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hi all, im sure theres plenty of these but hey
I am using an O2 XDA Exec, as the 1st PDA i have ever had, im very pleased with it, i use it for quick surfing the net, viewing emails and sending the out, and when im ever flying, always slip the odd film on for its really nice display
Im using the beautiful windows vista theme
and overall, i couldnt want better
How bout you?
exec, but just because i have to. it is the only pda with 3g that i like
ppc-6700, my first windows mobile phone... i always had Palm based phones... treo 300 treo 650, i hated the way the Palm OS worked, so i bought a 6700, worth every penny.
I'm using the Xda Orbit, a beautiful balance of style, function and compactness that i am presently using to post to this threat whilst listening to slay radio via wifi... can't ask much more than that!
My only gripe is the lack of a hard keyboard which makes it painful to type on, but in this size class you can't have everything.
I thought the exec was a little flimsy and chunky, but now the Orbit has rekindled my love for PDAs and I find myself wanting a bigger screen and hard keyboard so I can really use it for browsing/posting/msn... are bluetooth keyboards any good?
Before this I had a Tapwave Zodiac, and before that a Compaq Aero 15xx, something with WM6, a VGA screen and a full keyboard would be heaven- too bad the Hpc form factor was ditched!
So what if I don't use an XDA?
OK as briefly as I can:
I currently use an FSC LOOX 720 - for the last 2 years at least (I lost count). Yes it is NOT a phone. I don't even have a 3G phone, I still use my old SE T610 (great phone btw).
I am in technology, I have owned quite a few PDA before that one and I have used almost all known brands and models.
So why with LOOX 720 still?
Because since I got it, I haven't found a SINGLE PDA able to make me part with 720. The single competitor at the time was Dell X50v/51v which I still think was a great PDA but my priorities on what I thought was better for me made me choose my 720 over it and never thought I made the wrong choice. HP 4700 (or ANY HP for that matter - and I have owned HP devices, but never again) was not even close those two guys.
Anyway, since my next PDA should be at least what 720 is AND be a phone and most probably a GPS (I am a heavy GPS user AND hate BT GPS*) - if I had to switch I should be able to have LESS devices with me all the time (now I have with me ALL the time, my PDA, my phone and my CF GPS). So my choices were limited (erm... none).
When Universal was about to be released, I was almost in love with it. It seemed to be close enough. Then it got released and I... erm... used a friend as a guinea-pig. Then I tested and used it thoroughly. It was NEVER NEVER close to what I thought it would be (in fact sorry, but I believe it sucks). OK, this was partly to the initial implementation of WM5 on that device, maybe it is better now on that front, but I am not looking back.
Not to make this post much longer, not many devices made me think. Some I liked but they had RECTANGLE 240x240 (!!!!!!!!!!) screen which is WAY to much to give up; I mean see a map in 480x640 (300Kp) and see a map in 240x240 (57Kp!), plus of course that MOST things I like do not work at all in 240x240.
Only recently HTC made me think again.
First came Hermes. Nice, not bad. I would need a BT GPS though and I was not sure the things I gain were more than the things I loose (like VGA).
Then I was reading about Trinity. There were plans for GPS in it. Then it came WITHOUT GPS. So my thoughts were "why get a Hermes without keyboard?" and back at Hermes (but not too hot in my mind).
Then came the plans (not by HTC) for XDA Flame (btw shouldn't Flame be in this board? IT WILL BE an XDA won't it?). I am still in love with this device. If it had GPS, I would have already arranged an import somehow and prepay it (please please give us the surprise we want).
Then came the beta of Trinity WITH GPS! Now Trinity is again in my mind. In a different place than Flame (the ULTIMATE PDA in my mind).
So my plan? I will give the GPS testing another month if it indeed is ok (and maybe more GPS enabled ROMs are released), I will jump boat and have a single device in my pocket. Trinity.
But Flame (as I love PocketPC platform), is not out of the picture. Since Trinity will take 720 out of my pocket and stay in my house (I will still use it, when you use VGA you never go back), Flame MAY take the place of my 720 in that position.
