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lamplight Regular Visitor
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:09 am Post subject: Mio 168 and TomTom Plus |
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I've had TTN5 since June and out of idle curiosity only just activated TomTom Plus for the trial month . Like the look of Traffic etc (admittedly am only currently experiencing it at my desk, connected via activesync).
Question is: Am I right in assuming that there's absolutely no way I could reasonably bluetooth-up my Mio 168 and make it able to access Plus services on the move? |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff


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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:22 am Post subject: |
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yup
You could craft a infrared connection to your mobile phone though... _________________ Lutz
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lamplight Regular Visitor
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for prompt reply. Have looked around the net quite a bit on this and now given to understand that IR port on Mio 168 will only work for file transfers. It won't work for modem comms.
But I don't suppose that's likely to cause sleepless nights to most other Mio 168 users  |
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lamplight Regular Visitor
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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... and, incidentally, even without the TomTom extras, I still wouldn't swap my 168 for all the tea in China. |
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ntrance Occasional Visitor

Joined: May 26, 2004 Posts: 11 Location: North Wales
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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been looking to do this all night and theres my answer, i have only managed to connect my Medion PPC250 to another PDA, my old nokia's 8210 and 8310 i can't remember if they connect at all, maybe i need to sell my pda off and buy a BT enabled jobbie.
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hookiestreet Occasional Visitor

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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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i use a an sd wifi card with my mio and i have also seen a bluetooth sd card too. will find the link where i saw the sd bluetooth card and post it on this site for you. _________________ Mitac Mio 168
2gb high speed Lexar SD card
256mb + Wi-Fi SD card
Tom Tom Navigator 6
PDAir Aluminium Case
Medion MD PPC 150 Desktop Cradle |
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JorgenvonStrangle Occasional Visitor

Joined: Jun 17, 2005 Posts: 23 Location: Leicester, UK.
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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But that won't help while you are navigating on the move as the bluetooth SD card occupies the memory card slot so where is he going to put his maps  |
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hookiestreet Occasional Visitor

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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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my wi-fi card has also got 256mb of storgae space so maybe he can buy a bluetooth sd card with some storage space. I work for a computer reseller so i'll take a look and see what i can find for you. _________________ Mitac Mio 168
2gb high speed Lexar SD card
256mb + Wi-Fi SD card
Tom Tom Navigator 6
PDAir Aluminium Case
Medion MD PPC 150 Desktop Cradle |
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LiveLifeGoJump Regular Visitor

Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 193 Location: North East
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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lamplight wrote: | ... and, incidentally, even without the TomTom extras, I still wouldn't swap my 168 for all the tea in China. |
I've tried Chineese green tea before and wouldn't swap my mother-in-law for all of it!!
Now for a can of (real) Coke :D (bye bye MIL, wish I could say it's been nice knowing you, but I can't).
I'm waiting for the 512 MB SD card with Bluetooth  _________________ If riding in a plane is flying then riding in a boat is swimming. If you want to experience the feeling
GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE |
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lamplight Regular Visitor
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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LiveLifeGoJump wrote: |
I'm waiting for the 512 MB SD card with Bluetooth  |
Is there one on its way - or is that just wishful thinking  |
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LiveLifeGoJump Regular Visitor

Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 193 Location: North East
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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The Smiley(?) say's it all. It's just wishful thinking, as is thinking Tomtom will put back the facility to alter the speeds asigned to the roads.
Ah well, we can all dream can't we? _________________ If riding in a plane is flying then riding in a boat is swimming. If you want to experience the feeling
GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE |
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keithy Occasional Visitor

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:32 am Post subject: |
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hookiestreet wrote: | my wi-fi card has also got 256mb of storgae space so maybe he can buy a bluetooth sd card with some storage space. I work for a computer reseller so i'll take a look and see what i can find for you. |
Slightly off subject (sorry). Question for hookiestreet. I also have a Wifi card, I can use activesync ok wirelessly, but it wont 'pass through' to connect to the internet, have you managed to do this? if so I would appreciate it if you would let me know how. Thanks in advance. |
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lamplight Regular Visitor
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marksfish Pocket GPS Verifier


Joined: Jun 25, 2005 Posts: 802 Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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lamplight wrote: | Thanks for prompt reply. Have looked around the net quite a bit on this and now given to understand that IR port on Mio 168 will only work for file transfers. It won't work for modem comms.
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I use my Nokia to communicate with my ISP all the time, retrieving emails, etc, so I see no reason why it couldn't use the TT service, after all it is dial in isn't it?
Mark _________________ Garmin Drivesmart 51 LMT-D Europe |
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