Does TT6.01 Achieve more than TT5

realistic · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject: Does TT6.01 Achieve more than TT5

Unless I have missed something I have not seen a full reveue of this much awaited version even though moderators etal have been evaluating for a while. Also the users who have posted on this site have not really had positive or really negative comments. So apart from the bells and whistles why bother.
Mike

noseboy · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 13, 2006 Posts: 62

I only got mine today, so this is just my current impression.

Routing appears to be tweaked very slightly - still tries to take me down all the back dirt roads around Caerphilly rather than use main roads! It does say things like "Take the second left and then the third right" which I find better.

No longer supports screen rotation and my OS doesn't seem to support it natively.

Speed display has been

since if you go over the speed limit the speed goes red and so practically invisible.

Ability to navigate to points of interest seems to have been improved, you can now navigate to a POI along your proposed route (unless you could do this in TT5 and I just never noticed!).

Screen display has been a bit improved and seems sharper, but the audio seems to be quieter.

There is an option to disable some menu options when you're driving for safety.

Option to ask for a particular arrival time so it can tell you when to set off. Don't see the point really since you could just calc the route and see how long it would take in any event.

Updated maps: that's the only solid reason to go for it currently, really.

To be as fair as possible, many of the updated bits and pieces (like the Buddies stuff) don't apply to me because my PDA doesn't have any wireless / GPRS capability. That may be a stronger selling point for other people.

In summary, unless you're desperate for new maps I'd stick with TT5 for now.

Trevor1234 · Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:13 am Post subject:

Hi realistic
You hit the nail on the head when you said ‘Why bother’. Those users who carry on using TT5 will get to their destination just the same as those who have followed the herd and brought TT6.

TT6 does have a few extra gimmicks and that’s about all.

Oh! I almost forgot, TT6 is brilliant at lightening your wallet.
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vimes · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 02, 2006 Posts: 2

TT6 maps whilst updated over those of 5.x are still not as up to date as those used by Destinator 6 in their Q1 2006 maps. At least that is my experience of using them where I drive in the UK. I was amazed when I first tried TT6 to find how outdated they were, being used to using Destinator.

vimes · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 02, 2006 Posts: 2

TT6 maps whilst updated over those of 5.x are still not as up to date as those used by Destinator 6 in their Q1 2006 maps. At least that is my experience of using them where I drive in the UK. I was amazed when I first tried i-Go 2006 (uses same maps as TT6 as I understand) to find how outdated they were, being used to using Destinator.

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