RE: Re: [OT] Anyone got one of the new TomTom's yet?

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob - have a look at www.pocketgps.com  they have some instructions for
adding your own sounds

Dave

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rob Dobson [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 15 July 2005 16:56
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] Anyone got one of the new TomTom's yet?
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>I've got a copy of TomTom 5 PDA with the new bluetooth device. So
>far my thoughts are:
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>- not very impressed with the POI warning, you have to use the
>sounds forced on you by TomTom, you can't select your own. It also
>only warns you once at a predefined distance - CheckPOInt is much
>better here, it allows 2 warnings at a set amount of time before,
>much better as this compensates for speed, it also allows you to set
>your own sound - however there is no CheckPOInt for TomTom 5 PDA yet
>- like the postcode feature, its very good - infact its better than
>multimap, i put the same postcode into them and TomTom showed the
>place i wanted to go to and multimap showed a street round the
>corner where i didnt want to go
>- i have a 1 month trial of the traffic feature and am still not
>sure, last week it directed me into a 5 mile tail back on the M25,
>once in that it then wanted to direct me into a 3 mile tail back on
>the M4, i directed myself in teh end and got round the traffic. That
>said it is only as good as the data provided and trafficnet on the
>vauxhall website didnt show it either. It has also directed me
>around traffic on the M40 so I'm still in 2 minds about it, i would
>like to give it a bit more of a test, however i will probably by the
>full subscription in the end, its not hugely expensive
>- the route planning is much better, you can also plan walking,
>cycling, shortest, fastest, avioding motorways and limited speed
>routes
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>All in all i think TomTom 5 is a great improvment - i would just
>like to see a version of CheckPOInt for it.
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>Rob
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