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lskb
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 Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:26 am Post subject: TT5 or CP6? |
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With apologies, but I am about to buy sat nav software for use with a bluetooth pda in the UK. I have looked closely at the forums, but can't really decide between Tom Tom 5 and Co-Pilot 6. I note that there seem to be many more TT5 users but am not sure whether this is better marketing or a well informed user base.
Anyhow, my question is simply which one should I get? I appreciate that there will be some things that one does better than the other - but I guess I am really asking is the answer obvious?? [There seems to be a lot of bitterness on the Co-pilot Board about ALK, so maybe the answer is obvious...]
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lskb
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks - a little short on detail however?
Any other views?
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neil01
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Unfortunately (for you) CoPilot 6 has only just been released. So there aren't that many different users posting here.
Yes there have been a lot of negative comments about CoPilot 5 (the previous version), and from the initial postings it looks as if it is a great improvement.
From what I have read on the forums (and from users I know personally) all is not well with TomTom 5 - it has issues itself.
Also when reading the comments try to read through them, for example one of the problems with CoPilot 5 is the late implementation of the 'Traffic' function, which absolutely infuriated some forum members. But as a user who does not have hardware suitable for that function - it didn't cause me any problems.
Likewise there are other problems (with both TomTom and CoPilot) which you might well decide are not a problem for you. Better to have a product with 10 problems with only 2 having any impact on you, than one with 3, but all affecting you. |
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lskb
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| Thanks - I appreciate that the question is not straightforward. Is anyone able to explain why there appear to be so many more tom tom pocket pc users? |
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| lskb wrote: | | Is anyone able to explain why there appear to be so many more tom tom pocket pc users? |
Part of the reason might just be that they have been in the business the longest. I have been using their routefinding software (first on a Psion 3 pre GPS) for a long time as the company and their routefinding software products have gone through several name changes. But, after recent experience with both CoPilot 5 and TomTom Navigator 5 on the same hardware, I personally prefer TTN5.
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neil01
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| lskb wrote: | | Is anyone able to explain why there appear to be so many more tom tom pocket pc users? |
In my opinion it is down to marketing. In many ways, and for the majority of people, they are very similar, users often preferring the product they used first and/or have got used to.
Tom Tom also has a much wider range of own brand products and dedicated SatNav equipment.
Having used products from both ALK (CoPilot 5) and TomTom (Navigator v3) I can certainly say that the TomTom product impressed me the most initially - it just looks so much better; but it was CoPilot which I ended up buying, and will now stay with unless there is a very good reason for me to change. |
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