* ...about GPS and BT GPS. I have BT GPS and CF GPS (and stand alone GPS); in fact more than one of those. I have seen myself using the CF GPS 100 times out of 100. Even though it sticks to the top of my PDA (when I attach it), I prefer it MUCH than having to hold (or take care to stick somewhere) one more device, take care of the power of one more device etc. To me it worked MUCH better with the CF, when on foot, when on the car and when on my motorcycle. In fact on my motorcycle I don't even need something to hold the PDA in place, because my Piel Frama wraps nicely around the handlebar and puts it in a nice position for the GPS to work and me see the screen.
My main device is an SPV M5000 (HTC Universal) upgraded with WM6 which is the first device to meet my needs.
Prev had a XDA2i but found the lack of keyboard & WM5 upgrade really frustrating as one of the reasons that I wanted a PDA was for mobile e-mail.
Exec is close to ideal with Bluetooth stereo; 3G connection; reasonable keyboard and VGA screen.
With the beta versions of crossbow available the VGA screen is coming into its own thanks to Hi Res mode in PIE and the excellent Remote Desktop Mobile.
Music, Video, mobile messaging and remote server management. I've finally got a device that can meet my needs and it even works as a phone
Dopod 838 pro. Because:
Pros....
- Its loud, and I work in a noisy environment and can't always here ringing.
- 3g lets me use data plans that are cheaper than gprs and the speed is fast.
- The screen has a good range of brightness control.
- HTC are more reliable than the competition IMO. This device has not crashed on me yet.
- On contract it was cheap and my old contract was finished anyway.
- It came with a lot of software (that I had to remove to free memory).
- The wifi works with no problems.
Cons....
- Micro SD really sucks.
- USB jack, and it is over the stylus hole making it awkward to use.
- I actually do not like or want (any) hard keyboard.
- The picture viewer in my XDA mini is much better.
- I like big screens.
- too many buttons.
This device gives me freedom to entertain myself wherever I am. Today I listened to some music, read a document, listened to two podcasts, checked out XDA developers and boingboing, used the phone. In fact I used the phone at the same time as being online which was not possible with some other devices I have had.
I currently have two devices...
Apache (PPC-6700)
This is my main phone and MP3 player, like the keyboard great for texting seems a lot faster now that I don't as much crap on it...lol
Dell Axim X51v
Only just got this last month and love it, it is now my main PDA for all Diary and Contacts, Finance, eBooks, Internet, Skype, Photo's....
I have had the following PDA's... HP iPaq RZ1710 / HTC Harrier (PPC-6600) had two of these (long story)
Cheers
Jace
SX66 (Blue Angel), because:
* 3.5+" screen -- I don't like small-screen phones. Size is just as important as resolution.
* 128 MB RAM
* 400 MHz CPU
* Most phone cameras are mediocre anyway, and my workplace bans cameras (but it's not strictly enforced -- if you don't use your cameraphone it's okay).
* Didn't like Universal because it was too thick and heavy (it's two pieces really), and OS/hardware was too slow (even with JJ ROM).
Looking forward to the Flame (non-HTC?) and/or Athena as possible replacements.
I like the Flame because it has large screen, VGA out, 3G, EDGE, and has the same portrait orientation. I don't mind the lack of QWERTY because I use either soft keyboard, or Stowaway BT keyboard. I rarely use my SX66's QWERTY.
Athena has more storage and even larger screen, and may take the place of a laptop, but doesn't have the "rounded" portrait shape I like in the BA, Magician, etc.
Wizard.
- I'm poor. the cheapest I can find in UK ebay (other than Charmer)
- my dad wanted a PDA phone, so I upgrade (no point having two identical phones) and give him the Charmer
- Wifi is good, under utilized, but good.
- I'm a ex-Palm user, I don't need keyboard, but not bad having one.
- normal non-smart phone PIM is not good enough for me
- I don't like massively sized phone
I get a lot of grief from my coworkers for using a Prophet.
Why? Because in our line of work we get to see and play with many toys.
Still I love the little bugger.
