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XDA EXEC with TOMTOM mobile 5 (working with keyboard funny's

Hello all
I am new to this forum. So to start hello everyone. Nice to type ya.
Right can anyone help, i have got TOMTOM mobile 5 working with my XDA Exec. no problems (linked to a sirf3 tomtom bluetooth GPS )
but the only way i can navigate is using the qwerty keyboard and arrows.
I am unable to use the touch screen functions or the 4 way PDA
movement buttons thingymajig.
Any clever doods,lasses with any similar experiences.
p.s. The gps side works really well.

Just a point but Tomtom mobile is for smartphones and Tomtom Navigator is for XDA's.
Correct me if i'm wrong but that was my understanding.
navigator works fine on my exec..
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bakerk said:
Just a point but Tomtom mobile is for smartphones and Tomtom Navigator is for XDA's.
Correct me if i'm wrong but that was my understanding.
navigator works fine on my exec..
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Yep your right, and seen as no smartphones have touch screens, its no supprise the thing don't respond to screen presses!

you know what is weird, if you goto the tomtom webpage, they have an update for tomtom mobile so that it supports wm2005 meaning the i-mate jasjar... see it it is there. Should I use tomtom mobile instead now????
Don't think so for the reasons as stated above.

Right that explains alot
I will need Navigator and not Mobile.
time to get wallet out again.
Cheers
fatkitkat

JaySea said:
you know what is weird, if you goto the tomtom webpage, they have an update for tomtom mobile so that it supports wm2005 meaning the i-mate jasjar... see it it is there. Should I use tomtom mobile instead now????
Don't think so for the reasons as stated above.
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There is WM2005 for smartphones too! You need the to use navigator.

Just a quick follow up. installed tomtom5 NAV with TomTom BT receiver.
also got the Checkpoint 5 camera sw installed and running. Its been working faultlessly so far.
My first PDA and wow i like this xda exec.

navngo

anyone got navngo to work on the wizard ?
I had the std sd version. copied it to minisd and used a hack I found (ahem!) to get by the security encoding.
It installs now and loads up, but after staying on the menu screen for a few seconds it crashes out !!!
Any use this, and is it a WM5 or a Wizard issue ?
rgds

i think the problem is that the NAV N GO doesnt know what MINI-SD card is.
since this NAVNGO Software workds great on the Jasjar.
Nadav.

I don't think the minisd card is anything to do with it. navngo told me themselves that it will work fine on minisd and that they will transfer it for 60 nis. I am just worried that there is something wrong with the wizard. however its good to know that it is working ok on your jasjar, obviously wm5 is not a problem.

Where did you purchase this from? I can only find Israeli sites with NavnGo. I found references that NavnGo is actually iGo (http://www.i-go.com) but there is no information of where this software is available.
It looks pretty good though.

assasins said:
i think the problem is that the NAV N GO doesnt know what MINI-SD card is.
since this NAVNGO Software workds great on the Jasjar.
Nadav.
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Nadav,
You say Nav N Go works perfect on JasJar. Which GPS receiver are you using ? I have the one from TOMTOM SIRF III and am not able to make a connection to the GPS receiver..

assasins said:
i think the problem is that the NAV N GO doesnt know what MINI-SD card is.
since this NAVNGO Software workds great on the Jasjar.
Nadav.
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Nadav,
You say Nav N Go works perfect on JasJar. Which GPS receiver are you using ? I have the one from TOMTOM SIRF III and am not able to make a connection to the GPS receiver..

navngo is a pretty cool gps nav system specialising in multilingual implementations. it has all the latest stuff like 3d, night view, etc.
Due to its roots it is currently only targeted at the following countries:
1. Hungary
2. Israel
3. Romania
4. Slovenia
I believe the team are currently working on a pan-european version to compete with tom tom
In terms of the questions above. I have always found the navngo team very helpful. If you email them they will take 3-4 days to reply but will normally always do so.
rgds

colonel, where did you purchase your copy from? I can't find it for sale anywhere.

