Tom Tom One - updated maps soon?

NukeThemAll · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject: Tom Tom One - updated maps soon?

First posting from total Newbie... and very impressed with web site and especially the technical content (and wit!) of forum contributors.

I've researched in-car GPS and pretty much decided on a TT1. I gather that TT normally update maps in ~May, so, should I delay purchase until then, or will TT offer free update if I purchase now?

And sorry to pose a related question... I have seen some conflicting information regarding the TT1 map source; most agree it's TeleAtlas but at least one reviewer on another site has stated that both the Rider and TT1 use Navteq. An e-mail to TT produced a non-definitive 'politician's reply', which made me wonder.....

MELennium · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject:

NukeThemAll wrote:

NukeThemAll · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:23 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info....wonder why TT uses Navteq for the Rider and not for their other products.....?

I had indeed seen that information (map upgrade programme) on TT's web site but wondered if there's a 'free upgrade' period, which many software companies have. Perhaps another e-mail to TT might get a useful reply?

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject:

NukeThemAll · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the replies; guess there's no reason to delay getting that TT1 - although the general feeling, from what I can see when reading forum postings, is that units using Navteq data seem to enjoy more up-to-date maps than TeleAtlas. Perhaps the next map upgrade will restore parity?

As a Which? subscriber, Computing Which's recent SatNav tests commented that on the (very limited) routes they used, only the TT1 had a map accuracy problem (also tested Garmin i3). Makes me wonder why Garmin don't bring out a lower-spec Nuvi (ie a unit with the SirfIII chipset) but without MP3 players, translators etc that probably few people would need, but at a price whic competes head-on with the TT1.

sitrap · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject:

I received an free upgrade to TomTom2 from TomTom1, back in the distant past, - if I remember it was because I had only just purchased TomTom1 when two came out. But this was for a Pocket PC, and TomTom required that I send back the TomTom1 disks to obtain the upgrade. So there's a slim posibility that if you buy now you wil get a free upgrade. But as TomTom never say anything until after the event, I wouldn't risk it. Wait a few weeks and get the new software.

I have another question for anyone out there. I have a TomTom ONE, plus MOWE and a city map of Tenerife. Will the upgrade cover all of tese, or will I have to pay separately to upgrade each of them - could be expensive!
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