BT 2.0 (A2DP patch), WiFi G, 2MP camera, no bigger than regular phone, what else could you ask for?
So the processor is a 200MHz OMAP but it does the job.
I find that built in keyboard just adds unnecessary bulk. If anything ASUS got the right idea with P525 - PPC with phone pad.
In fact if that device had 3G + GPS it would be the ultimate phone in my opinion.
wizard
It was the best and cheapest ppc phone available when I bought it. No 3g where I live (or i'd got a uni) and it's my first ppc so I didn't know any better
Hermes - it's brilliant and I use the keyboard quite a bit.
Previous was Prophet (still have it) and before that I had a Magician.
The Hermes has been the best so far for me.
Well I have had about 5 other PPCs and the Hermes is the best I have ever used. It has a great keyboard and because in Australia about 97% of people have UMTS and you normally you get 1.5Mbs – 2Mbs download speeds you can have 100 e-mails come in and it only takes about 30 seconds.
I have the HTC branded P3600 unlocked.
I tried out both LVSW's cooked ROM and the latest Dopod D810 ROM. Both are excelllent updates, but turned out not to be right for me. Thought I'd share in case this is useful to anyone else.
I am in an area of Los Angeles in the US which still does not yet have 3G. I also don't personally need the GPS feature. I am fine with an ordinary map and I need my battery life for phone and email. That is just my personal preference.
Anyway, in my case, I found three pitfalls with the new ROMs.
1. The phone got hotter and used more battery. I assume that the GPS was trying to do its thing even though I wasn't actually using it.
2. Signal can be sketchy at my home. The HTC P3600 has been the first PDA phone to give me a full strength signal here, on a par with a standard cell phone. But with the new ROMs my full bar strength fell in half. I assume this is to do with further optimizations for 3G which, unfortunately, currently give me no benefit. Anyhow, I got weaker GPRS/EDGE and weaker GSM.
3. The Dopod ROM (and LVSW cooked variant - which is a very nice job BTW) have significantly different ActiveSync/Direct Push settings. The Heartbeat Increments and other related settings are quite different. This was not good for my Exchange service and Push Mail. I started getting my mail at about 5 minute intervals, not right away. Some kind of timeout going on I guess. Of course, I was able to dip into the registry and make adjustments, but with my lower EDGE signal, things still were not working quite as well.
Bottom line: I went back to the Official HTC P3600 ROM (fortunately I had saved it before it had to be removed from the XDA-Dev FTP site. (HTC do not provide even the original ROM to customers at this time). There was no problem going back. So no harm, no foul.
I did save the HTC Task Manager application and added it back in. Nice addition, missing from the original HTC version. So it was definitely worth trying the new ROMs all in all.
Obviously, the issue here is that my local Network is lacking - the new ROMs are good. But the fact remained the original ROM gives me much better performance here, particularly battery life, signal strength and more reliable Direct Push.
Sorry for the unrelated post, but I needed some help after reading your post.
I am also in the Los Angeles area (OC) with T-Mobile.
I got an unlocked trinity about 2 months ago. It has worked very well, except I do not seem to be able to connect to Edge. Your post seemed to indicate that you have been able to connect to it.
Can you please tell me how I can make that happen?
Also, which GPS software would you recommend for Southern California, if I chose to enable the GPS hardware on my machine.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Hi Kewlphone! I think (hope!) you are actually getting Edge. For some reason the HTC P3600 simply displays the G symbol even when you are getting Edge. To be fair I think Edge is just an upgraded form of GPRS. Actually if you install the Dopod ROM it does give you the E symbol. There may well be a registry tweak to show an E, but I just don't know it.
There are no special settings needed. I just connect to wap.voicestream.com.
internet2.voicestream.com also works with my Internet plan, but I prefer to connect the first one as it also is the right one for picture messaging. Also you want to have T-Mobile Internet, not just the T-Mobile Web plan (formery t-zones) which is restricted to sites for phones and does not allow full Internet access or downloading attachments.
