iCN6xx V3 software available (was SmartSt V3 is available.)

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If anyone is interested, I looked at the Navman site and V3 of SmartSt for the iCN series (most of them!) is now available from thier own online store. :D

I've ordered the full european version - on the grounds that I will be going to europe in the near future and will be going to more than one country - and £80 a country seems steep when you can get the lot for £150. Or am I missing the point

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Tim Buxton · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:26 pm Post subject:

No, that is the way I read it. I have my £150 ready for when the PPC version is released.
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radionotme · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 14

What about those of us who only bought our systems a month or so ago? Where's the upgrade pricing?
Even if they don't want to do upgrades, where's the maps for SmartST V2? The support site still says that maps will be released every 8-10 months...

Tim Buxton · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 3:29 pm Post subject:

Have you contacted Navman about upgrade pricing? You can call their European Support number, which is +44 (0) 1293 780500 or email them at support (at) navman-europe.com.

If V3 has been released, I'm not sure why Navman would want to continue selling V2 maps, and presuming you have a Navman that you only purchased a month or so ago, it would have come with V2 maps anyway. Why would you want another set?
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AlfieB · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 6:48 pm Post subject:

Tim

I think the point that Radionotme is trying to make is that if you decide you wish to stick with version 2 how do Navman propose to support it Question

or at least that's how I read it.

It's a bit like the situation we were in when the iCN630 went from V1 to V2, but in that case they changed Map suppliers and we were given the FOC upgrade Exclamation

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Surely he's got a valid point. I think I'm right in saying that the V3 maps won't run on V2 so in essence how are Navman going to offer updated maps for V2 users who decide they don't want V3 Question

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Tim Buxton · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 6:55 pm Post subject:

Alfie,

You can use V2 maps with V3 software. I don't know if te reverse is true. I think it's fair to say that any new maps will probably come with a new front-end programme to drive them.
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Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 2:16 pm Post subject:

I read the bit about 8-10 months, but I took it as being a new package, rather like Tomtom have done with their Navigator series. I don't know if I'm right or wrong, but I think that new maps would come with a new prog. as some of the map enhancements wouldn't work with the existing prog. (eg I think that you can use V3 maps on the iCN620, but without 3D and possibly some other stuff, too.)
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radionotme · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 14

So does that mean that they were lying about the previous map update costing £30 then? If not, then why isn't there an upgrade for a similar amount this time?

Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject:

Which Navman product are you using? Alfie got his V1 to V2 upgrade for his iCN630 for free, so yes, I suppose Navman are lying when they said it cost £30.

I don't know the ins and outs of Navman's pricing policy, but if I were you I'd ask them where you stand.

Have you contacted Navman about an upgrade price?
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radionotme · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 14

As I said in my previous post: -
"Regarding asking them - as soon as I realised the toll road wasn't in the maps I asked about upgrades. A reply came back that they didn't know when the upgrade would be released, or pricing but that 'last time it was a nominal fee of £30'. Further emails to them since the V3 announcement have not received replies. "

Maybe you could see if you have better luck getting an answer out of them than I have?

radionotme · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 14

Oh, and I'm using the Navman 4410 - Ipaq 2210 bundle from www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk

Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:40 pm Post subject:

Well you'll just have to bide your time then, I'm afraid, along with the rest. V3 for the PPC hasn't yet been announced as a "Software only" package. It does exist though, as can be seen on Navman's website here.

I expect that when it has been officially announced then a pricing structure will also be revealed. At least, I hope so!!
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Dan45 · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:31 pm Post subject:

Navman announced in September that the new version would be available from Monday 4 October. I waited 2 weeks after that and nothing was available. I bought my system on 19 October, as I needed it for that weekend for two major trips.
I communicated with Navman since end of September regarding the upgrade for ver 3 for those who bought ver 2 within 30 days of release. They said they did not have the pricing policy yet, and it would be available as soon as ver 3 was available.
I called them today again. Their response is that I used my ver 2 for one month and I need to pay the full price for ver 3. The change for ver 1 to ver 2 was a promotion. Nothing of similar nature this time. No mercy, no kind gestures. They actually said that nobody forced me to buy ver 2. Smile

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AlfieB · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:20 pm Post subject:

I think we are gradually beginning to see the situation developing at Navman wherby the honeymoon period appears to be over and the accountants are looking very carefully at their costings. After all why else would Navman suddenly decide to open it's own on line store Question

Tim is quite right in saying that I did get an upgrade from V1 to V2 for free ( albeit for a limited timescale). I think probably the rationale behind that was mainly because Navman had made a commercial decision to change from NavTeq to TeleAtlas. Had that not have happened, I'm under no illusion that I would have had to pay for any new map upgrade. One of the other problems was that there were a few gremlins in the original software which need sorting out.

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