I am in the process of getting tomtom for my wizard as well as a gps device. I need to buy a cradle for the car and was just wondering if the tomtom users out there could tell me wether tomtom runs in landscape or portrait or both, if both which is better?
Hi, it runs in both modes very happily, although it does not automatically switch between landscape and portrait when you slide out the keyboard. You have to manually rotate the screen using the tomtom menu which can be a little frustrating.
I personally always use portait as it fits in the car holder easier, plus you can use the car charger in portrait mode, not in landscape (i guess that depends on the type of car holder you have)
Not sure about other users but i find the landscape mode very slow to update?
i'd definately say portrait because the road ahead is more important than side roads and you can see turnings and junctions earlier in portrait mode.
definitely landscape.
The Wizard screen is too small for having a good view. Also the info at the bottom will be too small.
The wider screen (landscape) also gives better view on ie. roundabouts.
I use the Brodit landscape holder
well thanks for your help guys, as it clears up nothing
i gues i will just have to installl tomtom first then decide for myself....
i use a magnetic disk from CPW and put the metal strip under back cover so when i want it landscape i just turn the phone. secure enough for me.
To all you tom tom owners out there...
On your tom tom install disk is there both palm and PPC software? I got Tom Tom for my treo 650 for christmas, but it will only install to the palm. I seen nothing for the PPC.
I have contacted tom tom and they say i can install it, but that's no help since i do not have it on the disk. Any ideas?
I don't want to go buy it again!!
-John
Cingular 8125
I started to use mine in portrate , then switched to landscape, and getting a wider view is definatly better for me. It makes the readout at the bottom easyer to read. Only bad thing is reading a sideways screen when trying to make a call
TomTom Go's, and Pretty much all other sat navs are landscape, so there must be something in it
Best of both!
My brodit holder is mounted on a tilt swivel. Besides fitting very accurate, there is a possibility to rotate the entire holder 90 degrees. I prefer TT landscape but the use of the keyboard in the holde rmakes no sense... So go for the portrait holder!
Best of both!
My brodit holder is mounted on a tilt swivel. Besides fitting very accurate, there is a possibility to rotate the entire holder 90 degrees. I prefer TT landscape but the use of the keyboard in the holde rmakes no sense... So go for the portrait holder!
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I have a HTC wizard, with the latest ROM upgrade, but I have a problem. I dont know if this is related to the latest iMate ROM, but when I put my screen in landscape mode it rotates the screen correctly.
Only when I open and close the phone again, the screen is rotated back again. I want to keep the screen on landscape mode.
Is there a way to keep it on landscape and avoid this 'bug'?
it's not a bug, it's a feature
And no - nobody has any ready solution. Would probably require hacking the keyboard driver to stop the call to change the screen orientation. Either that, or have a TSR running which continually monitors the screen orientation and switches to Landscape if Portrait is detected. That would be a lot easier, but such battery more
Weird, because when you select that option "Settings->System->Screen->orientation" you would think it would be a permanent thing .
it would be if it weren't for the fancy slide-out keyboard and the fancy people behind it who thought it would be a good idea to automatically change the orientation to Landscape when slid out (which probably IS a good idea) and back to Portrait when slid back in ( which is a good idea if the device was in Portrait when it was first slid out, but not a very good idea if it was in Landscape to begin with %) )
its just lazy design.
That is really too bad. I found a hint which file to pach : keybddr.dll, but I dont think I can do that
OK
My SPV M5000 sets the screen orientation correctly depending on how the screen is swivelled. This works fine.
However, I have a landscape holder in my car which grips the phone with it open in the portait orientation. ie, phone is in portait mode but sits on its edge (USB downwards to charge).
Is there a way that I can tell it that if its in portrait AND being charged to rotate the screen appropriately.
Thanks
Ross
Join the club,
You can use PhoneAlarm. It can automatically detect ChargingOnly mode and rotate the screen to Landscape for you.
I do not use PhoneAlarm to save RAM, instead I made a shortcut with wisbar to easily rotate the screen.
Hi,
I have the same config for the car holder of my Universal. For rotating screen properly, I use PocketZenPhone 6.0. I have configured a profile called car wich rotate screen in the right orientation and activate BTheadset on call. But I have to activate this profile by pushing screen, hardware button or voicecommand or programming on calendar...not working automaticaly...
I configured another profile called navigation wich activate bt for gps mouse, choose the right orientation and...launch TT5.21 on one click...
Anyone know of a good mount that will hold it Horizontal? Useful for GPS!
thx
This looks decent... anyone have one?
Proclip Holder with Tilt Swivel
yep, works great. It holds the phone either horizontal or vertically. You can have the keyboard open without any problems.
yes, I use it also. absolutely nice! when navigating I use it horizontal and if not vertical.
I am looking for the little WIFI antena for the universal. I lost mine on disasembly. I also need the little magnet that goes on the rotating flip side that controls portrait and landscape orientation. both very small parts.
Thank you ahead of time for any help that you may be able to give me.
Try also in marketplace section
Good luck,
Hi all..
I recently bought a cheap carkit for in my car.
I use it in horizontally mode, this because i found it easier to use..
And my navigation is horizontally..
I don't want to use any hardware buttons. because there all in use.
Is it possible to use magnets? I know that u can rotate the screen, but
i'm wondering if it could harm your phone.. Any ideas?
I use one for the same purpose in my car. Works great, and there have been no ill effects thus far. I've probably had my car kit magnet setup for 4-5 months. In my mind, if you want to be as careful as possible do some research on how long it takes to demagnetize something, as the greatest risk is that you demagnetize the built-in magnet used for keyboard prompted keyboard switching. Also, but sure to use the smallest magnet you can find.
Use a button mapper, like AEButton plus to map a "double-click" rotate command to one of the hardware keys. No need of that barbaric magnet stuff lol.