Advice on upgrade please

cinnabull · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 09, 2006 Posts: 5

Hi Folks,

First post, so if this is one of those forums where newbies get the ale in, have a virtual round on me.

OK, its time for me to upgrade my phone, and I'm more inclined to get one that can do sat nav as well. I've no experience of this on a phone, but have found s/n really useful recently on a trip to France, where I borrowed a mates medion mio. Anyway, I quite like the look of the new Orange spv m600. What I need to know before upgrading to this phone is
1. is it compatible with Tom Tom software
2. if it is, which version do I need
3. is there a better phone (orange) to use sat nav with
4. I assume I will need a bluetooth gps receiver, are there any other bits I will need,

thanks in anticipation

Stuart

lbendlin · Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 5:51 am Post subject:

Welcome to the forums.

1. yes
2. Current version is v5, but it will also be compatible with the upcoming v6
3. There's always something better available... ;-)
4. You also need to think about some kind of car mount, unless you want to use the voice navigation only. But at least you need some way to recharge the phone and the receiver on longer journeys.
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cinnabull · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 09, 2006 Posts: 5

Thanks for the reply Lutz. Do I need to install anything onto the phone itself, or is everything run from an SD card. Also, regarding the software, is it called Mobile 5 or Navigator 5 (the version for mobile phones),

cheers again

Stuart

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MarkHewitt · Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject:

That phone does look excellent. As my current contract with O2 is about to expire I might get one of those.

Trouble is at the moment I have TomTom Mobile 5 and there is no cheap or free way to exchange that for TomTom Navigator 5.

However I've heard that starting with v6 the mobile and PDA versions will be distributed together, so perhaps once v6 is out I can just upgrade my mobile version and I'll work on the M600 too.

cinnabull · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 09, 2006 Posts: 5

Thanks for the info guys. so reading the above, is TT Navigator 5 a totally different product to TT Mobile 5, or do people just call them different names. I need to get this right as its not a cheap purchase for the software. Sorry if this seems basic, but I have no experience of installing this stuff whatsoever. Also version 6, when is it out, does anyone have any details, will it be worth waiting for that or just go for the currently available one and upgrade later if poss?

cheers

Stuart

cinnabull · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 09, 2006 Posts: 5

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MarkHewitt · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:33 am Post subject:

Nords · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 10:06 pm Post subject:

My P910 (used to) use Mobile 5 and that has a touch screen.....?

lbendlin · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject:

Symbian doesn't count. They are using a completely different compilation altogether. Not sure if the P910 touchscreen is even supported by TomTom.
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Nords · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 11:01 pm Post subject:

Lutz, it is. It will work with the jog wheel and/or with touch-screen buttons. Both work well I have to say, but need to know if symbian mobile 5 works on which other phones?

lbendlin · Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:10 am Post subject:

you're on the safe side with Series60 and Series90 based devices. Not too sure about S70 and S80.
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Nords · Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:04 am Post subject:

Cheers, as per my other post. I'm going to get a replacement P910 to be sure that my TT5 will work with it. If it won't transfer to the P990 eventually, the P910 can stay in the car as satnav and I'll use the new phone as a phone!

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cinnabull · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 09, 2006 Posts: 5

Hi again guys,

Well heres a quick update. Got my spv m600 and and had TT5 installed. My mate had to install it cos I'm not too clued up in that respect. He put some poi's on as well. Bought a Holux 236 bluetooth receiver and away I went. Fantastic.

Anyway, next day I kept getting a message 'no gps signal'. No matter what I tried, zippety zap nada. Anyway after much soft resetting etc, I eventually discovered that in order to get a signal into the phone, I had to power up the receiver first. As long as I do that, when I click on the T icon, it sparks up just great.

Went to Edinburgh last w/end and the thing was awesome. I have never had sat nav before, and now I'm wondering how I ever did without it. I'm off to Hull on Sunday, and London next weekend and I bet I dont get lost once.

Oh, and those speed cam warnings are sooooo usefull !!

Oh again, quick plug for GPS for Less, they have been a great help, and an very quick supplier of the neccessary bits, found their add on this site as well.

Stuart

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