T-Mobile just tightened up their protocols dues to a cheat some people had been using to get full access out of the Web plan. This temporarily messed up my Internet access but tech support reprovisioned my account as I pay for the full Internet plan.
First off, I suggest you check your actual download speeds using
http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1
It is speed test specially for Mobile devices. If you get around 30 to 40 kbps ish that is standard GPRS. Edge should be around 100 to 120 ish in practice. Obviously it varies a lot by time of day, location etc.
There is also a registry tweak I found that may help download speed. You need a registry editor like Total Commander available from ghisler.com (You would want to download the 2.5 beta version for WM5. It is free).
The registry setting involved determines how much data the device will accept in a chunk.
HKLM\Comm\Tcpip\Parms\TcpWindowSize
If your device has this parameter set to less than 65536 change it to this amount. This helped me get consisitent Edge speeds. I am not aware of any harm that will be done be setting it higher still, other than you may need to set it back again if it doesn't work right!
Sorry, I have no experience with GPS software. The program people mention generally is Tom Tom. I believe this is the defacto choice for many people and it is made for many different devices. I am sure the company has a web site. If not I am sure it is available at places like mobileplanet.com.
Please bear in mind that we people using this site (XDA-dev) are enthusiasts who like to tweak and customize our phones. It is not our objective to help ourselves to free software, only to get the most out of the devices and the built-in software we have already paid for... I don't mean to suggest you are looking for any free downloads and you certainly did not imply that. I am just conscious there has just been an issue with Microsoft objecting to some of the downloads on this site so we need to be careful to keep things absolutely clearly legit. Tom Tom is a commericial product not included with the P3600 and will need to be purchased separately.
HTH
I am also in LA (West side.) Here is my experience:
I use LVSW's ROM and get 3G (Cingular.) Just tested a 1MB file download from the dslreports link above and got 642kbit/sec. There are some areas in town where it goes to E (for EDGE,) but at least in my case it's not too often (it went to E yesterday in the Custom's area at LAX, but to be honest, I was just happy to get signal there
The GPS works great. I don't really use it here, because I have built-in ones in my cars, but it is very handy when travelling.
I also don't use Cingular's push mail, but use my POP3 mail account, and have set the Trinity to check it every 15 minutes, which works fine for me.
642kbps?? WOW! Excuse me while a turn as green as the HTC theme with envy! That is intersting for me as I am also on LA's west side. BTW I concur about reception inside LAX customs area. Just being able to make a regular call from there is a feat! Hardly a concern that your data merely dropped to Edge speed!
I had been considering switching to Cingular to get 3G, although both where I live and where I work are both actually just off the official 3G map at the moment.... Switching would also just about double my bill, and put me back in a contract. So I am holding out till 3G coverage settles down a bit more. Looks like T-Mobile are finally going to 3G here, though that may still take many months...
Do Cingular even offer there own Push Mail? I was under the impression that their Xpress mail service retreives mail something like the T-Mobile equivilent (15 minutes intervals) I use Direct Push from my Exchange account so it requires only the Data connection, nothing else carrier specific.
Sorry, I am getting way off topic. This is not carrier comparision forum!
The relevant point is that it is good to know that the LVSW ROMs seems like the best for people in the USA too, assuming your carrier has 3G and especially if you use GPS. My situation sounds like the exception and will likely be transitory anyway.
BTW MacGuy2006, I think kewlphone might appreciate your advice on GPS software. Sounds like you have quite a bit of experience with it.
Thanks for the info I might join you on Cingular yet! I also think we may soon see even more ROM magic from our friend LVSW too!
Yeah, I am sort of satisfied with Cingular, and really do like 3G, which finally makes PDA Internet use a possibility for me (I can read the wires if I am stuck somewhere They refer to "push-mail," but I have not tried it, so I don't know if it's instantaneous or not.
As to GPS software, I use TomTom 6, which is generally fine and has a broad range of maps. I kind of like the design of Navigon 6 a bit better (http://www.navigon.com/site/us/en/mobile_navigation/pda/screenshots,) but have not seen it in action.
