Guest chucky.egg Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 I had the same problem with other programs for MS Smartphone. Unfortuantely the only solution is to take digital camera and take photos of the display to grab screens... OMG! That's actually a helpful post (well, to some people), with no bitter comments, no references to Nokia or MS Smartphone and no freakish undertones! I never thought you had it in you msmobiles!
Guest Animefan Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 are that navigation by any means for smartphone? I only see a pic of a ugly nokia??
Guest beersoft Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 croccy, for once i wasn't ( i was driving) later Owen
Guest smartphone-web.com Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 Unfortuantely the only solution is to take digital camera and take photos of the display to grab screens... No - you can use "active sync remote display" for most programs. For tomtom you will maybe need a demo mode of the software.
Guest chucky.egg Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 Ah, see, now you've spoilt the one bit of useful info msmobiles has ever produced! Shame on you!
Guest Frazzyscot Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 just wondering if this would work with the Mitac 8390 ?
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 Just to reiterate what beersoft already posted, I've used my Belkin GPS and my Plantronics 2500 at the same time, no problem! P Posted from my SmartPhone!
Guest pete1312 Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 Does anyone know how much data is included on the supplied 128MB MMC card? Can this data be copied over to an existing SD card to save having to switch cards each time TomTom is used?
Guest zwarthoed. Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 Yes you can save in on your current sd card. :)
Guest Dr_StrangeTrick Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 Not sure if I have missed this anywhere. Does the pack include Europe maps as well? if not are they extra and any idea of how much? Also has anyone tried the traffic system with TomTom yet? is it any good? how much more does it cost if any? Thanks
Guest griffog Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 Not sure if I have missed this anywhere. Does the pack include Europe maps as well? if not are they extra and any idea of how much? Also has anyone tried the traffic system with TomTom yet? is it any good? how much more does it cost if any? Thanks It comes with a single country map not full Europe. The full Europe Wide upgrade map set is approx £120.00 and is a common product across Palm, PPC and Smartphone versions. Traffic is not available on the current version but will be offered as a future upgrade. The subscription is Euro 49.00 per year for the PocketPC version so I would assume it will be similar for the Smartphone when available.
Guest m4rcus Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 Strange you should say that the maps are the same across the platforms. (I thought they would be anyway) I contacted Tomtom about this as I already had a PocketPC with their software. I asked if the maps were usable on the phone and they said no, I asked if they would provide a cheaper upgrade for me as I've already brought the software, they said no. They also said that the programs were totally different to the PocketPC type. When I ask 'how?' as it ran on Window CE with the phones running Windows Mobile, they didn't bother to answer... If the maps are transferrable, doesn't this open up an easy method of copying the maps for other users?
Guest griffog Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 They'll still need activating so this prevents piracy.
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 No - you can use "active sync remote display" for most programs. For tomtom you will maybe need a demo mode of the software. Unfortunately not for TomTom Mobile. Regarding the use of different GPS units my view (and only mine) is the following, If the Mobile version will only use TomTom's own GPS unit it would certainly reduce piracy, which from a business point of view is a smart move.
Guest m4rcus Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 Well I think I'll buy it... once they sort out the C500 problem they have...
Guest stu.mcandrew Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 I know it's not an exact science, but are there any indications as to when the C500 tweaks may be completed? Weeks? Months? I am really keen to get this package for my new C500
Guest Dr_StrangeTrick Posted September 18, 2004 Report Posted September 18, 2004 Thanks for the info, one more question if I may. I have been using Mapopolis for some time and to plan a long route you need to know which county maps to load as well as the major road maps. In other words you have to load the map for where you are, the major road map and then you need the local map for your destination as well. This is not a problem as the maps are small and I have a nice big SD card its just that its tedious having to unload one map then load another map every time I go somewhere else. What I want to know does Tomtom mobile work in the same way or does it load all of the single country map in one go so that you can set a route from somewhere in Cornwall all the way up to Inverness in one go without having to mess about with different maps?
Guest griffog Posted September 18, 2004 Report Posted September 18, 2004 TT Mobile has the whole UK map on a 128mb card (map is 101mb approx) so routing is seamless.
Guest Croccy22 Posted September 18, 2004 Report Posted September 18, 2004 I agree that fixing it to the tom tom gps would be a great way to prevent piracy. But also would mean that there would be NO CHANCE whatsoever that i will purchase it. As I have already spent out £90 on a bt gps device and do not want another one. Plus the one I have seems to work a lot better than the tom tom one that I tested. CoPilot is looking better by the day. One question for anyone who has tested CoPilot. What is the voice like that reads out the directions? I know it is a small point bu the voice in Mapopolis really gets on my bloody nerves and quite often I end up reverting back to a paper map coz I can't stand that bloody robot telling me where to go! Matt Croccy22
Guest the_ugly_north Posted September 18, 2004 Report Posted September 18, 2004 Croccy22, I think pocketgps has done one if you take a look.
Guest griffog Posted September 18, 2004 Report Posted September 18, 2004 CoPilot is looking better by the day. One question for anyone who has tested CoPilot. What is the voice like that reads out the directions? I know it is a small point bu the voice in Mapopolis really gets on my bloody nerves and quite often I end up reverting back to a paper map coz I can't stand that bloody robot telling me where to go! We have full reviews of both TT Mobile and CoPilot Smartphone available soon. The voice on CoPilot is .wav files, nice and loud and very clear. No Text To Speech (TTS) on these versions, I never liked them and the processing required is not available on these devices.
Guest jackofall Posted September 18, 2004 Report Posted September 18, 2004 I agree that fixing it to the tom tom gps would be a great way to prevent piracy. But also would mean that there would be NO CHANCE whatsoever that i will purchase it. As I have already spent out £90 on a bt gps device and do not want another one. Plus the one I have seems to work a lot better than the tom tom one that I tested. Matt Croccy22 I second the motion looks like I will be going down the CoPilot route also I just need some one to confirm that it informs you of POI's and Ill be ordering it.
Guest griffog Posted September 18, 2004 Report Posted September 18, 2004 Yes, CoPilot Smartphone has full POI support and comes bundled with our Safety Camera database :)
Guest jackofall Posted September 18, 2004 Report Posted September 18, 2004 Thanks griffog looks like Im off to buy CoPilot :) [edit] I hope Expansys get it sooner than the quoted 1000 days :| [/edit]
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted September 18, 2004 Report Posted September 18, 2004 I know it's not an exact science, but are there any indications as to when the C500 http://smartphone.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=7695>Tweaks may be completed? Weeks? Months? I am really keen to get this package for my new C500 Hopefully very soon, is all I am allowed to say
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