TomTom navigator5 delayed until june 18, but free upgrade

raaaaaa

just got of the phone with tom tom and was told that navigator 5 will be delayed until June 18th, that's the bad news. the good news is that it will be a free upgrade (from tom tom USA) via download software only not the maps. those you will have to pay for.

this is the USA version I am refering to.

lbendlin · Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject:

Software download is always free. You always only pay for the maps.

However we have different information - TomTom Navigator 5 is supposedly not compatible with older maps, so the free software download will not give you anything - you have to purchase the new v5 maps to actually be able to use TTN5. I personally think this is a very questionable decision by TomTom that this will cost them many, many customers. Let's hope they will change that decision soon.
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raaaaaa · Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject:

lbendlin · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 12:27 am Post subject:

Sorry but you're wrong there. Of course TomTom wanted to make you believe that you could only upgrade from the CD. But in reality every "Update" from their site was a full blown program, and you did not need the CD to install the program.

In your example TomTom Navigator 2004 (4.40) came on the CD, but you could also download version 4.42 and have exactly the same effect.

The same was true with the "Update" 3.07 - in reality it's afull blown version, and there's absolutely no need to install 3.00 first.

Of course having just the software doesn't help you much if you don't have maps. However back then I was able to use my old v2 maps with both TTN3 and TTN2004. So I could decide to upgrade the maps or not (I didn't because the "new" maps turned out to be exactly the same old v2 maps.)

Sadly with the new TTN5 it seems that you cannot open older maps any more. So downloading the new version from the web site (which you will be able to do) isn't helping at all.
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CTHindi · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 33

Lutz,

With TTG software upgrade older Go maps were still useful. You did not get full Postcode search; but you got itenarary planning and configurable routing options.
Would it be different for Tom Tom Navigator? I thought after common code base in Navigator 2004 map format would also be same.

If that is the case shouldn't the old maps ( 8 CD US version) which work with TTN 2004 also work with software only upgrade?

Thanks.

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Lorax · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 11:49 am Post subject:

Does that mean the UK release has also been delayed until the 18th June?!!

mark1968 · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 2:57 pm Post subject:

TomTom making download to V5 as an option via the internet is begining to make some sence to me. My idea is:

Force existing users to download the new software via the internet without the maps required. Then give us the option to purchase and download maps of our choice via their new Plus service. This way we would get used to this idea and update our maps this way in the furture. Thus increasing their sales in the long run!
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raaaaaa · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 3:16 pm Post subject:

makes some sense. the HW6500 PPC Phone that was due out this spring has tom tom built in with the GPS. the manual was leaked and the section that referred to the GPS portion of the phone said that you would be allowed one city map for free and you would have to pay for the rest.

it too has been delayed but I was not to concerned because I was hoping that it would get tomtom version 5 because of the delay.

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