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Currently I'm using Mapking2007 G10.
I'll be going to San Fran in about a few days time and will be touring around California and Driving to Grand Canyon. So I was wondering what software would you suggest me getting?
I have a Dopod 838 pro and a Holux GPSlim 240 (Which btw, is damn good).
So i was wondering what software should i get?
I was reading up on tomtom and it seems like a good bet. Anyone got any ideas?
I'm on WM6, a modified version of vp3G's rom 2.0.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
First Choice -> TomTom : TomTom ties to your device for licensing
Second Choice -> IGuidance : v3 doesn't tie to the device, but v4 due out soon will also be like TomTom from what I hear in terms of licensing
Best place to get GPS stuff -> www.semsons.com
tomtom is my choice
I hAVE TOMTOM Navigator 6 on my 8525 using the bt-359 gps reciever from cingular. It is working wonderful . Also have the option of having Mr. T or Autin Powers or Ozzy to direct me. Colors and size of road images are very clearly read.
I use iGuidance and it works very well for me...
Thank you very much for your suggestions. However, How do i know if my Holux GPSlim 240 will be able to use TOMTOM? Tomtom website says it has to be Nav5 capable. I just sent an email to tomtom asking them if my device would be compatible with their software. Awaiting their reply.
What's the latest version of tomtom?
I use iGO 2006 everyday with Holux GPSlim 236 and nothing can't stop me
Google Mobile Maps
I use Google Mobile Maps, works almost as good as Streets and Trips but it does include all of the US, downside is that you need an active internet connection, Edge seems to work just fine as long as you are not in BFE...
http://www.google.com/gmm from your phone should point you to the download.
I use IGuidance iNav 3 - it works great the San Francisco Bay Area. Voice prompts work fine in WM5, but a little slow in WM6 - but it still works. The maps are wonderfully up to date for the area.
really depends on where you are.
Mapkings are excellent for Asian Maps especially thailand, Malaysia West and East and Singapore.
Tom Tom has the best maps for Australia (Well thats IMHO)
Garmin is ugly 2D looking but is pretty well defined and has alot of POIs that is not found in MapKing and TomTom and is meant for power users because it can do lotsa more than what it says.
Well, you have a dopod 838Pro. Have all 3 GPS installed. I have. And its good because if 1 map doesnt pinpoint the bagger, i still have two more to hunt it down
Happy GPS-ing.
iGO 2006
I-GO 2006
I had them all > TomTom5, TomTom6 iGuidance 3.0 , 3.1 Navigon 5
Mio v3 which is i-go2006.
I would recomend i-go 2006 , make sure you have maps v2007.01 for USA.
I'm a big fan of TomTom. It has helped me many times and I trust it's directions
bernardryan said:
Thank you very much for your suggestions. However, How do i know if my Holux GPSlim 240 will be able to use TOMTOM? Tomtom website says it has to be Nav5 capable. I just sent an email to tomtom asking them if my device would be compatible with their software. Awaiting their reply.
What's the latest version of tomtom?
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I´ve got the Holux GPSslim 240 and tomtom 6.0.3 and it works just fine...
iGO 2006 Plus is among the best available in terms of compatibility to any device/OS/screen resolution.
It's security system (aka licensing) is the friendliest out there and bound to the SD, meaning ultimate transparency to the device ID or upgrade OS, so one can use same SD in several devices (not at same time).. very smart !
Check for latest version of NAM maps.
where can i get the whole maps of thailand !
thanks in advance !
hi
Ive been using Mio v3 for the last few weeks and found it very reliable BUT I,ve just changed to TomTom and already i think it just pips it to the post.
regards JPW
been using iG4. it has safely taken me to a 12hr trip to NJ and back home. only thing is it has issues.
i have also used iGO MY WAY PLUS 2006 and its GUI blows iG4's away..
only thing keeping me from being loyal to iGO is it does not have the TTS feature and it does not tell you which side your destination is..
Hi
I have on my mobile phone with ROM "DIAMOND Edition by Akeo_V3.1" IGO8 FINAL installed but I have some problems...
I go to www.poiplaza.com and download speedcams of my country in format .kml but where I paste them? what is correct folder?
one more question is why I cant rotate screen with IGO8? some one have this problem?