I purchased it from a bug retail store in Israel. The central european version can be purchased in computer retail stores. Some details are here:
http://www.navngo.com/

Which GPS software Works Well with USDM MDA and in the USA!

TomTom is the roxs, I know,but hard to find illegit version to test b4 i buy.
I will try Iguidance, but not sure if North America is supported or works on MDA.
Igo, Navigon, Route 66 are all European.
GPS business in the USA looks like TomTom is the only option but again i dont wanna buy it b4 i test it. If anyone can give me opinions to how it well or poorly it works, that would be awesome!!
ALSO i will be using it with a 16channel Bluetooth GPS reciever.
hopefully the above coverd all the q's if you have any for me let me know.. ALSO i did all the searching and finding. Majority of hits were European, that's y i made the post silly!
Brit,
PS, if you have Tomtom 5.00 PLS if you can email me the software, my BF has all the USA maps, but his software is 5.21 and they wont read on 5.00 and his passcode is already used up for 5.21 upgrade

Also the MDA is a PPC or WM5? This GPS thing is getting really confusing for me. Some say PPC is not wm5 and other say ppc is wm5.
Will Iguidance work on my Mda???? it's compatible with ppc's!
Sorry for sounding so dumb but stuff like sthis ticks me off.

I'm using Iguidance 3.0 and bluetooth gps (don't buy expensive gps because it doesn't make much difference, mine is only $59).And setup is very easy with mda. I hope this helps.

I use iGuidance with NA maps on the MDA and it works just fine. I didn't much care for TomTom at all. I understand iGuidance's speech is slow because of some interaction with ActiveSync but I also understand that it's being worked on and it doesn't really take away from the functionality at all. I use it with a Holux GPSlim 236 via bluetooth without any problems.

Sweeet.. I guess ill pull the trigger on Iguidance then.. I bought a cheap bluetooth receiver from fleabay.. it's not brand name or anything, but it was an impulse buy @ any rate.. we'll see how it goes.
Iguidance looks like the Honda/Acura Navigation rite. From the top not Angled like Tomtom?
Alos has Day and Night feature?
Brit

Re: Which GPS software Works Well with USDM MDA and in the U
IMHO, Mapopolis ( http://www.mapopolis.com ) may serve your purpose better. The map is more up-to-date than TomTom's, and you can try it for free for a couple of days. However, Mapopolis does lack some good features of TomTom, like 3-D view.

Bigshoguns said:
Also the MDA is a PPC or WM5? This GPS thing is getting really confusing for me. Some say PPC is not wm5 and other say ppc is wm5.
Will Iguidance work on my Mda???? it's compatible with ppc's!
Sorry for sounding so dumb but stuff like sthis ticks me off.
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PPC Is pocket pc wm5 is the operating system

i got tom tom and Iguidance working! both look good!
i just have to wait and test it with the gps reciever that i bought. but I may just go out and purchase tomtom b/c many recommend it..

Im using I-go with the american states maps. I like it alot. You can "find" a "test copy" :roll: of it on the web with very little searching along with all the north american maps.
I like that it has overhead view, 3d view, night mode, instant re-routing if you miss a turn, voice commands with different voice packs, a ton of usa points of interest and lots of other features. The maps are more current then tomtom also.

YG-PM!

YG-PM!

Guess what.. I got my gps receiver today. YAY!!!!!!
this is what i did:
1. Turn Bluetooth ON
2. put the gps in pairing mode
3. Click on new partnership
4. It find teh gps and give it "xyz-gps"
5. I give the gps outgiong port "com 6"
@ this point the gps in bt setting has a big yellow circle with a question mark next to it.
so i go to Iguidance and tomtom 5 none of them will detect the gps reciever. SOO frustrated rite now. bout to throw Wizard and gps out the window!!! not really but u can imagine my frustration.
I wil try to use the Search function, but if anyone can help me out that would be AWESOME!!
Let me knwo if im doing something incorrectly... most likely i am! :shock:
Brittany S. :?:

NVM, I got Iguidance to work, but tomtom5 is still being a pain

m600 navigation

I'm looking for navigation like tomtom or something, for my m600.

