TT3 Bluetooth Pricing

MrT · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:00 pm Post subject: TT3 Bluetooth Pricing

I am amazed to see that the price of the TT3 with bluetooth is under £200 whilst TT2 with bluetooth is still selling for £360?

The TT2 & TT3 maps cost around the same so the BT unit has come down from around £250 to £80. An amazing price drop or have I missed something?

Terminator · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 6:05 pm Post subject:

I couldn't believe it either 8O

And couldn't resist it, so the nice Mr Postman turned up today with a TT3 Bluetooth pack - cost £187 from expansys Thumbs Up

padawan · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject: Not BT at all

That 'Bargain' is for a wired mouse by the looks. Not the Blue Tooth offer.

Can you confirm Terminator?

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Darren · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 10:24 pm Post subject:

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=TOMTOM3BTUK

That is indeed the price for the PocketPC TT3 Bluetooth package! Flippin heck! The BT receivers alone were about that not so long ago and in the pack you get the excellent TT carkit as well.
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ianbar · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 12:38 am Post subject:

Not quite! I believe the BT pack does not include the car kit, although it is provided with the wired GPS. But still it looks a good price.

AlanW · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:16 am Post subject:

I have just received my TTN3 Bluetooth & Car Kit Smile

They contain the following:
TTN3 Bluetooth
- TTN3 Software CD
- BT GPS receiver
- Magnetic plate to attach BT GPS receiver to car
- Mains charger for BT GPS receiver
- Charging lead for use with a Tom Tom carkit

TT Carkit
- Suction mount (+ disc to stick on car for placing mount)
- Air Vent Mount
- Direct Stick on Mount
- Holder for PDA (including adaptor to fix to mount)
- Cigar lighter lead for the pda holder.

One thing there is a shortage of is decent installation instructions - like how to turn the Bluetooth GPS on and off (unless I missed it).

Note that without the carkit, you don't get an in-car charging lead for the BT GPS (which you apparently did with TTN2 BT). While you could use the one for the iPAQ (assuming compatible), this would probably be already in use if you didn't have the car kit.

And yes, I paid less than £200 for the BT GPS... but once you add in the carkit, it's more in the region of £250.

Alan
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Darren · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:17 am Post subject:

Expansys show the carkit in the image for that product and TomTom list the carkit as being part of the TTNav3/BT bundle so if it did not come with it I'd have some questions to ask!
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Darren · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:20 am Post subject:

To switch the BT ON just hold the Power button for a sec or so.

To switch it OFF, hold the Power button down until the Green LED illuminates then release the button and it will switch OFF. Strange logic there I know Confused

As for power, the BT is compatible with the iPAQ Power lead, they used to bundle a 12v lead that could power two devices which I guess from your description is no longer provided?
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AlanW · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:22 am Post subject:

The Car Kit is definitely separate, although some dealers are including it in the bundle. I found that a dead givaway was that if the bundle wasn't tailored to a specific PDA, there almost certainly won't be a car-kit in it.
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Terminator · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 10:09 am Post subject:

It's without the Carkit - sorry should of made that clearer.

TT3 Bluetooth - £187.95 - http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=TOMTOM3BTUK
Arkon CM506 mount - £48.95 - http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=110384

Total (inc Special Delivery) - £243.88

Still great value IMO 8)

Nick412 · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:33 am Post subject:

They must have their prices wrong.???

wired , same price as Bluetooth>???

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=TOMTOMT3WIRED

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=TOMTOM3BTUK

both listed as : £187.95
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CakeMan · Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:24 pm Post subject:

Check out ebuyer.com, they are selling TT3 + BT GPS for £160.63 inc VAT! This is without the car kit, but with the software being worth about £100, this makes the BT receiver, well, less that CF or wired receivers!
Are we about to see GPS price wars? I hope so! :D

MrT · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 9:39 am Post subject: Prices

Then of course it is easy to offer low prices if you have no stock!

Who does have stock at the moment?

technik · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:28 am Post subject:

Ebay is swamped with TomTom BT GPS receivers at the moment.

They seem to go for around £75.00

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