As an aside, yesterday I installed the 1.38.00.11 radio ROM lurking here, and my 3G speeds never exceeded the mid-400s. It may have been a fluke, but I went back to 1.35 and clocked in the mid-700
Thanks for sharing that info. Just to check, do you find you are able to up and downgrade just the Radio ROMs without a hard reset? TIA
I'm using the Dopod Rom with the 1.38 radio upgrade. As expected, the battery life is significantly reduced with the GPS enabled (using TomTom6), but overall I really like the fact that my phone can basically do anything now.
I think it might have more difficulty picking up signals now than it did with the original HTC rom. When I'm in my home office, I really don't get any signal at all now, which my plethora of computer equipment doesn't help, but the phone shows a solid four bars when I'm at work, and it connects to Edge very fast there too.
I tried both TomTom 6.02 and 6.03, and 6.03 is definitely better. It automatically knows to use the built-in GPS receiver (You don't have to select NMEA, COM 9), and it grabs the signal faster. Unfortunately I couldn't get the maps activated for 6.03, but they don't have any problem with 6.02, so I'm stuck with it.
I'm definitely looking forward to upgrading to WM6. Woot!
-John
flamingcrumb said:
Thanks for sharing that info. Just to check, do you find you are able to up and downgrade just the Radio ROMs without a hard reset? TIA
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No, I backed up, reinstalled the LVSW ROM and restored
Hi flamingcrumb,
Thank you for your detailed response.
I have the full t-mo web plan, but have specifically taken access to internet3.voicestream.com becuase of VPN access needs.
I ran a speed test on my device and it shows 39 kbps. That tells me it is a regular GPRS connection. Do you know of any areas in the region where Edge is available? Sounds like westside may be one.
As far as GPS software goes, I was looking for recommendations based on availability and correctness of maps for southern cal. I had purchased and used Ostia in the past, however I did not like either the interface or stability.
Thanks
kewlphone said:
... As far as GPS software goes, I was looking for recommendations based on availability and correctness of maps for southern cal....
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You can compare maps here: http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53419
AFAIK, TomTom uses Tele Atlas maps, which are fine (but I had one problem finding a a street in Orange County.) Navigon, I believe, uses Navteq maps, which I think of as more accurate (one of mine built-in navigation systems uses Navteq maps, and it has never lied to me
I appreciate the helpful posts on using GPS and the various software options. Good to know. Nothing I can add, you good people all know way more than I do, I don't see reduced battery life with GPS as a "fault" in any way - just a law of physics. For example, if I had my phone on for web browsing all the time at full brightness and used bluetooth plus wireless non-stop, the battery is going to run down faster. That's fair enough. I did notice there seemed to be a little bit of more drain with the GPS ROMs even with GPS inactive. I wonder if it ticks away in the background ready for use? It does certainly seem that enabling additional features might be reducing standard GSM sgnal strength. My feeling is that a little bit of internal radio interference might be a reasonable thing to expect. The Trinity has goodness how many radios? 4 bands of GSM, 3 Bands of w/CDMA, BlueTooth, WiFi, GPS... all in a device the size of deck of cards. Again, the laws of physics may simply apply.
The bottom line I get from this is there is unlikely to be a benefit in upgrading to a ROM which provides features I am not accessing. That doesn't mean the new ROMs are anything less than great, just not of benefit with my carrier in my location at this moment.
kewlphone, I definitely think you should be getting Edge speeds everywhere in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, without even doing any tweaks. Bear in mind the standard HTC P3600 ROM always seems to just show the G, the key test is the speed not the symbol. But the speed you describe is not Edge. It will vary by time of day and location etc, so it is worth repeating the test quite a few times. You defintely should be seeing at least 100k when you have a full signal strength in urban areas, especially at off-peak hours... at least some of the time! I think you should call Customer Support and ask for a data specialist and talk it over with them. Perhaps they can reset your data account or help in some way. The positive spin I always go for to keep them on my side even though I have an unsupported phone is by explaining I am a loyal customer but the phones they offer don't meet my needs at present. So I am using my own phone because otherwise I would have to switch to another carrier and I don't want to "because you guys are so great" etc etc. In a few months there will be more T-Mobile phones available and I will be getting one. In the meantime I need to make things work so I can stay with T-Mobile. This is a semi-truth and but greatly overstates my loyalty, which is really only limited to the killer deal I get on a huge bucket of minutes (and is being serverely tested by their lagging in the 3G...) but it is a positive spin to give them a good reason to help me even though my phone is unsupported.
