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  Topic: TomTom - Third party POI alerts are no more
misterfish

Replies: 172
Views: 86273

PostForum: News And Latest Information   Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:06 am   Subject: TomTom - Third party POI alerts are no more
Seems to be a lot of TomTom bashing on here. You can not blame them wanting people to buy there safety camera alerts. TomTom alerts are quite accurate (I drive 2,000+miles a week) there only let down ...
  Topic: TomTom - Third party POI alerts are no more
misterfish

Replies: 172
Views: 86273

PostForum: News And Latest Information   Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:34 pm   Subject: TomTom - Third party POI alerts are no more
When this was all first mentioned I contacted Tom Tom regarding the subject. Below is the communication and answer:

I asked
'I have been pondering purchasing a new system to replace my old 700, b ...
  Topic: Are TomTom moving to a fully closed system?
misterfish

Replies: 101
Views: 56984

PostForum: News And Latest Information   Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:18 am   Subject: Are TomTom moving to a fully closed system?
I finally got a reply from TomTom basically reiterating what they told Darren - the basic models with cut down abilities but the more expensive ones fully configurable. Also as the Webkit based model ...
  Topic: Are TomTom moving to a fully closed system?
misterfish

Replies: 101
Views: 56984

PostForum: News And Latest Information   Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:58 pm   Subject: Are TomTom moving to a fully closed system?
As I said earlier in this thread that I would contact TT expressing my concerns about the reduced user configuration capabilities of their new systems.

Well - I finally got a reply this morning whi ...
  Topic: Are TomTom moving to a fully closed system?
misterfish

Replies: 101
Views: 56984

PostForum: News And Latest Information   Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:51 am   Subject: Are TomTom moving to a fully closed system?
As with others, the ability to install and configure POIs (especially the camera database) was one of the reasons I bought my TT.

The evident 'dumbing down' of the user's ability to set the equipme ...
  Topic: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Piracy
misterfish

Replies: 99
Views: 34602

PostForum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database   Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:26 am   Subject: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Piracy

Oh? if you spent 14 hrs a day working ...

However if your telling me you spend 14 hrs a day on database management, on what I would call a smallish public data set, I think your doing something ...
  Topic: 700 keeps switching off
misterfish

Replies: 3
Views: 1482

PostForum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 3:48 pm   Subject: 700 keeps switching off
Whoops - my timings were a bit off. The trip was about 75 miles in each direction taking about an hour and a half each way. The unit was left switched on when we arrived with the key in the ignition ( ...
  Topic: 700 keeps switching off
misterfish

Replies: 3
Views: 1482

PostForum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 3:18 pm   Subject: 700 keeps switching off
Hi

My TTG 700 has developed the annoying habit of switching itself off after an hour or so of use. Today, after 150 miles driving it switched off - I didn't notice if the shutdown screen was displa ...
 
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