Best Regards, Filipe Abrantes
The file .kml must be converted. i don't remember the program's name (see gpsforum.biz).
location for speedcams: \iGo8\CONTENT\SPEEDCAM\
you can't rotate the screen because of the iGO version you have. Yours I presume it's a beta.
but have some version who I can rotate the screen?
filjoa said:
but have some version who I can rotate the screen?
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if Igo8 the version you are using surporting this, then its OK,
also you can change the config for the file SYS,
example, If igo8 support 240x320 and also 320x240.
if you like to use 320x240
then you go to SYS to amend it
[rawdisplay]
screen_x=320
screen_y=240
or
[rawdisplay]
screen_x=240
screen_y=320
igo8 and tomtom8 run perfectly
Bleototh connection serial
open Com port in your pocketpc (Com2) (in Bleutoth settings)
Extarnal Gps Setings
gps program port 4
gps harware port com1 and 57600
Menage Gps auto.
ist works in this reglage Tomtom work perfecly well.
Sory for my english.
rotate the screen in igo settings your choise and tomtom settings.
mancukya said:
igo8 and tomtom8 run perfectly
Bleototh connection serial
open Com port in your pocketpc (Com2) (in Bleutoth settings)
Extarnal Gps Setings
gps program port 4
gps harware port com1 and 57600
Menage Gps auto.
ist works in this reglage Tomtom work perfecly well.
Sory for my english.
rotate the screen in igo settings your choise and tomtom settings.
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Tomtom8???????
igo8
i challenge anybody in claiming igo8 works well on the trinity! try routing a long trip and you will get "not enough memory"...this is simply a lack of RAM memory.....
problem whith igo8
Hello I also installed igo8, but sometimes goes to shots (especially in the round) and delays the position of gps / - 20mt.
To you it works perfectly?
Ciao anche io ho installato igo8;ma a volte va a scatti(in modo particolare nelle rotonde) e ritarda la posizione del gps di +/- 20mt.
A te funziona perfettamente??
tomtom 8 on a PDA?? can u share that... or be sure...
thanks
Hi
zh.dayong:
Hi try change my SYS file but give an error... :S
and my file only have this:
[interface]
skin="ui_igo8"
resolution_dir="320_240"
vga=0
poi_show_all_btn=1
[rawdisplay]
class="landscape"
[debug]
skip_eula=1
enable_roadshadow=1
[map]
auto_nightmode=0
[msnd]
msnd.start=0
and I cant find folder "ui_igo8"
mancukya said:
igo8 and tomtom8 run perfectly
Bleototh connection serial
open Com port in your pocketpc (Com2) (in Bleutoth settings)
Extarnal Gps Setings
gps program port 4
gps harware port com1 and 57600
Menage Gps auto.
ist works in this reglage Tomtom work perfecly well.
Sory for my english.
rotate the screen in igo settings your choise and tomtom settings.
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Hello I also installed igo8, but sometimes goes to shots (especially in the round) and delays the position of gps / - 20mt.
To you it works perfectly?
iGO8 on Trinity
Running iGO8 on a 64M device is a challange, I agree. Some claim it is impossible, and I was one of thenm until recently, but there are some go around that helps make it work. I currently run a fully loaded ROM, not even a naked one, and able to run TouchFlo Manila most of the time, and have iGO8 run with some tweaks.
First make sure the following lines are on your sys.txt:
[debug]
cache=2048
reserve_memory=1500000
[navigation]
sim_speed_factor=3
That by itself will allow iGO claculate long routs (at least 500 miles long), recalculate when taking the wrong turn, display 3D maps with terrain without delays, and most important - will not crash, while allowing phone to work, emails to be recieved, etc.
If your ROM does not have 20M RAM free before iGO runs, it is most likely because of today plugins. Here is a neat trick. Use mToday (see mobile.htc.com). It's a freeware that allows to have two today screens. Create a secondary today screen that has only iGO on it. I gain more than 20M with this trick, and iGO runs happily...
I have to admit I did not invent this, but I gathered this info into one place for the Trinity folks as somehow iGO8 is a big deal for me (ex TT user, but iGO rulez for me) but not mentioned too often in this forum for Trinity. I even made tynynt mad when I was asking him about his tynynt015 and iGO8..
