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stuartm Lifetime Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:38 pm Post subject: TomTom for smartphone |
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Having just got an Orange SPV C500 is there any news on when Navigator will be available for it? |
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MikeB Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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We know it works on the smartphone, but there is no word as to when the product will be launched. _________________ Mike Barrett |
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MrRubberGloves Regular Visitor
Joined: May 09, 2004 Posts: 163 Location: Blackpool, England.
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:24 am Post subject: |
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Is a Nokia 7610 classed as a smartphone?
Also to save me searching, does anyone know how much TomTom will cost for a smartphone.
Thanks. |
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stuartm Lifetime Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:49 am Post subject: |
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MrRubberGloves wrote: | Is a Nokia 7610 classed as a smartphone?
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No, it uses the Symbian OS, other navigation systems are available for Symbian based phones.
MrRubberGloves wrote: |
Also to save me searching, does anyone know how much TomTom will cost for a smartphone.
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According to:
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=TOMTOM_MOBILE
It's available now for £199.95 |
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MikeB Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:54 am Post subject: |
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As the 7610 is a Nokia Series 60 device then it will be capable of running TomTom Mobile. _________________ Mike Barrett |
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Demon Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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I to have a C500 phone, and have been using the free demo version of mapopolis.. but it ain't no TOMTOM!!!
I see from the details on the web, and expansys, that it comes 'pre-installed' on a MMC card (or whatever)..
I really hope they just have a standalone installable version.. the reason I say this, is that most new smartphones are coming with miniSD cards, and being behind the battery on my C500, I want to use my existing 512Mb miniSD card.. not have to unplug thebattery, reboot, etc, just to use TOMTOM.. That, and the chance of losing a seperate SD/MMC card must be high, if you have to have all your usual music/games on one card, and tomtom on another??
I see the beta running on the GO POIN update story.. looks good ont he smartphone, lets hope they don't screw it all up by making it a pain to use!!! |
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Leeus Occasional Visitor
Joined: Sep 24, 2003 Posts: 39 Location: Portsmouth, UK
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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What I don't quite get is that we have seen it running on a p900 and looks great. But both TomTom's press release and expansys say it comes on an MMC which the p900 does not have.
Also...any updates for release date???? |
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Leeus Occasional Visitor
Joined: Sep 24, 2003 Posts: 39 Location: Portsmouth, UK
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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Just googled a bit and mobiledatadirect.co.uk have it for release on 13th September???? |
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gstenson Frequent Visitor
Joined: 23/10/2002 09:53:59 Posts: 267 Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 11:59 am Post subject: |
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Tomtom site mentions tomtom MOBILE will support E200 but no mention of the new C500 smartphone. E200's take SD cards, C500 take miniSD so I hope tomtom will release a C500 version. I also hope they allow us to copy files between SD cards - I want to purchase a 512mb card and use it for tomtom and music and not have the pain of resetting the phone just to switch between music and GPS. |
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stuartm Lifetime Member
Joined: 21/03/2003 10:37:20 Posts: 116 Location: Barkham
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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I asked TomTom about the C500 and the reply was:
The phones which are currently compatable to TomTom Mobile are: Nokia 6600, Orange SPV-E200 and Qtek 8080.
More will be added to our compatability list once they have been tested.
It's not exactly rocket science for them to put it on a different sized card. |
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MikeB Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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stuartm wrote: | I asked TomTom about the C500 and the reply was:
The phones which are currently compatable to TomTom Mobile are: Nokia 6600, Orange SPV-E200 and Qtek 8080.
More will be added to our compatability list once they have been tested.
It's not exactly rocket science for them to put it on a different sized card. |
I expect what this really means is that they havent tested it on any other platforms. In theory any series 60 phone with MMC and Bluetooth will work OK.
As far as the C500 is concerned I would expect that TomTom will package this in the same way as the Palm and GO products giving you a MMC/SD card and a CD with the software on it. If they do this then the C500 should work. This is just a guess though. _________________ Mike Barrett |
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stuartm Lifetime Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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AFAIK the Nokia 6600 is the only phone in that list that is series 60. The Orange SPV-E200 and Qtek 8080 are rebadged versions of the HTC Voyager and run Windows Mobile 2003, the C500 runs WM2003 Second Edition. |
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MikeB Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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You are spot on there. I want to find someone locally who has an nGage or a 7610 to see if it will work in these series 60 phones. I dont see why it wouldnt unless the keys are different or some other hardware capability is missing. _________________ Mike Barrett |
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Leeus Occasional Visitor
Joined: Sep 24, 2003 Posts: 39 Location: Portsmouth, UK
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:08 am Post subject: |
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Does that mean no P900 support as that is UIQ? |
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MikeB Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:11 am Post subject: |
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Looks that way. TT Mobile does work on the UIQ platform as we saw this at CeBIT. TomTom have made no announcements as to its availability on Mobile yet though so I can only assume that it will not initially be available. _________________ Mike Barrett |
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