Morning Colin, Far from being no help, I think you make an interesting point.
I understand what you are saying and I have said it myself. In general multi-use things don't do either very well - a good example is washer/dryers. However, I am trying to carry just one piece of electronic gadgetry. The main gain apart from the obvious pocket space is that A. the phone will always be charged as it will be plugged in while in the car and B. I won't get tempted to leave the satnav in the car. The real difference between your tool analogy and what I am looking for is that the "box" i.e the computer, phone or satnav is just a gps receiver, a display, memory and some software and it can run different software and be something completely different eg a phone, an address book, a calculator, a dictating machine, etc. just like your laptop can be a word processor, spreadsheet, photo album, video phone, paintbox, fax, etc. Now the gps receiver in my new phone is every bit as good as the TTN one I am used to in terms of accuracy, speed of "fix" and immunity to dropping out. The speaker is not bad in comparison, it has lots of memory and the display is excellent. If I could run TTN software and maps on it I am sure it would perform as well as a dedicated TomTom. People who run the TT app on their i Phones seem pleased with it. I have to do something as the maps on my current system are out of date and TT don't support the latest maps on TTN6. I am running TTN6 on an HP PDA with Windows Mobile. This has served me well for several years but I can't upgrade to TTN7 on the PDA. The PDA has been redundant for a while now as phones do all the stuff I used to do on the PDA. I am trying Sygic and it's good but it's not TomTom. The difference is all down to the software which is just not as intuitive or "slick" as TT and there are some key features missing such as the ability to pre-plan routes. It has some nice features e.g. it will say "turn left on A4091" where my TT will not give the road number. Maybe the latest ones do. I might pop into Halfords and try out the lastest. The Morgan community is a great place for exploring these things because it is full of people whose opinions I value. Amazing how a funny British sports car can do that! All the best, Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: e-mail colin.jones5857 To: mogtalk2 Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 8:33 AM Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] A question for the techies - Non-Mog HI Rob I am going to be no help to you at all.....so be warned! I have a great Torque Wrench, its big and heavy so I can use it for knocking nails in, not as good as a hammer but it does the job. I have a large screwdriver that I can use for digging nails out with, not as good as pliers but it does the job! I am not a fan of multi use kit, a phone that's a TV, SatNav, Tea Maker suffers as a phone (types he who just bought an iPhone 4S) kind of thinking. If you want to avoid roaming charges, and you said you did, if you like Tom Tom, and again you said you did why not just buy the latest Tom Tom? I also am a TT fan and a couple of years ago bought the new slimmer GO, it has a much better speaker and can be heard in a Morgan at motorway speeds and its small mount means it fits on the screen or on the latest car on the painted dash (stuck to a sheet of Defendall) or in a shirt pocket, cost under £100 from Halfords with full EU maps in a recent sale. Also bought a shade cover from eBay for £4.99. Job done, 2 weeks ago it took me from home, up through Belgium, Germany etc. and into Sweden and within 6 feet of my friends house. Sure a phone could match that but surely one tool for every job has merit. I am sure you could move a piano with your Morgan but would it be sensible? BR Colin (I did warn you ;-)) On 14 May 2012 23:19, William Noble <[email protected]> wrote: Rob The CoPilot app for iPhone can't do this so I doubt the Android one will either. Not that it's much help to you but the TomTom app can. I'm not sufficiently up on Android to know if any others will. Sorry! Bill On 14 May 2012, at 17:33, Rob Hill wrote: Hi Bill, With that I can select "advanced planning" and select "depart from" and "pick a destination" and it will work out a route and show the details without having a gps fix. All the best, Rob View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Modify Your Subscription View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
