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mjhorne
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 Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:12 am Post subject: Dumb iphone Question..... |
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| Exactly how do you get the speed camera database into the iphone3G? doed tomtom home work with the iphone, are there any guides on how todo this? |
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mikealder
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| Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:00 am Post subject: |
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To add the speed camera database to any iPhone navigation application requires the phone to be jail broken which will invalidate your warranty.
TomTom works well on the iPhone but there is no option to "Warn when near POI" so even if you put the files on the phone all they will do is show up on the map which isn't very good.
Sygic is a much better application for using speed cameras with as it fully supports warnings and even offers support to the spoken alerts that can be used with the database. Again to do this requires the iPhone to be Jail Broken, see Here for some instructions on how to install - Mike |
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Darren
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| Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Dumb iphone Question..... |
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| mjhorne wrote: | | Exactly how do you get the speed camera database into the iphone3G? doed tomtom home work with the iphone, are there any guides on how todo this? |
Ignoring the JailBroken 'hacked' phones. The simple answer is 'you don't' unless the software explicitly supports it in which case it will be supplied as part of the app.
Quite how updates will be provided is yet to be seen as no manufacturer has provided any yet other than in an application update.
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mjhorne
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Thanks for the answers guys, ended up downloading CoPilot8 which has speed cameras, didn't want to 'jailbreak' my new iphone.
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Darren
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| Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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| mjhorne wrote: | Thanks for the answers guys, ended up downloading CoPilot8 which has speed cameras, didn't want to 'jailbreak' my new iphone.
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Good luck with that, CoPilot's camera data is so awful it's worse than laughable.
If you'd asked for suggestions we could have helped with suggestions.
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mjhorne
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| ...still open for suggestions though guys..! |
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| Buy an Inforad K1 for next to nowt. That'd be my suggestion. |
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Darren
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| Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| mjhorne wrote: | | ...still open for suggestions though guys..! |
Navmii uses our data on the iPhone and is about £25. An option?
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mjhorne
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are the spoken camera database used in Navmii? cant seem to find a defaniative answer?
If you can get the camera database into the Navmii/iphone how is it done?
Is there dedecated softeare from the manufacturer to allow custom POI additions? |
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alan_dr
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Navmii currently uses a copy of the PGPSW database that is a bit out of date now - but still better than the rest. Navmii say they will shortly be introducing an in-app facility to update the camera database on a regular basis.
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Darren
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| mjhorne wrote: | | are the spoken camera database used in Navmii? cant seem to find a defaniative answer? |
It uses spoken warnings.
| Quote: | | If you can get the camera database into the Navmii/iphone how is it done? |
Currently bundled with the app but they plan an update which allows in-app updating of the database.
| Quote: | | Is there dedecated softeare from the manufacturer to allow custom POI additions? |
Aside from adding your own favourites, no.
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