swapping the memory card when I want to use the navigation software?

sounds like a bit of a pain.  is there no way you can just install it on the existing card?

[neilg]

htink it is only tomtom that lock you to their card from what I have been reading.  Others let you copy the software (for instance to a 256 or 512) so you can also have other things on it.

OK - I read off some of the GPS forums but ignore!  - I still havent actually laid my hands on this yet and the guys below say TomTom is no different to any of the other products in this respect so you can copy to another card - sorry for mis-information!

[iainp999]

great, cheers.  it's just that it'd be nice to have it already on the phone and not have to carry around their card seperately.

apart from it being a pain to swap them over, there's the chance that the card could go missing too.

[boden01]

TomTom software can be copied onto another SD / MiniSD card and works perfectly.  No need to keep swapping.

[awarner]

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When getting GPS unit make sure it's SiRF XTrac

Is TomTom's?

Yes

[awarner]

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TomTom software can be copied onto another SD / MiniSD card and works perfectly.  No need to keep swapping.

Yep so you can use it with the 1Gb card of your dreams

[fozzie]

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htink it is only tomtom that lock you to their card from what I have been reading.

Don't know where you've read that  :?: I haven't seen it anywhere on this Forum.  I'm not aware of anything stopping you from copying the contents of the mini-SD card to a larger one.

[Animefan]

When will it come in Denmark?

[awarner]

The only countries supported are the following
Italy, Spain, France, Benelux, UK, Germany, Alps and Scandinavia
I do not know of any other countries being supported at the moment but I will ask.

[WEBSERVICESUK]

Does anyone know if you can get maps for North America for this.  I am going to Florida next month, I know I can't use the phone as a phone, but if GPS works I would be tempted to load up maps and take it just for that.

Anyone have any idea?

[the_ugly_north]

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I am going to Florida next month, I know I can't use the phone as a phone

Yes you can.

If you are on Orange PM or PAYG coverage is available

[witchnut]

Whats SiRF XTrac? please

Matt

[awarner]

It's the type of chip that is used to process the GPS information, made by the company SiRF.

[Jasonkruys]

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Whats SiRF XTrac? please

Matt

Basically, more sensitive than Sirf StarII...more info here http://www.pocketgps...acornoxtrac.php