Tomtom 6 works on my m600.

crxpower said:
I'm looking for navigation like tomtom or something, for my m600.
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I've got Version 6 working, a bit of a pain to get a version of it that works without the problems mentioned elsewhere in the site. Also have to watch for the GPS set up via bluetooth, its not totally intuative on the M600. Other than that, it works well and does not crash like V5.21 does on my Axim

Then get TomTom. I have v5.21 and it works fine.

hello,
to using tom tom 6 we need yo have a GPS connected by Bluetooth ?

tomysnockers said:
hello,
to using tom tom 6 we need yo have a GPS connected by Bluetooth ?
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Yes. There's no way to connect a wired GPS.

M600 and Route66
I recently did quite lot of research and found what I needed. A fairly basic GPS route finder system, that does, contrarary to the manufacturers website, 7 figure postcode searches, with updatable POI speed camera database (as long as you're prepared to fiddle with the CSV files with the camera info in).
I bought Route66 Navigator 7 for PPC (UK/Ireland) from Expansys. The manufacturers guff doesnt actually state that it works with WM5 but it does. I bought this because it did what I want and it was pretty cheap. The speed camera database also doesnt seem to be mentioned, but loaded onto the PPC with the rest of the software. I had no installation problems, the hardest part was waiting for the software to load the maps onto my SD card. I would recommend quite a fast card speed and make sure theres plenty of space as UK maps take up about 250ish Mb.
I got a Sirfstar III blue tooth GPS receiver from here
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/...MF-homepage&utm_source=prod2&utm_medium=10939
I paid £60 a couple of months ago and nows its £45 ! Gutted. This also works a treat. Paired up no problem. An article i read helped with this which is linked here; http://www.bbits.co.uk/blog/archive/...2/28/7210.aspx
I used it to travel to central London with my family and managed to get there pretty much stress free. Signals were clear and with plenty of notice, lots of POI available, like pubs, hotels, etc. I found a web site that will let you download POI, the link is here somewhere;
http://www.tomtomsatnav.info/index.html
Although it does say TomTom in the header there lots of other stuff here as well. Another good site for Route66 queries is here;
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=86
Hope this helps. im not on commision I promise you. Thought I would give something back maybe of use, after frequenting this forum on numerous occasions.

Copilot or TomTom

hi all -
have a big car trip coming up and wanted to know what people thought about what are apparently the 2 best mobile gps softwares.
i have used Copilot but never tom tom on a phone but obviously know Tom Tom by reputation.
is it worth investing in Tom Tom which is more than Copilot or are they about the same?

jgtthd said:
hi all -
have a big car trip coming up and wanted to know what people thought about what are apparently the 2 best mobile gps softwares.
i have used Copilot but never tom tom on a phone but obviously know Tom Tom by reputation.
is it worth investing in Tom Tom which is more than Copilot or are they about the same?
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I'd recommend CoPilot, purely from a cost-effective angle. It's cheaper.
TomTom is great (I had it on my Diamond and then my HD and swore by it), but CoPilot also looks better. As well as that, pinch to zoom works, you can make the map area fill the screen, it's more configurable, and it's just nicer.
TomTom's really good - I'm not knocking it. I prefer CoPilot, without doubt.

I have used both and its Co-Pilot every time.
WB

Tomtom looks a bit dated, copilot works perfectly and looks good as well

I've used both. On my last pda I stopped using a previous bought version of Copilot due to its routing, and bought TomTom. From reading many forums, the strange routing issue is still there and I had a problem in my trial which means I am looking for something else. It gets you there but not necessarily the quickest route.
I like the screen layout of TT with things like speed, speed limit, time, ETA and much more on the display - Copilot is VERY limited.
But try Copilot on roads and journeys you know - they have a 15 day trial on the HD2. TomTom say they do not support the HD2 but many people have it working.