Oh, and TT8 is not a PDA version as far as I know, not that I care right now. I have abandoned TT for good. I still have a TT paid acount until March 2009 (yes, I am legit) I can not care less...
hi all,
i tried so many wm6.5 roms, but always have problems to run tomtom 7.915 smoothy. The moovement in navigation is lagging and tomtom reacts very slow. Also with the new wm6.5 rom from tomme45i with more than 27mb when starting tomtom the navigation is still lagging.
Can someone confirm this? Is there an solution for this problem?
thanks alot,
John
I didn't notice any lagging. Using the chanvi 21900 build with TomTom 7.915.
I do have chainfire's GFXBoost installed (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509704)
Did speed up my trinity
Oh, and also changed some dll that are used to access storage card.
Only problem is that tomtom is killed when minimized no matter if it is excluded in taskmanager or not.
Arjan
No Lag for me on Chanvi, or Tomme45i 23017. TomTom 795.9196 Runs about as quick as my TomTom Rider, except for finding satellites the first time.
It depends on how many POI are displayed during navigation.
Try to disable some and check if it lag.
This already happens to me in the past because all of my POI were selected to display during navigation.
thanks, i will try and report later
i disabled some POIs and now tomtom works good.
But anyway i think that wm6.1 is better for tomtom, because under wm6.1 i can able much more POIs without lagging...
But WM6.5 has it's advantage, especially the Rom from tomme45i. So i stay with wm6.5 and disable some POIs
Advanced Config Tool
John-Wu said:
i disabled some POIs and now tomtom works good.
But anyway i think that wm6.1 is better for tomtom, because under wm6.1 i can able much more POIs without lagging...
But WM6.5 has it's advantage, especially the Rom from tomme45i. So i stay with wm6.5 and disable some POIs
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Using Advanced Config Tool you can try to change the Glyph Cache parameter.
But as you say the problem may be because of choosing lots of POIs...
adejager1 said:
I didn't notice any lagging. Using the chanvi 21900 build with TomTom 7.915.
I do have chainfire's GFXBoost installed (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509704)
Did speed up my trinity
Oh, and also changed some dll that are used to access storage card.
Only problem is that tomtom is killed when minimized no matter if it is excluded in taskmanager or not.
Arjan
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Does this tool really works with Trinity? someone else tried this tool?
Whilst we are on the subject, is anyone here in the UK using Tomtom 7.915?
Mattster.
What GPS software do you use, and why?
why not Sygic Mobile 2009 ? Works good for me.
Well, I've read that iGo and Tom Tom are the best, but here I wanna see which one do people use... Even if it's not on of those two...
I've tried both and use tomtom as it is better at route planning.
Igo looks nicer though.
i'll gonna install IGO to see how its works.
Sygic looks better then TOMTOM, but TOMTOM is more reliable on the arrival time. (excuse me for my poor English)
For me, i think tom tom is beter
im using igo. i dont know, but it seems to me igo's better in australia
I have both
need to know..
The answer is in the following topics, as both are good NAV tools..
1. Are you into 3D, tweaks, setting up or want an installation once and for all?
2. Do you travel a lot, or want it around home in one or two countries?
3. What are you going to run it on? Touch HD?
4. is TTS important or not ? (text to voice)
Here is my experiance with both...
1. iGO is skinnable, and allows many changes by the user. If you are not into it, than TomTom is more likely to be the one for you. Simple, and to the point.
2. If you tarvel to exotic locations you will soon find out TomTom does not cover the globe as good as iGO. If you travel in urban areas in EU or USA, it makes no difference what you choose.
3. iGO is a memory hog. Even with 100MB free RAm you may ancounter 'out of memory' situations with iGO. TomTom is lean on memory.
4. TTS may not work on touch HD if you try the Leo Manila 2.5 as they collide somehow. Not sure why, but I had to disable T3FD on some roms in order to make TTS work.
So, as you see, it depends what are the needs. Personally I like iGO better because it can become a real 3D navigation tool, with terrain , buildings, etc.. and it is beautiful. I did not find any major difference navigating with TomTom and iGO as far as navigation results, as both get to run the same maps from the same houses.. So I vote iGO because I like it, not because it is better. Answer yourself the questions, and you will get an idea. Both are good options, and not the only ones you can have..
i`m 50/50 on this subject because i can use 1000`s of custom generated poi`s in tomtom that i use for work & igo seems to have a limit unless i put them into seperate catagoreies which is time consuming.
