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| Pocketgps wrote: | You DO have to remove the case, there is not hole in the outer moulding.
Yet another clever TomTom feature  |
Doh! Now I see! The penny drops 
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andyuk99
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It will generate more lost people ...  |
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Darren
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:47 am Post subject: |
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TomTom do listen!
I have just been told that a forthcoming app update will see the return of UK PostCodes to the START.
The update will be available end of November through TomTom HOME.
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Whilst it's good news that TomTom have announced that they will be supplying a 7 digit Post Code for the UK in a future upgrade, I wonder how many START users will actually upgrade!
As the START is a function deprived PND designed for first time users then I wonder how many of the target buyers will connect the START to a computer to get upgrades.
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Darren
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True. Those who know it lacks them won't buy one, those who don't will neither know nor care as I bet many novice computer users will never update their devices anyway.
I'd hope that in time, UK versions will get the PostCodes included at production but I'll wager that's a way off with a lot of stock to clear first.
Still, it's better than nothing and at least any new owners who find their way to us can be told there is a solution in the offing.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| What about the ability to warn when approaching a POI, this is another vital function IMHO without it I still see the unit as a lame duck - Mike |
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| mikealder wrote: | | What about the ability to warn when approaching a POI, this is another vital function IMHO without it I still see the unit as a lame duck - Mike |
I agree with you on that.
Come on TomTom pull your finger out 
Do they not have any UK beta testers who point out these things. |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:22 am Post subject: |
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| Pocketgps wrote: | Come on TomTom pull your finger out
Do they not have any UK beta testers who point out these things. |
What a question! Can you even imagine anybody with a link back to TT not mentioning it? I am NOT a BETA tester, but the very first time I used this new device I'd find it didn't do postcode navigating and I'd be back to them like a shot. We've seen far too much evidence in the past that TT somehow manage to send out testing gear but then shut up shop and ignore any feedback from testers.
If I were a BETA tester, I'd have told them about this within less than 24 hours of receiving it and by now I'd be asking myself why I bothered.
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Philip
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: TomTom START launched |
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| Darren wrote: | | The START omits 7-digit PostCode |
The UK does not have 7-digit post codes. It has 7-character post codes. At most, 3 of the characters are digits.
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Darren
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: TomTom START launched |
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| Philip wrote: | | The UK does not have 7-digit post codes. It has 7-character post codes. At most, 3 of the characters are digits.[/color] |
Yes, thanks for that 
You knew what I meant though and it's often (albeit I concede incorrectly) referred to as "7-Digit" even though we all know it's a mix of numbers and letters!
You win this weeks pedant award
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Philip
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: TomTom START launched |
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| Darren wrote: | | You win this weeks pedant award |
I'll add it to the trophy cabinet :-)
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DennisN
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: TomTom START launched |
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| Philip wrote: | | At most, 3 of the characters are digits. |
Disappointingly, you are correct. But I wish you'd use ordinary black ink in the interests of legibility. You win this week's pendant award. 
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Philip
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:45 pm Post subject: Re: TomTom START launched |
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| DennisN wrote: | | Disappointingly, you are correct. |
Why, precisely, is this "disappointing"?
| DennisN wrote: | | [color=yellow]But I wish you'd use ordinary black ink in the interests of legibility. |
I do realise that you are new here, but if it is beyond you to configure your browser to make the posting legible, then I would respectfully suggest that your time might be better spent on on one of the many forums which are dedicated to people who have low technical knowledge or ability.
| DennisN wrote: | | You win this week's pendant award. |
I believe that Darren made the same comment about 3 hours before you did. It is regarded as polite to read the previous comments in a thread before commenting yourself - that way you won't risk repeating what somebody has already said, and looking extremely foolish in the process.
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Andy_P
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I'm not sure why people should have to adjust their browser just because you want to post in colour? Easier just to move on to the next topic.
And Phillip, I think you missed the subtle shift.... penDant... Now who looks a little foolish? |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:35 am Post subject: Re: TomTom START launched |
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| Philip wrote: | | It is regarded as polite to read the previous comments in a thread before commenting yourself |
But I do read them! As a Johnny come lately, it's a problem for me that it often takes me a good 3 hours and 30 minutes to read, inwardly digest and laboriously type a reply to a post - these new-fangled keyboards are a lot different from the dipping ink pens I'm more used to. I've heard there's a crafty way to view intermediate posts whilst writing a reply, but it took me so long to get to be able to cope with this forum at "simple" level (and I don't read manuals) that it escapes my failing memory most of the time. At other times, I decide that I'll double comment anyway, having put in 3 hours and 30 minutes of blood sweat and tears I hate to waste it.
Or maybe I just thought you should hear that it wasn't only Darren who thought you were a pedant.
Apologies for Andy giving you two Ls - he sometimes gives me only one N - outrageous, innit?
I can't read blue very easily.
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