Upgrade my Ipaq

shrubies · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 24, 2005 Posts: 34

I just wanted to find out if it would be worth upgrading my Ipaq 3760 to a 3970 to run TTN5.

Many thanks

doctomahawk · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:42 pm Post subject:

I run mine on a 3975 and it works very well. The 3975 has the 400 MHz Intel X-Scale processor and the 3760 a 206MHz StrongArm Processor To me a faster architecture/speed processor is always better. Of course If it works well with the 3760 why upgrade? You can always load it on the 3760 and see how it works. If you are not satisfied you can re-load it on your upgraded PPC later. TomTom allows you to activate it again on another device after a certain period of time.
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shrubies · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 24, 2005 Posts: 34

doctomahawk

Thanks for the reply, one of the thing i was after was the BT for the traffic. Also i currently have it running on my 3760, but some time fine it a bit slow recalculation the route when making a wrong turn, and so maybe missing the next turn if it is quite close. How do you fine it at recalculating routes?

Shrubies.

chipfork · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:31 pm Post subject:

I run TTNAV 5 on my iPAQ 3970 and it works fine, in fact it seems as quick and certainly more reliable than some colleagues who have 2210's.

As well as being cheap now they're no longer in production, the speaker is on the front which means the sound levels and quality are ideal for the car.

I'm still running PocketPC 2002 on mine, works fine though if I forget to quit TTNAV before switching the iPAQ off I get an event error when I switch back on. There's a utility to delete the event errors though not essential as TTNAV still runs fine.

chipfork · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:33 pm Post subject:

Forgot to mention I'm using an Emtac Bluetooth GPS receiver - works fine when setup as a cabled GPS modem in TTNAV - I believe a common fix for non-TomTom receivers.

doctomahawk · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:53 pm Post subject:

I am using the TomTom BLuetooth receiver based on the SiRFStar IIe/LP chipset with the 3975. I have also run it on an Ipaq 3870 without any problems. It has always updated fine for me but we don't have any roundabouts like those in Europe. I can see where a quick recalculation might be a problem with either one of these where a quick recalculation might be needed. Any time I have gone off route and needed TomTom to re-calculate it has been fast enough for my situation but situations are different by location and type of roads.
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