SmartST V2 released

Steveee · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:26 pm Post subject: SmartST V2 released

I see that Navman announced release of SmartST V2 yesterday. It was bundled with the new BT receiver. The mention it includes enhanced features include 3D map view, postcode search, contact integration, avoid areas and full route summary. :D

Anyone heard when the upgrade will be avalable for V1 users?

Steveee

orcster · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 09, 2004 Posts: 2

I've seen the version 2 software available from [url]www.handnav.co.uk [/url]but that it full retail. I am awaiting an answer from Navman as to what the cost of the upgrade will be for existing users.

Anybody else heard anything Question

yorkshiremark · Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:05 am Post subject:

I have just had a reply from Navman Europe an upgrade will be available within 3-4 weeks at a cost of £139

I was hoping we'd get it for free!!

Steveee · Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:12 pm Post subject:

I too have received a reply from Maxine at Navman. She confirmed that the upgrade for my GPS3450 (bought 01/12/03) will be £139.99. Twisted Evil

Personally I think this is disgusting. I suggest to everyone that is not getting a free upgrade should e-mail navman and tell them what they think. Evil or Very Mad

I have already told Maxine that I will not be taking the upgrade. I will wait for TomTom V3 and buy this. It is probably cheaper than the navman upgrade! I know it will only come with UK maps, but so what? I rarely drive in Europe. If I do, I can use Navman V1. At least I can use the excellent Pocket GPS Safety Camera Database. Thumbs Up

I sugegst this is the best alternative to being ripped off by navman, does anybody agree?
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tcs17_tim · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 5:57 pm Post subject:

miserable @~~@@~s

orcster · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 09, 2004 Posts: 2

Handnav.co.uk are now offering the full version of SmartST Pro 2 at £139.99, so how can Navman justify charging £139 for an upgrade to their currently loyal customers? Question

Steveee · Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:02 am Post subject:

After my complaints on the threatened upgrade charge and a threat to switch to Navigator, Navman sent me a free SmartST upgrade (V2) for my GPS3450 that I bought last December. Smile

So far I have sent navman technical support two messages identifying problems with the software. These relate to the poor quality of the TeleAtlas data (missing towns and roads listed against wrong towns), SmartST problems interpreting the data (told me I was on A57 when I was on A1) and SmartST repeatedly freezing on start up and failing to load on my iPAQ 3850. Evil or Very Mad

This software is not ready for general release yet. It appears to me to still be at beta. Friday, to get it working I had to remove the Navman Jacket, start SmartST, turn off the iPAQ, install the Jacket and restart the iPAQ. Doing this, the maps were recognised. At the time I was lost in a part of London I did not know! Starting to worry I would not find my way back to the A12. Crying or Very sad

Overall, anybody buying this software would be very angry and I certainly would have sent it back for a refund if I had paid for it!!!! Gun Shoot Out

Roll on TomTom V3 - although I will wait until the forums report on it's performance. Thumbs Up

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BigH · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 11:59 pm Post subject:

It looks like it is as stable as the initial release of the last version of ST (1.91). This was pretty ropey until sp2, even then there where still routing issues!!

gambitgander · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:28 pm Post subject:

I contacted Navman this morning, and they said they would be releasing SP1 for V2 this week. Not surprised regarding the instability. Not many GPS companies have managed to get it right first time round, so it's not really fair to single Navman out for this. Granted the routing is a little etchy, but with an SP being released so soon after the original release, I'd say that quite good software support.

Just another question though. How many companies have given away software packages including map updates, not just for the UK, but for the WHOLE of Europe? None that I'm aware of. Even Microsoft and HP charge for complete version changes. It's unrealistic to expect such an upgrade to be free of charge.

It'll be interesting to see what TTN3 goes for, as it seems to only have one or two new features, though the 3D icons are more pleasing to the eye.

icsys · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 9:57 pm Post subject:

Bluey · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 17, 2004 Posts: 3

Well its nice to see that Navman are bringing out a service pack - but it always worries me when a company brings out a software patch within 6 weeks of first releasing a product. That just points at inadequate testing!

Dave

icsys · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 7:10 pm Post subject:

I have downloaded service pack 1 and now about to test it.

Service Pack details:
Corrected guidance when entering motorway. A “Turn Left” guidance was provided when the correct instruction was “Merge Right and enter Freeway”.
Some occasional address searching problems have been fixed. A street was sometimes not able to be found despite the correct town being specified. This problem should be resolved. It is, however, recommended that if further address searching problems are experienced, the user should leave the “Town” field empty when searching for an address.
The map installer now orders the cities alphabetically when searching for cities.
Some language translations have been improved.
There are certain combinations of digits in the serial numbers of certain PDAs that prevent the Map Installer from recognizing registered maps. The symptom is that even though the maps have been successfully registered using the registration software and the correct information is on the PDA the Map Installer returns an error code 0. This error code states that the maps are not registered. The new Map Installer delivered by this service pack fixes this problem.
POI search area field entry improved.
Post Code handling restricted to six characters to improve Post Code searching and the integration with Outlook.
The Map display screen stays on the currently selected screen when a route is automatically recalculated.

Steveee · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:58 am Post subject:

Where is the service pack, I can't see it on the web site Question

I have also seen rumours on other threads that the service pack enables you to use the Navtech maps. Does anyone know Question

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kartracer · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:21 am Post subject:

Excellent! The Service Pack lets me use the new software with the 1.96 maps. The best of both worlds.

The Service Pack is available at the left of the screen at:

http://www.navman-mobile.com/

icsys · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:52 pm Post subject:

Has anyone noticed any improvement since installing SP1?

I can't see any real difference.
The errors in the place names is still there (the ones I know about, others may be fixed).
Postcode search should now be 'restricted to six digits to improve post code seatching' - I can still only use 5 digits???? the sixth digit would certainly narrow the result down but it wont work for me??

I see now when I start up that I have version 2.00.0029 SP1 so presume this means I should have the update installed.

Has anyone else seen an improvement?

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