TomTom Navigator 5 Bluetooth Wireless GPS System for PDAs and Portable PCs | List Price: $299.99
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Brand: TomTom
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Bluetooth wireless-enabled GPS system turns your PDA into a touch-screen GPS navigator
- Integrated TomTom software delivers clear and accurate spoken instructions and 3D maps
- Millions of points of interest (POI), including parking lots, gas stations, hotels, restaurants, and more
- Male or female voice instructions in more than 30 languages; dynamic status bar and onscreen tips
- High-capacity battery lasts 5 hours per charge; 1.69 x 3.35 x 0.59 inches (W x H x D); 1-year warranty
Works Great [Posted on 2007-01-29]
This system works great on my HP iPAQ rx3100. The display is clear and intuitive. I only have two complaints:
1) Sometimes the satellite signal is not recognized, even when I'm driving the same route I've navigated before, and even when the sky is clear.
2) The most recent map software from TomTom is Navigator 6, not 5. In order to use the most recent maps from TomTom, you have to be using Navigator 6, which isn't compatible with my iPAQ. So part of my recently renovated neighborhood (1-2 years ago) aren't on the map. I'm concerned about using it for a trip because recent road changes won't be reflected. TomTom's website explains the issue as follows:
"Why is my device not compatible with NAVIGATOR 6, even though it was compatible with NAVIGATOR 5?
Answer
TomTom NAVIGATOR 6 includes a number of new features that greatly improve the product. Unfortunately, these features require more memory and processing power when compared to NAVIGATOR 5. In addition, TomTom now offers many new maps, which are larger and more detailed than the older maps. These maps also require more memory and processing power in the device."
As a result, I only recommend purchasing this product if you have a device that is compatible with Navigator 6, so you can upgrade and get the most recent maps.
Needs Updated POI [Posted on 2007-03-05]
Well I just love my Tom Tom on my Treo 650. Works great. Only got me lost ONCE. I was headed to Sixe Flags Great Adventure (in NJ). Used the POI instead of entering the address. It took me to Cherry Hill NJ!!! But its always dead on when I enter the address. If they update the POI, then I would give it 5 stars. Also the GPS reciever should give battery level to the PDA so that you don't have to guess if you have enough juice for the trip.
Not a reliable deivce [Posted on 2007-05-09]
Tomtom maps and application is not a reliable product that you can count on when you are traveling and do not have access to your PC and the disks. This is the second time that the application has stranded me and I am writing this review for others interested in purchasing this program not to get in a situation like I have, and Tomtom staff to read and fix the problem.
I purchased a Tomtom with an HP PDA to travel through Europe (mostly Italy). I installed the software and got an authentication code from the site they specified and started using the device. After about a month of use, and feeling confident that I did not need a paper map, we took a trip to Florence, following Tomtom's direction. After about 20 minutes, the program froze. It would not even respond to a soft reset. I had to take the battery out to get windows CE up and running. After the operating system restarted, I started Tomtom program. It asked me for an activation code. Have in mind that I am in the middle of Italian countryside and not sitting in Silicon Valley. I had to call my office and they went to my office and found the original CD's, went to the authentication site and got the activation code. I found this to be just unreasonably senseless. I appreciate copy right protection, but the people who thought of this scheme must not go out of the office much. I thought of writing a review but did not and latter forgot about it.
I recently bought a cell phone/PDA that has a built in GPS. To avoid having a phone and GPS I tried installing the European map on this phone (it already had the US maps on it). I went through the installation which took for ever and went to the website and got the activation code and tried entering it and it says that the activation code is not valid! So, I call Tomtom support in UK from Germany. The first customer service person was very nice and gave me some advice on how to get an update. I followed the advice and it still did not work. I called the support line again, this time a Mr. Rick answered. This person needs to be assigned to a different department. He basically spent 30 minutes lecturing me on software copy protection. He then asked me to do a hard reset. I told him I did not know how to do the hard reset. He spent another 10 minutes telling me that he is not an HP specialist and that I need to contact HP for support. At this point, I realized that this person was not able to help resolve the problem and asked for escalation to a supervisor. Rick (customer service rep) said that the supervisor would not take my call because I did not do what he was telling me to do (which was not exactly true, because I asked him to help me with the reset and he would not).
I got off the phone and went to the HP site and downloaded the user's manual and did a hard reset. This caused everything to be erased (including my addresses), and Tomtom program to be deleted. And guess what, I call the customer service number again, and they did not know what to do. So, they asked for more time to research the problem and to call me. In about 4 hours not having heard from them, I called again, and this time they told me to download another program that would resolve the problem. I downloaded and it did not solve the problem. I got an email a couple of hours latter telling me to use the original SD card (which is back home) to resolve the problem.
So, to make a long story short, this is not a reliable device and for anyone who has traveled in unknown places, it is a nightmare.
Brick [Posted on 2007-08-07]
I've read some of the reviews and they mostly hit the mark. The software is easy to use. The maps are good (up to a point) and the receiver is good at getting a signal. Unfortunately, the company isn't. The maps are outdated when you buy them. You can't update the maps without buying everything over again. The software had to be downgraded to work on my Palm T|X - memory overrun issues.
I too never heard from Tomtom about my gps antenna issue - the battery swelled and stopped holding any charge.
I won't be using their product again.
GPS works great on my PDA [Posted on 2007-09-01]
I love this product. It allows me to us my PDA as a GPS. The only drawback is that it takes a lot of memory, but if you move it to your SD card you will not have a problem.
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