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LiveLifeGoJump Regular Visitor
Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 193 Location: North East
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:29 pm Post subject: Tomtom on the desktop |
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Are their any plans to allow users to run Tomtom Nav5 on a desktop computer as this would give us a more user friendly environment to work on when planning & checking routes.
I can do this with Memory Map software & it makes life so much easier.
Norman _________________ If riding in a plane is flying then riding in a boat is swimming. If you want to experience the feeling
GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE |
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ispartacus75 Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 54
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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Not the best solution but I believe there is an emulator for PPC 2003 that lets you run PPC apps on a desktop.
Not sure where to look fro this, try googling it |
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LiveLifeGoJump Regular Visitor
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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ispartacus75 wrote: | try googling it |
Is that LEGAL? Do you have to be over sixteen?
Will have a look for one, never though of that as a solution. I was hoping Tomtom maight be offering that option 'FREE OF CHARGE' (now there's a novel idea eh?
Thanks
Norman _________________ If riding in a plane is flying then riding in a boat is swimming. If you want to experience the feeling
GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE |
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alix776 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 03/05/2003 14:45:49 Posts: 3999 Location: leyland lancs ENGLAND
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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tomtom navigator is only desinged to run on pocket pc devieces but........ _________________ currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .
Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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...I can confirm that it runs nicely on the new Device Emulator. The only caveat right now is that you need a serial/USB GPS receiver. The emulator doesn't work with BT receivers.
You can even beef up the display size to 600x800 _________________ Lutz
Report Map Errors here:
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MrT Frequent Visitor
Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 2143 Location: Surrounded by A1, M1 & M25
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:36 am Post subject: |
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Which emulator and where can I find it? |
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vlak Regular Visitor
Joined: Dec 29, 2003 Posts: 78 Location: London, UK
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:22 am Post subject: |
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MrT wrote: | Which emulator? |
lbendlin wrote: | ...I can confirm that it runs nicely on the new Device Emulator. |
MrT wrote: | where can I find it? |
www.microsoft.com |
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MarkHewitt Frequent Visitor
Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Posts: 1077 Location: Chester-le-Street & York
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 8:52 am Post subject: |
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I tried installing that once about a year ago. After 3 hours of trying to compile the various dependancies I gave up!
Is it any better now? |
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MrT Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:00 am Post subject: |
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That one requires the PPC2003 SDK and C++ (250MB download) to be installed. I was hoping for a simple program that just emulated rather than all the development options. |
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MarkHewitt Frequent Visitor
Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Posts: 1077 Location: Chester-le-Street & York
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Just installed it now and it works :D .
Even managed to connect to it via ActiveSync.
I installed TomTom3 but couldn't install a map as there wasn't enough space. Anyone know how I can get a virtual CF card for my imaginary pocketpc? :P |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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File > Configure > Shared Folder _________________ Lutz
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MarkHewitt Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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Looks great. Been playing with it for a while. Tried to install TomTom3, the install went okay and then I ran it and the wizard process came up.. at which point it froze up, soft reset didn't fix it so had to hard reset and of course it's all gone. |
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LiveLifeGoJump Regular Visitor
Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 193 Location: North East
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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lbendlin wrote: | ...I can confirm that it runs nicely on the new Device Emulator. The only caveat right now is that you need a serial/USB GPS receiver.
You can even beef up the display size to 600x800 |
Does that mean you HAVE to have a GPS reciever or will it work without?
I just want to plan & view the routes then download them to my PPC as useing a desktop in a car causes problems if the mains extention is not long enough. _________________ If riding in a plane is flying then riding in a boat is swimming. If you want to experience the feeling
GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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you don't need a receiver. _________________ Lutz
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amcluesent Regular Visitor
Joined: Jul 03, 2004 Posts: 134 Location: London
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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>runs nicely on the new Device Emulator<
I'm surprised, I thought TT used their own low-level code to handle screen display etc. and the emulator only trapped Windows CE API calls. I guess they've modelled the h/w too, as per VMWare. |
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