#251452 - 10/03/2005 18:30
Re: New TomTom GPS
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Shameless plug : also info about it here
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#251453 - 11/03/2005 07:02
Re: New TomTom GPS
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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With my unerring instinct to always buy an obsolete product, of course, I have a TomTomGo, which is not upgradeable: That traffic info link, looks to be the goods.
On the other hand, when I bought it then, the firm paid for it, If I bought it now, I pay for it!
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#251454 - 11/03/2005 08:30
Re: New TomTom GPS
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From the stuff I have read the TomTom GO will be upgradable to the new software. You just won't get all the new funky hardware side of it.
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#251455 - 11/03/2005 09:05
Re: New TomTom GPS
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Yea, But, Yea But, Yea But, I don't think that I'll be able to get the traffic info., because it needs a connection to your mobile, unless I've read it wrong!
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#251456 - 11/03/2005 09:28
Re: New TomTom GPS
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Exactly. Firmware version 5.0 has just been announced at CeBIT and will add a LOT of functionality to the "classic" GO as well. Of course, the new models have more features, traffic being one of them, but there's still enough left for the classic GO too!
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#251457 - 11/03/2005 13:51
Re: New TomTom GPS
[Re: boxer]
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Yea, But, Yea But, Yea But, I don't think that I'll be able to get the traffic info., because it needs a connection to your mobile, unless I've read it wrong!
It's impossible to use the new TomTom PLUS product (basically an online service which, amongst others, provides real-time traffic info) with the "classic" GO, because the "classic" doesn't have a Bluetooth module which is required for this kind of stuff. The GO 300, 500 and 700 which were announced at CeBIT yesterday DO have that Bluetooth module.
So I'm sorry, but unless you upgrade your hardware, you're SOL.
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#251458 - 11/03/2005 14:05
Re: New TomTom GPS
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Do you work for TomTom? If so, what took you guys so long to release the software-only version? I mean, how long does it take to rip the GPS receiver out?
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#251459 - 11/03/2005 14:16
Re: New TomTom GPS
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Do you work for TomTom? If so, what took you guys so long to release the software-only version? I mean, how long does it take to rip the GPS receiver out?
Maybe they make more money on the GPS receiver than they do on the software...
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#251460 - 11/03/2005 14:44
Re: New TomTom GPS
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Do you work for TomTom? If so, what took you guys so long to release the software-only version? I mean, how long does it take to rip the GPS receiver out?
Nope, sorry, can't help you there. If you want to know this, you'll have to ask someone who does work for TT. (and, who wants to talk about this sort of thing, which is -as I found out- pretty hard)
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#251461 - 17/03/2005 17:59
Re: New TomTom GPS
[Re: julf]
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Registered: 08/05/2000
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So lemme ask a dumb question...
When I first started looking into the Tom Tom Go, it seemed that it was mainly geared to be used in Europe. I now see that they have US maps too. My question is: Is the US implementation as kick ass as the European implementation seems to be???
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