There's only 1 way to find out...
FIGHT!!!

I'm so used to tomtom I dont like copilot, dont like the keyboard layout not being changeable and dont like the lack of qucik button like in tomtom..
My copilot trial is up so trying something called waze at the mo, will see how well that pans out..

johncmolyneux said:
I'd recommend CoPilot, purely from a cost-effective angle. It's cheaper.
TomTom is great (I had it on my Diamond and then my HD and swore by it), but CoPilot also looks better. As well as that, pinch to zoom works, you can make the map area fill the screen, it's more configurable, and it's just nicer.
TomTom's really good - I'm not knocking it. I prefer CoPilot, without doubt.
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wacky.banana said:
I have used both and its Co-Pilot every time.
WB
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samtheman11 said:
Tomtom looks a bit dated, copilot works perfectly and looks good as well
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I'm with these guys. I tried TomTom, both on my PDA and the the hardware units. I didn't get on with it one bit.
I find CoPilot much more user friendly.

Syphon Filter said:
I'm with these guys. I tried TomTom, both on my PDA and the the hardware units. I didn't get on with it one bit. I find CoPilot much more user friendly.
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Another vote for CoPilot. I used TomTom on my TouchPro and it was good, but I like CoPilot better...

Tomtom gives me better routes and the gps seems more accurate, for example Copilot puts me on the main road outside my street whereas Tomtom points to exactly where I am...

CoPilot is crap. Odd routings and it actually got me lost on one of the three occasions I used it! Sometimes it just completely loses the plot and tells you to turn right when it means left etc. Nokia OVI maps sat nav is excellent and by far the best navigation software I've ever used. Such a shame they won't port it to non-Nokia handsets! I can't comment on Tom Tom as I've never tried it.

satnav
jgtthd said:
hi all -
have a big car trip coming up and wanted to know what people thought about what are apparently the 2 best mobile gps softwares.
i have used Copilot but never tom tom on a phone but obviously know Tom Tom by reputation.
is it worth investing in Tom Tom which is more than Copilot or are they about the same?
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neither iGo8

iGo 8 :thumbsup:

I've got a T mobile uk handset and sadly it's missing the CoPliot trial. Is there anywhere that I can download the trial version to compare with my trusty old Tomtom Go classic?

sat nav
I would normally swear by tomtom 7... its good and easy... but i paid £24.99 a little while ago and am now using co-pilot 8... its also the default when you use the car nav menu...
I would now say Co-pilot 8... the lane indication is a cool idea.. i have not heard of i Go 8...
will have to look into it

Copilot
Get Copilot Live 8. I like it more and more, and almost never launch TomTom.

CoPilot sounds great value and looks sweet. Then you use it a few times and realise it's actually rubbish. I mean, bad routings, it gets you lost....need I go on? Tom Tom isn't actually released for the HD2 and therefore it involves loads of fannying and tweaking to get the thing working on this handset...so that one's out too. IGO8 is the one then, yes? Um, not at £120 it isn't!!
So is there actually a viable sat nav for Windows Mobile? One that works as it should and costs less than £60 (I only require UK maps so am not forking-out for the whole of Europe!)???

i prefere tomtom.Copilot is not so efficient in calculating right routeplan.
Somebody knows how uninstall it?

mikempower said:
i prefere tomtom.Copilot is not so efficient in calculating right routeplan.
Somebody knows how uninstall it?
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Untill someone comes out with a cooked ROM you can't as it's built into the ROM itself and isn't an "added on" application....

Do you guys noticed weird things with gps position when the your car is not moving? My Tom Tom is navigating me somewhere and for example there is a red light and i've to stop my car, then while i'm staing and not moving at all tomtom is showing me that i'm still moving 2km/h 3km/h for another 10 second and sometimes getting crazy and moving left and right.
Do you have similar problem? My ver of tom tom is 7.916.9189 i tryed older and is this same