Navman or Tomtom?

[cptncanary]

I have a Navman S90i (from January 2008) with West European maps, and a HP iPAQ 914, with TT Navigator 6, also with West European maps.

I'm at a loss to decide which manufacturer to commit to, as going with both is too expensive to contemplate.

I like the Navman's features and large screen, but with Tomtom I always have my satnav with me, as it's on my 'phone.

Any comments would be gratefully received

[peterc10]

You have a very limited legal upgrade path with the TT on your phone. TT are refusing to release TTN7 for aftermarket sales and without that version you cannot buy TT's latest maps. The ones you have on TTN6 will probably be at least 2 years old by now.

Even if you can get TTN7 via the backdoor and buy the V815 maps there is no guarantee that it will work on the HP914 - and TT "support" will not help you.

There is other software available for PDAs and phones but I am not sure what would work on your phone and what is best.
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Peter
HTC Sensation
Sygic GPS for Europe (No more TT "support"!)
Copilot for USA
Bury CC9060 bluetooth car kit & Brodit mount

[aj2052]

It would be interesting if somebody could actually show what overall improvements TomTom/Teleatlas have actually made in the mapping between V6 and V8 IMHO Not very much the main improvements appear to be in functuality.
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Moto G5s Plus, Sygic 17.4.8

[mikealder]

For one issolated example check the A1M interchange with the M62 and the new road layout for a considerable distance South of this location on the A1M - for a number of months the maps were ahead of the road construction!
V6 maps had you in the fields on large sections of this revised road layout, V8 is rather more accurate - Mike

[aj2052]

Mike. I did say overall, undoubtfully some places have been updated but some have been whoefully neglected, check shakespere st,biggin street and dead lane in central loughborough against the Pgpsw hybrid map and the teleatlas insight map after being altered six years ago this is disgusting, I again reported this 2 days ago and recieved ackowledgement for the sixth time over 2 yrs and ist still not changed, when i finally see this changed I will accept that maps are being updated and Teleatlas are actually taking notice.
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Moto G5s Plus, Sygic 17.4.8

[aj2052]

Navigate thru this:

This built 6 years ago

Sorry thought i was posting photo, I need more practice or advise

For some reason the [ was missing from the start of the image tag! once added your picture works fine - mikealder
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Moto G5s Plus, Sygic 17.4.8

[Darren]

[cptncanary]

Thanks for everyone's comments. I've now read many of the post regarding TTN7, so I don't think I'll go down that route (sorry )

I see that Co-Pilot 7 is an option, as it the Garmin Mobile XT. I get the impression that Co-Pilot is the more favoured choice, and I like the comparitively small cost of the traffic updates (£34.95 for 2 years).

[aj2052]

I did not expect any map producer to publish any list but poeple say My area is uptodate and another person says mine is not. but to be six years out of date is severely inexcusable, incidentley the above map/picture is uptodate in Navteq TTN V6, the other point is that whichever unit you use which use Teleatlas maps is going to have the same problem and surely updating the Maps should be the first priority but appears not.
Taking your comment Darren how is the public to know which maps are more uptodate, do you follow TomToms adverts claiming updated maps and blindly waste your money.
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Moto G5s Plus, Sygic 17.4.8

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