Navigator and Mitac Mio

Davidwf · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:41 am Post subject: Navigator and Mitac Mio

I have a Mitac Mio P350 PDA (built in sat receiver), running windows mobie 5 and currently TomTom Navigator 6.010 with 6.75 Western Europe maps....so far so good and it works really well so I would like to update the (2005) maps that I have....

.......no can do

TomTom say that only Nav 6 is compatible and they aren't going to releae any more map updates

I can't understand why they say Nav 7 (or similar) won't run as it is advertised as suitable for other phones and PDA's running WM 5.

Anyone tried that combination with success ?
Anyone care to explain why it might not work - all TT support say is that "it is not on our compatibility list"....but of course you could always purchase one of our devices !!!....erm, no thank you

Failing that what CAN I run on my PDA.....I really like TT Nav, I don't let it lead me astray as, rather than relying on it 110% I use it as an aid together with my own brain !

Thanks

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Davidwf · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject:

could be...I am so confused now Rolling Eyes

aj2052 · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:59 am Post subject:

Welcome to the wonderfull world of Tomtom,TTN7 will certainly run on win2003se and wm6, afraid i dont know about wm5 but presume it should unfortunately in Tomtom wisdom it wont support any of these unless shown as units specifically suported by them.so you either buy and take pot look or go the other way which we dont talk about,
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Davidwf · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:18 am Post subject:

mhb · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 21, 2005 Posts: 155

For some months now I have been running TT7 without problems on a WM5 Mio P350.

Davidwf · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject:

mhb · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 21, 2005 Posts: 155

No problems at all. Of course those aspects of the application which require a live connection to internet do not functionas the P350 is not a phone. Presumably this is why TomTom do not claim the P350 as compatible.

Davidwf · Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject:

well well well...I "acquired" a copy of TT7 v7.450(9028), installed it without problems and lo and behold it works perfectly !....thought I'd be a bit greedy and also installed western and central Europe_2gb map version 825.2159 and

me that works perfectly as well !! Very Happy

I would have happily paid for these - no really I would, I have actually parted with the full asking price of the last 3 versions - but you will recall I was advised by TT "support" that as my device was not on their compatibility list there was no way they would work Exclamation

hmmmmmm.....so in effect they have lost a sale and very nearly lost a most loyal customer !

A couple of questions now....
I also updated TTHome to 2.7 - big mistake as it didn't recognise my PDA, went back to V 1.5 and it all works OK....did I do something wrong ?
Presumably I cannot therefore benefit from the GPS quick fix program (it doesn't seem to be an option with TTH 1.5)

Would there be any benefit updating from TT7 vrsion 745 to a later one ?

Thanks

aj2052 · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:55 am Post subject:

If thinking of updating choose your versions carefully, some versions are ok with PDAs and some are not, and some of the features available for the supported versions are also not available, also do not expect a lot in maps being uptodate, in my local area 6yr old changes are still not on the latest maps issue.
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mikealder · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:46 am Post subject:

Why do you need TomTom Home on your computer at all?

The reason I ask is you are clearly using illegal software on your device as you didn't purchase the map, whilst I can see your point about TT not wanting to sell you a product coming back on the forum then boasting about getting it working won't go down well at all.

I would remove the illegal software from your device and purchase it through the correct methods now that you know it works - Mike

Davidwf · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:21 am Post subject:

aj2052
I do realise that certain functions will not be available (live traffic news, bluetooth connection to a mobile phone etc.) but I have managed to live without these functions so far.......
As for the maps not being up to date I couldn't agree more - so what is the point of continually paying out for a product that doesn't work as it should ?

mikealder
I am not boasting at all, in fact I generally abhorre people who steal software - you will recall from earlier posts that I have purchased every single program and map update since starting in 2003, and they have all been TT products !
What I am trying to say is that their attitude towards a very loyal customer is very poor indeed - they just don't seem to care unless they can sell me one of their devices which I don't want - and from experience in 2 years time I will be in the same situation again as that device won't be supported.
This is one of the reasons (I feel) that there IS so much software piracy - IF it does what it is supposed to do, works properly AND you get good support and updates from the manufacturer (either paid for or free) then I am sure most people would be happy to pay for it, I do not see why we should pay for and accept a product that doesn't work properly - with anything other than software a full refund would be obtained.
Rest assured that if this product continues to function correctly I probably will buy it ......perhaps in the vain hope that their support will improve

I DO pay you for the speed cams !

aj2052 · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 2:04 pm Post subject:

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