NO MORE SUPPORT FOR MANY NAV2 (& NAV3) DEVICES

asperion · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 15, 2008 Posts: 20

Well that's me finished with TomTom after October 2018 when my Live services expires on my trusty GO820.

I shall be looking at a Garmin as a replacement nearer the time but at least I can mull over the options rather than being forced into a quick decision.
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psyskiesman · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:07 pm Post subject:

Thanks TomTom, 16th January being my Birthday; some present huh! I've been a TomTom user since the days of pocket computers running TomTom software and have progressed through pnd devices 720, 730 and 1005. Where to now?
Actually, having put mine to good use, usually 7-8 hours a day, it may not be as bad as it sounds because I am thinking of retiring later this year and will then only use it very occasionally, maybe 2-3 times a year, and my live services subscription is valid until June 2019.

Just as an aside, I noticed that the list of affected devices mentions 1005 (SF SB), whereas my serial number starts ST. Does this mean mine may still be updateable?

justbrowsing · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2011 Posts: 679

arfurdent · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 116

my trusty old 750 Live is feeling quite upset at the rejection by TT. However as the replaced battery only runs for about 15 minutes it is slowing down. Still a good satnav with live services. Better than the one on my BMW. Will probably retire it late 2019 and use an iphone for PGPS speed cameras.

... and they say technology improves (value engineering)

LesP2008 · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 12:40 pm Post subject:

justbrowsing · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2011 Posts: 679

pcaouolte · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:40 pm Post subject:

BBC news are carrying a story about this now:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/42859546
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Kremmen · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 4:31 pm Post subject:

So some obsolete devices are still on sale now !
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pcaouolte · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 7:55 pm Post subject:

Interesting that TomTom don't seem to understand how it works, this is from their Twitter account today:

arfurdent · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 116

There is another unspoken thought behind TomTom's actions. The Nav2/3 device are MSDOS based using a FAT file format and are prone to hacking to install unpaid for maps. An activity I personally cannot condone and denigrate completely.

Tomtom's response has been to move to a more secure Linux based operating system which would appear to resolve the hacking issues. That approach makes commercial sense. However they removed so many useful features that the phrase "chucking the baby out with the bath water" seems to apply.

Tangsoodogb · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:03 pm Post subject:

I called Tomtom support as I have live 1005 model ST.
I need to update my live services soon.
The web site said NO.
I was told it was a 'glitch' they were working to fix, but it may take a long time.
How many years they did not know.............. Rolling Eyes

johnnym100 · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:54 pm Post subject:

My Go940 wouldn’t let me renew Live Servies despite not being on the EoL list so based on your 1005 ST issue, I wonder if their online store is having issues filtering which sub-sets of models can renew and which are EoL.

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