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