BTW I describe the Trinity as being most like the MDA but a generation or two on. If you get a decent data technician the chances are good they will know what you are talking about and will also be well away of T-Mo's limitations themselves. Chances are good they will do their best to help.
A place that might be helpful and more appropriate for discussing US carrier issues is howardforums dot com. They also have a Wiki which is quite useful. Obviously the XDA-Dev forum is for the tech stuff and tweaking to the the max! I think I have the same user name on howardforums so maybe we can find a good thread for trouble shooting our carrier stuff over there. Don't think I have actually posted yet but I will do as I ultimately need to decide whether to stick with T-Mo or jump to Cingy/ATT. If you register with the same name it will be easy for me spot you on their board. All the best. Please let me know about your progress
Sorry to bump this thread when it is probably only of interest to a small number of people - perhaps mostly in L.A. on T-Mo.
Quick update: I must confess that I caved in and have switched to Cingy/ATT. Much better signal strength where I live, even just on EDGE. I don't like their sky high rates or customer service all that much, plus their data plans are a riduculously complicated mess of choices... but they do have a lot of 3G and much better coverage in my location...oh well. Also feel like it will still surely take T-Mo a lot of time to deploy their own 3G... and I can always go back later!
Anyway, it now really made sense for me to upgrade my ROM. I have also been trying out GPS, just wih the free Google Maps for the monent as a little taster test! Pretty cool though
Another really big reason I gave up on the standard ROM was that I kept having the age old issue of my reminders not sounding and could cure only it with a hard reset each time. It has yet to be seen if the updated ROM helps or not. I realize the non-sounding reminders issue is a well known Windows Mobile problem, but it was happening every couple of weeks rather than once in a while. Anyone got any thoughts on this please???
The reminders issue is probably my biggest factor in picking a ROM and there is no obvious way of choosing between the HTC/LVSW/Dopod options other than trying them all. I cling to av ague hope someone might have already been through this one...
Oh, BTW I am using LVSW 1.24.0.0 with Radio 1.33.00.11
TIA
You only need the $19.99 unlimited media works plan to take advantage of 3G. Cingular will tell you that you must have the $49.99 pda plan but you do not, trust me I use my trinity with the media works plan and I use 3G perfect usually around 350kbs, for streaming video.
turcomora said:
You only need the $19.99 unlimited media works plan to take advantage of 3G. Cingular will tell you that you must have the $49.99 pda plan but you do not, trust me I use my trinity with the media works plan and I use 3G perfect usually around 350kbs, for streaming video.
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same here...i'm using the unlimited $19.99 plan and i also use my phone for internet sharing with my laptop (e.g., phone as a modem).
Thanks good people. I had noticed that the MEdia Net plans seems to do the job (without restriction if the proxy is not used) but could not be sure if that was a lucky fluke or that is how it is...
Good to hear the definite facts from people with solid experience.... and I much appreciate it.
Coming in, I do really think the Cingy data plans are a confusing mess... I would imagine the average Joe or Jane walking into a phone store could feel overwhelmed. I think they should simplify the plans... but what do I know? (Not much, I admit!)
While we are talking Trinty and Cingular may I ask which ROM people feel is best for stabilty right now? I was having that prob with reminders not sounding... an old issue, but much worse than usual! Any guidance would be welcomed.
