Alternative to TomTom Navigator 5?

[Tricky2005]

I have been looking into the idea of purchasing an O2 XDA IIi and TomTom 5 Navigator ever since a mate of mine demonstrated his XDA and TT3 setup. I don't like to rush into things so have been doing a bit of research. One of the reasons for purchasing a GPS was for my drive from Darlington to Morzine in France so when I saw that TT5 contained maps of Europe I couldn't get my credit card out fast enough. Fortunately for me I kept it firmly in my back pocket as I then found out only the upgrade has maps of Europe.

Since then I have read more and more bad reports on compatibility issues, lockups, bad customer service, refunds yada, yada, yada. Now I know forums tend to be an area for gripes more than praise, but I don't want to spend hundreds of pounds on something that doesn't work. It wouldn't be bad if there was a trial version but I would still have to purchase a 3rd party receiver and from some of the posts this is part of the problem.

Bottom line is do I purchase the above hardware/software combination, ie will it work, or do I go for something else and if so what?

[balzer1]

It will work. Or maybe I should say is likely(90%) to work, given the fact that tomtom says tt5 is compatible with every other xda, and I've seen tt5 running nicely on an m2000(xda2s)

Bear in mind there are often little bugs or conflicts with other system apps which may need tweaking, so an error-free experience is never guaranteed.

I've tried a few navigation programs in the past few years, and tomtom, although not perfect (and never will be!) is definitely one of the (if not 'the') best and well worth the money.

[balzer1]

oh, a good alternative would be navigon MN5: uptodate maps and decent routing but no support for TMC anymore.

[Quantum]

Well, I for one am pretty freaked out about the slap-dash way TTN5 seems to have been built, and I have an IPaq 4700 which seems to give it a severe memory leak.

I've looked at MN5, but the maps do not seem to be as good as TTN5; fairly spartan vectoring. But it does have voice command, and TTN5 apparently does not. Also MN5's website is much better quality than TomTom's, which indicates they have their sh*t together.

Has anyone run both of these apps, maybe even on a 4700? Are MN5's maps indeed not as good? Does its voice command actually work?

[simonpearce]

Officially, Tomtom don't support XDAIIi.

But it works fine for me.

Simon

[alix776]

the xda2i works fine with tt5 im running it all day with no crashes and traffic with a holuxcr100 gps cradle the only word of advice is to set the device up a corperate setting rather than a personal one as o2 active slows the machine down and if you use landscape in wm 2003se then starting tomtom in landscape will revert the xda to portrait the hp nav pack had the same effect if you have any gprs problems the
xda will usually be the cause as it has a tendency to drop the gprs (internet) conntection if anything is pluged in to the serial port be it a power lead or gps
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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

[Tricky2005]

Thanks for the replies, at least I now know the XDAIIi will work.

Simon, what type of GPS receiver are you using with your XDA? I am actually hoping to use a bluetooth one because I plan to use the GPS both in my car and on my mountain bike so unfortunately the Holux CR-100 wouldn't work for me

Anyone using XDAIIi, Bluetooth GPS and TT5 successfully?

[simonpearce]

[simonpearce]

[Tricky2005]

[andy-c1]

please can you explain more about corperate mode as i'm having endless lockups with the phone side
thanks
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