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Topic: 70mph Speed Cameras to be deployed on Motorways |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 26
Views: 16957
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:27 am Subject: M1 Speed Camera |
As someone who drives on that part of the M1 which will get speed cameras... good luck finding a time when you can do over 70, perhaps in the middle of the day ! |
Topic: iPhone 4S Has GLONASS GPS Support |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 7
Views: 6178
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Forum: Apple GPS Devices Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:05 pm Subject: iPhone 4S Has GLONASS GPS Support |
Well, if it is able to use GLONASS that will help, but you're asking a lot of GPS. Your body is a very effective shields blocking the already very week GPS signal.
Not really, I use my old 3GS whic ... |
Topic: iPhone 4S Has GLONASS GPS Support |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 7
Views: 6178
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Forum: Apple GPS Devices Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:26 am Subject: Does the GPS work better on the 4S ? |
Anybody know if the 4S has better GPS reception so that it can work in your pocket ?
Whilst riding my bike I like to use CamerAlert with the phone in my pocket, but exiting moel don't get a signal ... |
Topic: TomTom CTO - GO 1000 Will Support Custom POIs Next Year |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 120
Views: 71920
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:20 pm Subject: Give them a break |
I've been in software development for over 20 years, and whilst I hate the idea of no custom POI's (due to this I will not purchase a new Tom Tom by the way), I have a lot of sympathy for what the CTO ... |
Topic: TomTom - Third party POI alerts are no more |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 172
Views: 93795
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:28 am Subject: Market Leaders can do what they like |
This is yet another clear move by the market leader, they feel they are dominant and can do whatever they like, just like Apple I guess.
However TT are playing a very strange game, paid for Sat Nav ... |
Topic: Are TomTom moving to a fully closed system? |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 101
Views: 63679
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:56 pm Subject: Bye Bye TomTom.... but is it as bad as we think ? |
Tomtom knows its market place better than anyone (we hope !), I wonder what percentage of TT owners download anything to the device, I guess the percentage of people using this forum is pretty high (I ... |
Topic: Navigon & Iphone route creation |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 6
Views: 9977
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Forum: Navigon Handhelds Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 6:04 pm Subject: Navigon & Iphone route creation |
Its not possible to add routes/ POI's etc to any iPhone app due to the way Apple have locked down the file structure making it impossible to copy data to a place where an app can make use of it.
The ... |
Topic: Navigon & Iphone route creation |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 6
Views: 9977
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Forum: Navigon Handhelds Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 9:53 pm Subject: Navigon & Iphone route creation |
Has anybody found a tool that will let you create routes (say in Google Maps) and download those route onto the iPhone version of Navigon.
The file format seems different to the PDA version of Nav ... |
Topic: CamerAlert Enhancement Requests |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 262
Views: 223004
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Forum: CamerAlert on Apple Devices Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 2:01 pm Subject: Re: Warnings in Stand-by |
i've found it only gives warnings for those cameras already in it's 'nearby cameras database' - it doesn't get the 'new' cameras as you move around...
MaFt
Seems to make sense, I guess I put ... |
Topic: Apple's new iPad WiFi 3G reviewed. |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 48
Views: 37882
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Forum: Apple GPS Devices Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:44 pm Subject: Re: iPad = No Flash... waste of £400 ! |
you do know that facebook now encode videos using non-flash format? and old ones are gradually being transcoded:
All new videos are encoded in h264 format, so we're playing videos natively in th ... |
Topic: Apple's new iPad WiFi 3G reviewed. |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 48
Views: 37882
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Forum: Apple GPS Devices Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:09 pm Subject: iPad = No Flash... waste of £400 ! |
I've thought long and hard over the iPad, I use the iPod Touch for bedtime surfing at home but not having Flash really restricts web usage, however I don't mind so much as the Touch is really there fo ... |
Topic: Residential Bristol Could Eventually Become 20mph Speed Zone |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 20
Views: 21194
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Forum: Non-Technical Speed Camera Discussions Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 8:02 pm Subject: Whats your average speed ? |
My initial reaction to this is to be completely horrified by the idea, however.....
Over the weekend I drove my wife's car, something that thankfully doesn't happen too often, and I noticed that th ... |
Topic: Garmin Launch Golf GPS: Approach G3 and Aproach G5 |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 9
Views: 13692
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Forum: Cycling, Sports and Fitness Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 3:01 pm Subject: GPS for Golf - Yes Please |
I use my iPhone today, the stats are great and the distance is accurate due to the fact its normally very open, however MaFt's points are true, Battery is an issue (although extended batteries are goo ... |
Topic: TomTom update RIDER - Meet Urban Rider |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 7
Views: 6379
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:40 pm Subject: BT Line-in |
I wish they had added a wired connection so I could use it with my Autocom system.
That's why I am staying with Garmin.
Alan
Get one of thse...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BCK-08-Universal-Ster ... |
Topic: TomTom update RIDER - Meet Urban Rider |
mikeprytherch
Replies: 7
Views: 6379
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:36 pm Subject: Same features as Car systems |
Its nice to see it has IQ Routes, but what was TTS, from the picture it looks like we get Advance Lane Guidance now, its an expensive piece of kit and lacks too much important car functionality for th ... |
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