Best
P.S. turcomora, when you mention Streaming Video are you talking Cingy Video>...? I have been following the threads but still can't get that to work. Or are you refering to something else, like the Streaming Media application (which I have yet to figure out a use for!) Either way I would be most interested. Thanks again and B4N
Hey,
Does anyone happen to know of a working and regularly updated version of a wifi sniffer like Netstumbler for the WM5/6 environment? One of the things I do on occassion at my job is go from site to site after hours with a ****ty old dell and a cisco a/b/g card to pickup on the freakdogs in the area who might be attempting to hack into our network. Since buying my beast (tytn II) I was thinking that it'd be a hell of a lot easier just to break this puppy out instead (seeing as most networks nowadays are typically a/g and b is more or less found in corporate environments (at least in my area).
Drop me a line if you have any suggestions:
[email protected]
Cheers.
WifiFoFum
http://www.aspecto-software.com/rw/applications/wififofum/
WiFiFoFum rocks. It can export in NetStumbler format to import in other programs that support NS.
That's awesome, thanks for the suggestion!
-Kris.
Sweet! Just used WiFiFoFum to track down 2 laptops in my office that were transmitting as "US Airways Free WiFi" Ad-hoc networks.
I've put TomTom on my Tilt, and I'm curious about a few things.
BlueTooth
Natively not being able to hear it through my Blue Tooth headset (Motorola 700) I installed the BT Audio referenced in another thread. It works, except if you do anything else, such as take a call, use MS Voice command, etc, you then need to re-enable it, which is annoying.
Does using another BT device, such as a stereo headset, work better with Tomtom?
TomTom Plus Stuff
Has anyone in the U.S. purchased any of their services, in particular Points of INterest, and found them of any value? I find the included POI to be a little skimpy (as have others per threads I've read). IN particular, I'm interested in the JiWire HotSpots.
Not in the US but i've definatley found that the speed camera POI's to be a good investment.
Just passed my Driving test (ok im a later starter at 34) a couple of weeks ago so anything that will help me avoid points on my license must be a good thing.
Actually used TomTom on my Kaiser properly for the first time today whilst having to drive up the back roads to Manchester and it worked really well apart from departing once when it decided to think it was flying all around the country (soft reset fixed it though)
I use the TomTom Plus Traffic and it works pretty well. I've been able to avoid long traffic delays/etc very easily with it. I find it to be pretty accurate.
As for POI, I normally install my own. You can search on Google for POIs and you will find a few sites that allows you to create POI files with data.
Thanks for the suggestin on Googling POIs. I don't know why I hadn't thought of that yet.
BTW...the reason I ask about "in the U.S.", is because I can imagine the software, programming and devices may be well supported in Europe, but it seems not necessarily in the U.S. I don't want to purchase something , then find it only works in Europe. They definitely seem to be more up to date in Europe on this product.
Does anyboddy know if you could share the GPS info over BlueTooth? Like connect another device to it and use the TyTN II as a GPS receiver only to send the information over bluetooth to say a TyTN I or I-Mate JasJar that does not have GPS? Try that...................
gps2blue?
Something like this?
http://users.skynet.be/hofinger/GPS2Blue.html
TomTom in USA
Hi,
I bought my Hermes in the UK. I took it to the US in August 2007. I simply loaded the US maps up before I went, arrived, switched on and had no problems in both California and NY.
Can't see it would be different for Kaiser.
Cheers
Hi,
I was thinking about buying a second MIFI device and I have a couple of old windows mobile devices (TYTN 2) stuck in the cupboard gathering dust and i thought hey some clever person must be able to bake a MIFI ROM for these devices to make them really useful.
Its a shame that thousands of these are discarded and the same people discarding them go out and buy brand new MIFI devices for their wifi ipads and laptops when they could recyle these to give them similar functionality for nothing.
We have a microsd card for a bit of LAN storage as with the MIFI .. anyone interested or is it time to bin windows mobile devices completely
I have to say though I have never seen WPA wifi tetheringon a kaiser :-(
rgds
ian
Wifi tethering on a Kaiser is completely doable and has been for some time now, running Android.
Drivers and such have been a bugger to get (or make from scratch), but I can tether my Kaiser via USB or WIFI and use my mobile network for internet.
I think WM6.0 allowed sharing the mobile data connection, I just never tried it on my own device while 6.0 was still on it.
P.S.: I will take those Kaisers off your hands for a partly donation...lol.