Goodbye TomTom

sussamb · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:53 pm Post subject:

It probably doesn't ... most phones give an initial 'fix' based on triangulation from mobile phone masts, and then later connect via GPS.

I know when I use ViewRanger on my phone it takes much longer to get a GPS fix, and I assume that's because that app doesn't take advantage of A-GPS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS

Most GPS will give a fix within seconds provided they're switched on where they were last switched off, otherwise there can be a delay, but a minute is exceptional, my Garmins take 15 to 20 seconds.
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JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:34 am Post subject:

Can anyone who's familiar with both TT & Garmin, tell me which Garmin is, at least, equivalent to a TT 940 Live? My current one is showing signs of its age! I replaced the battery last year, but it's beginning to look like it's needing replaced again. I see that some of the Garmin come with "Free Lifetime" Maps and "Free Lifetime" Traffic, and I'm wondering whether I'd be better off with a new Garmin than trying to nurse my 940 back to life and continuing to pay for traffic and maps?

I NEED to be able to add Custom POIs.
I NEED to be able to navigate to those Custom POIs.
I NEED to be able to get Proximity Alerts when I approach some of those Custom POIs (i.e. Speed Camera Warnings + "There's a 'Costa'/'Starbucks'/'Other brands are available' coming up".

I'd LIKE to be able to use Itineraries (i.e. plan multiple "travel vias").
I'd LIKE to have Traffic in Ireland (I see that some models have "Digital Traffic" and some seem to just have "Traffic", what's the difference?).
I'd LIKE as large a screen as possible. (Running some Navigation software on my Nexus 7 tablet (7 inch screen) is another possibility!)
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sussamb · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 6:36 am Post subject:

Pretty much all the newer Garmin's will do what you want, and there are 7" models avilable. For differences in traffic see here:

http://www.garmin.com/uk/traffic

My latest nuvi has digital traffic. It's so good I'd hesitate to recommend a Garmin without it.
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IanS100 · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:13 am Post subject:

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DennisN · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:12 am Post subject:

Huh, no chance - that was six or seven weeks ago!
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AuldMike · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 5:42 pm Post subject:

I too have jumped to Garmin after many years with TomTom devices.
As well as the reasons given by previous posters *** it is no longer possible to prepare a route plan and load it onto a new TomTom product ***
The only way to plan a route is to use the device and its small screen.
TomTom cannot prepare a route away from the device.
Even 'Tyre' who claim over 500,000 users can only plan for the 'Rider' version.
Lack of off-device route planning was confirmed by TomTom support today,
Trade comments allege that this is not just a simple programming omission.

I am not entirely satisfied with Garmin but I cannot use the new TomToms.
My Garmin issue
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=613417#613417

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