M1500 upgrades - PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i Software Upgrading

Got an M1500 and got a few queries...Apologies but I'm techie enough to know about the forum but not enough to know a lot about my phone!!!
Is this the same as the Alpine?
There's lots of talk of TomTom being installed. Besides TomTom is there any other software I could use to add SatNav to my phone?
Is there a hands free car kit available?
Any help appreciated...

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Thinking of buying one, need your advice

OK, so I am looking to buy a Jam. I am in the UK and currently carry around an IPAQ with TOMTOM on for the car, a Nokia mobile phone and a Blackberry for my work email.
I've been reading these threads for some time and see there are some problems and no one can get the Blackberry client to work. But it could still save me two of the devices I currently have (phone / tomtom).
Which GPS devices are you using with the Jam and TomTom, are you happy with them and how much were they (in UK)?
Can I use bluetooth headset and bluetooth GPS with TOMTOM at the same time? e.g. if I am driving and tomtom is nagivating me, can I make and receive calls still?
How good is it as a phone? Is sound quality ok? I will be using it for work so can't afford to have something that isn't reliable and will annoy my customers!
Is there anything else coming along in the short term I should wait for instead of getting the Jam?
From your wealth of experience, do you recommend I get one or wait?
Will is work in America? My company is based in Boston and I travel there sometimes so it would need to work out there too.
Many thanks in advance for any advice.
I would wait for a similar device that ships with the new Windows Mobile 5. As it stands, there will be no official release of the OS for the Magician :-(
When released in September, the ETEN M600 will be a very good alternative.
(Hope HTC, imate, etc. read these forums!!!)
Just found this: http://www.mobile-review.com/exhibition/computex-2005-smarts-en.shtml
Looks like the R-Ten M600 might be the one I wait for as it has WM 5.0 and WiFi. Unless HTC release a new Magician.
You guys mean ETEN M600 ? But in another thread here they were saying Eten M500 is good enough... ?

Tomtom ?

Hi
Left the xda scene a while back but now have an o2 xda mini s. which i think is the 'wizard' on its way to me.
Does anyone know if it is compatible with tomtom navigator 5 ? the gps thing should be but i'm not sure if the OS will run the software.
Also does anyone know of any tomtom alternative that costs less?
cheers
yes it runs tomtom (5.21) perfectly. i would not recommend anything else really, its so good. the new copilot (ver 6) is supposed to be ok though, not sure if its any cheeper though. you can get tomtom pretty cheeply though if you hunt around.
I don't really know if I can say this on the forum....
But...search around on usenet and p2p networks and you'll should find TT5 and everything you need there.
R_J_Webb said:
Hi
Left the xda scene a while back but now have an o2 xda mini s. which i think is the 'wizard' on its way to me.
Does anyone know if it is compatible with tomtom navigator 5 ? the gps thing should be but i'm not sure if the OS will run the software.
Also does anyone know of any tomtom alternative that costs less?
cheers
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Is there any costs after tomtom is installed?
Im thinking grps etc. I presume it will be like being onnected to the internet and could use up a lot?
there is no GPRS use if you do not subscribe to any extra service.

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.

could u please lend me a hand

I have 3 simple questions, so if u could help me out i would very much appreciated it...
1. I am getting an XDA Orbit in two days (YAY), is the Tottom any better than the co-pilot that comes with it? What are the differences.
2. What Tomtom software spacificly do i need for a Orbit? (i mean if u could explain in more detail than "tomtom navagation 6") or does any tomtom software work?
How do i put the tomtom software on the orbit?
if u could help me out i would be very grateful
TomTom is more popular than Co-Pilot but that does not mean there is anything wrong with Co-Pilot. I don't think that any difference is going to be worth shelling out for if you already have Co-Pilot.

spv m600 gps reciver

hi there i am totally new to the smartphone / pda sceen i bought my first one off ebay last nite a spv m600 and i was woundering wot the best/cheapest gps reciver is for it i found some on ebay but postage was £9.99 which i was not impressed with so decided i would find a foum like this and ask also i will be using the gps on my motorbike so any good holders ? wot other things can i do with the m600 thanks
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FZ-BLUETOOTH-...ryZ69928QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
this was the one i was looking at any good?
any one like to shed some light
well i should get the phone tomorrow so i would like to know if that gps is ok or if there is a better one so i can get it sent to me
That should work, but you will need software for the SPV M600. Google maps is free, but uses lots of data, and so may come out quite expensive. Things like TomTom are expensive to get, but store the data on the phone, and so will cost nothing to run.
i would keep an eye out for OpenStreetMap

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