Igo coupled with hypergps (TMC) works well for me but have not manged to work out how to get this working on tomtom, (might not be possible.
so if i had to choose it would be tomtom as it`s faster & not as hungry on system stuff.
Igo
I have Igo8 and work perfekt
BigE said:
The answer is in the following topics, as both are good NAV tools..
1. Are you into 3D, tweaks, setting up or want an installation once and for all?
2. Do you travel a lot, or want it around home in one or two countries?
3. What are you going to run it on? Touch HD?
4. is TTS important or not ? (text to voice)
Here is my experiance with both...
1. iGO is skinnable, and allows many changes by the user. If you are not into it, than TomTom is more likely to be the one for you. Simple, and to the point.
2. If you tarvel to exotic locations you will soon find out TomTom does not cover the globe as good as iGO. If you travel in urban areas in EU or USA, it makes no difference what you choose.
3. iGO is a memory hog. Even with 100MB free RAm you may ancounter 'out of memory' situations with iGO. TomTom is lean on memory.
4. TTS may not work on touch HD if you try the Leo Manila 2.5 as they collide somehow. Not sure why, but I had to disable T3FD on some roms in order to make TTS work.
So, as you see, it depends what are the needs. Personally I like iGO better because it can become a real 3D navigation tool, with terrain , buildings, etc.. and it is beautiful. I did not find any major difference navigating with TomTom and iGO as far as navigation results, as both get to run the same maps from the same houses.. So I vote iGO because I like it, not because it is better. Answer yourself the questions, and you will get an idea. Both are good options, and not the only ones you can have..
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Thanks for the info...
Will try both, but I'll hold on iGo...
Best regards
I can recommend copilot 8, this is the market leader for smartphone navigation anyway and so far has chosen better routes than tomtom 7 used to for me and has a better display as well as being much cheaper as the latest version is a third the price of the previous version or tomtom. Works fine on L26 windows 6.5 rom with manilla 2.5 on the HD too.
HTC will be preinstalling copilot on the new HTC Leo (HD2)..
robsno said:
I can recommend copilot 8, this is the market leader for smartphone navigation anyway and so far has chosen better routes than tomtom 7 used to for me and has a better display as well as being much cheaper as the latest version is a third the price of the previous version or tomtom. Works fine on L26 windows 6.5 rom with manilla 2.5 on the HD too.
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Hi,same thing , since i use copilot v8 , tomtom and others are long forgotten ...
I use NDrive, simple, very fast, flexible.
My 4 experiences:
Tomtom:
+: It's the best for routing. Good POIs. I used it in 4 countries in Europe without ANY problem.
-: It's outdated and very simple.
IGO
+ Very beautifull, shows lots of information, skinable.
- Unestable, needs lots of memory, bad routing, bad POIs.
Sigyc Drive
+ Like tomtom but more updated.
- worse routing than Tomtom.
Ndrive
+ Simple and very clear interface on navitation. Moves VERY soft.
- VERY simple. Shows very little information.
(Sorry for my english)
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My 4 experiences:
Tomtom:
+: It's the best for routing. Good POIs. I used it in 4 countries in Europe without ANY problem.
-: It's outdated and very simple.
IGO
+ Very beautifull, shows lots of information, skinable.
- Unestable, needs lots of memory, bad routing, bad POIs.
Sigyc Drive
+ Like tomtom but more updated.
- worse routing than Tomtom.
Ndrive
+ Simple and very clear interface on navitation. Moves VERY soft.
- VERY simple. Shows very little information.
(Sorry for my english)
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Good info... Couldn't agree more.
What about the Copilot 8? I've never used that one.
icecubix2 said:
My 4 experiences:
IGO
- Unestable, needs lots of memory, bad routing, bad POIs.
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Unstable? in what way? I've never had any issues, even after modding the **** out of it and I aint no real pro dev..
Might I add that iGo8 is extremely customizable, examples > http://artwork-igo8.blogspot.com/
My current skin > http://artwork-igo8.blogspot.com/search/label/Kikker Skin
By far the best navigation software I've ever used! properly because of the open system, lot of internet sources for speedcamera's and POI's and modifications.
