Quick question GPRS and tomtom 910

[mplaczek]

Hi Peeps, Probably a really stupid question... I have never used the GPRS on my phone, so I'm probably doing something really basic wrong.

My phone (Samsung D-500) connects wirelessly to my tomtom910 for hands free use in the car perfectly. But I can't seem to establish a wireless GPRS connection for the other PLUS services like traffic etc. Is there anything I need to do on the phone?

Is there something really basic that I am missing out on?

Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated! :D

I plan on posting a review on the new 910 as soon as I have time to type on up for you lot!

[mikealder]

First of all not all service providers have the GPRS enabled against the your mobile number, so give the support number a ring, it should be on last bill.

Not all service providers allow GPRS on pay as you go tarrifs either.

A final point watch the cost, I got clobbered last week with a bill of £xx £18 of which was for GPRS and I hadn't used it much (less than 10MB of data) so it is expensive if you use it alot. For the taffic I will wait until the TMC unit comes out and will be using that - Mike

[dannyoneill]

If you have pre-arranged GPRS with your provider expect to pay about £1 per meg (MB). If not it can be as high as £8 per MB. Thats expensive.

However a quick chat with your provider can net you unlimited GPRS for just a few quid a month.

You will need to ensure its full internet access. If your on PAYG then its likely WAP internet, its like a special mini net and totally useless.
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[mplaczek]

I'm on a contract so that is a good start I guess...
I'm tempted to go TMC when the hardware comes out for the tomtom, but the last system I had (AVIC X1) had TMC and I was not convinced it worked very well. I presume the tomtom one will only work as well as that one or can there be differences between different hardwares??

Additionally I've heard that tomtom traffic gets it's information from the same source as TMC is that true?? Then you are getting what is essentially the same info but paying a monthly subscription too?!!?

Hmmm... all a little confusing

[Racing_Snake]

I use TomTom traffic, and while it seems ok for motorways and major A roads, there is no coverage for anything else. So on a few occasions it has rerouted me off the motorway to avoid traffic, only to dump me in the middle of another, worse jam that it didn't know about. It's a shame TomTom can't come to some arrangement with TrafficMaster to widen the coverage.

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