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Topic: Goodbye TomTom. Enough is enough.. |
Bjalf
Replies: 12
Views: 9481
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:13 am Subject: Goodbye TomTom. Enough is enough.. |
My TomTom works perfectly!
Of course, it's an XL 340 with no live services, no traffic, and no mapshare ... |
Topic: TomTom goes social |
Bjalf
Replies: 18
Views: 9499
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:20 am Subject: TomTom goes social |
Twitter on a car navigation device, just imagine the idiots tweeting as they are driving and the accidents that could cause.
A monumentally bad idea. There are too many twits on the road already. |
Topic: American Desert claims more lives. |
Bjalf
Replies: 1
Views: 1656
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:59 am Subject: American Desert claims more lives. |
It seems that we have lost respect for Mother Nature after having conquered Planet Earth
Here in scenic Norway we keep losing German tourists every summer. Well, we don't really lose them, ... |
Topic: Upgrade time... But which one?!??? |
Bjalf
Replies: 23
Views: 9320
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:15 pm Subject: Upgrade time... But which one?!??? |
The 50 series is history...It's a dinosaur of satnav.
Most modern electronic is 'history' within months of release just like the x30 x40 & x50 TomTom, and no doubt there will be another model rel ... |
Topic: SatNav Directly Responsible For Man's Death |
Bjalf
Replies: 68
Views: 30294
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:22 am Subject: SatNav Directly Responsible For Man's Death |
So I was looking for good splash images, and I came across this one:
http://www.colinj.co.uk/tomtom/splash/slipway/splash.bmp
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Topic: SatNav Directly Responsible For Man's Death |
Bjalf
Replies: 68
Views: 30294
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:24 am Subject: SatNav Directly Responsible For Man's Death |
The potential upside to this kind of bad publicity is that the map makers switch from quantity updates to quality updates. What use are quarterly (or even daily!) map updates when old death traps like ... |
Topic: SatNav Directly Responsible For Man's Death |
Bjalf
Replies: 68
Views: 30294
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:50 am Subject: SatNav Directly Responsible For Man's Death |
And they say speed doesn't kill!
Well, it doesn't. It's usually the sudden stop, or as in this case, being submerged in water.
But seriously, it's a newspaper article, designed to bring in the m ... |
Topic: XL IQ Routes doesn't do Vias |
Bjalf
Replies: 12
Views: 5239
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:16 pm Subject: XL IQ Routes doesn't do Vias |
I've edited your file to remove the "Device ID" and your email address too.
The first post could perhaps do with an edit, as well.
Under Version Information I see:- Device xxxxx xxxxx App 9.026.48 ... |
Topic: TomTom Looking to Share its Traffic Data With Government |
Bjalf
Replies: 7
Views: 6802
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:23 am Subject: Re: TomTom Looking to Share its Traffic Data With Government |
TomTom claim that the use of their IQ Routes service already results in driving a different and faster route in approximately 50% of all cases.
Sooo, about as effective as flipping a coin, then?
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Topic: Interesting...well, I thought so. |
Bjalf
Replies: 5
Views: 3305
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:40 am Subject: Interesting...well, I thought so. |
Different map versions, different software versions? Were there any crop circles nearby? Ummmm, tinfoil hats ... ?
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