Its does use a lot of memory, especially when using NASA demographic files, buildings and so on..
P.S. I do NOT work for iGo
I used tomtom, iGuidance and sometimes Destinator
I have the google maps application, its perfect!!
but it must connect to the internet,
i need a program thatuses the internal GPS without using an internet connection
i heard that Route 66 can do it, but cant find a link
please help
thanxxxxx
take a look at igo8 i use this for months now and perfect working even with tmc - take a llok at google für some full wm versions... even here at the forum you should find some useful links i can't belive that you can't find anything for your needs - just a tipp @google type + download or +full download behind the name of the desired app...
Try TrekBuddy. It's not too accurate but you can calibrate it and make your own maps and waypoint. It's java by the way: http://www.trekbuddy.net/forum/
Cheers!
nDrive is doing the trick for me But you need to pay for it.. or simply google it
Nav N Go iGO 8
GOOGLE
iGO 8
The best navigation it's Garmin
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/downloadsUpdates.jsp?product=010-11034-00&cID=138&pID=11413
TomTom 7 seriously.
I started using TomTom since version 5 and I'm fond of it, but I should admit it's mainly matter of personal liking.
I also tried iGO8, pre-installed on a standalone navigator I bought, it's not so bad, but the user interface is more chaotic in my opinion.
As far as I know, iGO interface is more customizable then TT.
Talking about algorithms, specially for route recalculation, I think they are equivalent.
Igo8 is best...
alternate to tom tom
I have been using sygic mobile. it is alot cheaper £30 for program and uk maps!
iGo8 - I like it
fingerizm said:
I have the google maps application, its perfect!!
but it must connect to the internet,
i need a program thatuses the internal GPS without using an internet connection
i heard that Route 66 can do it, but cant find a link
please help
thanxxxxx
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We have Route 66 installed and like it - go www.66.com
Navigon
Navigon Navigator is the best! I used to use TomTom.
Navigon is very grafical and has lots of options.
On the highway you get a visual representation of the exit you should or should not take.
It even shows 3d buildings on the map if you are in a city.
Performance is also good!
Garmin
Garmin mobile xt r the best gps software for me...
since i used garmin,i never been lost on the road anymore...
if u want the software n map,u can try search at MFM forum...
I tried almost all GPS software. (TT, Garmin mobile 4 & 5, iGo8, ... etc).
Garmin is by far the WORST. Ugly, outdated and confused GUI. And it's slow as hell. But it's excellent with POI searching especially with Google integration. And it's flight schedule and traffic info over internet is handy too.
Tom Tom is not bad, but not good as well in every aspect.
iGo8 is the most powerfully and configurable. TTS (very rare on WM), TMC (even rare), good looking (with customize skin) and smooth. The only problem is require a lot of memory and takes longer to start (30sec - 1min)
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TomTom 7 seriously.
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what he said, some of the POI's have been a little off, and the recalculating could be a little better, but it is great overall
search google for it, i used words like TT7 and xperia, and so forth...works great
Automapa
Best of the best is Polish program called Automapa (www.automapa.com).
You can change language to english and load europe map/
Igo 8.3-the best.
I have used Garmin, Navigon, Igo, TomTom and Sygic.
Garmin was't really userfriendly in my opinion and I stopped testing it very quickly.
Igo is really nice navigation program, It is customizable, it has tmc, roadassistance. Programs starts not fast but when it starts it works fluently. There were two reasons I stopped using Igo: 1. Speech is really a chaos. Its not accurate, it replays a lot and the beep tone before the speech is really annoying. 2. GPS wasnt very accurate.
Sygic is almost like TomTom, but sometimes the calculating of the roads wasnt really logical for me, but its really nice alternative.
Navigon is the most extencive navigation program for PDA. It has visual road assistance for example. But it doesnt work very properly yet. I cant search for POI´s and its really heavy program. Speech is very good, pitty that it doesnt have querty keyboard.
I have used TomTom for a long time and looked every time to another, because it doest have any extras (it doesnt have road line assistance for example), but because its light, stable, userfriendly and everything works like it has to, I always went back to TomTom and now it is the only navigation program I use.