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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] evolution_theory:
With my 8525 I purchased the Garmin Mobile 10 which is this awesome little gps receiver that fits in your palm. It's bluetooth and all I do is put the tiny thing in my pocket. It uses Garmin software and works amazingly well. I'm wondering whether this would be MORE accurate than the built in GPS receiver in the Kaiser. If this is more accurate then I'll keep on using it but if the 8925 works just as well then I'll probably sell the garmin.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ksjulsen:
u should check this out, i just found out about it yesterday

Pdafun.net

its a program called "Google Navigator"
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] evolution_theory:
Wow great find. The downside to this software though is it requires an internet connection to connect to google when planning routes. So, if you don't have coverage then youre going to get lost. :o
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dai_white:
MDA Vario III

The Vario III will be coming with CoPilot out of the box (there are having alot of problems in the testing of this cant cant make it work) they are also having problems gettin the WiFi stay on. So all you UK users who are after the Vario III (me included) will be waiting till the start of Oct :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] UnicornKaz:
I own "iGuidance" which works on the PocketPC .. will test it out once I have the Kaiser ;) :D

*crossing fingers*

:p
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dwella:
If anybody wants to send me a Kaiser I will try several packages out and report back in a review format.......

d
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Johnston411:
Says here its coming with tom tom taster version

http://www.4winmobile.com/forums/wi...tytn-ii-europe-ultimate-mobile-companion.html
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ahfunaki:
I'll be using iGuidance, as it's what I'm using now on my Hermes...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] cp1md2b:
I'll be using TomTom Nav 6. It also has a satelite download but I've never used it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jason Lee:
I just got my TyTN II and installed iguidance 3.0.1.

It doesn't actually start most of the time. It appears to run once after a reboot but then not again. :(

I can see the exe in the process list but the app is not actually running. or never finishes starting.

So maybe i will give tom tom a try. LOL

Edit: Oh actually i ran it and waited 10 minutes and the program actually launched.. so there are definitely a few issues.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] rsolomon:
Actually, I'd love if someone with a Kaiser would try Mapopolis - just load the Los Angeles, USA map and see if it's usable. My Hermes dogs out completely at high zoom levels - I'm presuming due to only 64MB of memory vs the 128MB in my old iPAQ 5555. (By "dogs out" I mean drag-panning the map is extremely jerky and category searches take near to a minute!)

Mapopolis' POI management is second to none, and it's had text-to-speech for ages. TomTom v6.030 is the latest PocketPC version I've found and it still has no text-to-speech, won't allow you to add your own POIs to the canned categories, etc.

Richard
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] demione:
you don't want this, bro... i've thought of writing apps for this sort of thing in the past but i always come back to how having GPS on all the time would suck battery life way too much.

it'd be nice to have, and i'm sure in 5 to 10 years it'll be commonlpace in phones & mobile computers, but we're just not there yet from a technology standpoint.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] shawndh:
I'm not a Kaiser owner (just lusting after one) but I've been using Tom Tom on my Artemis and it's just an awesome program. I was able to pick one up for $100 on Amazon.com, used. I had reservations about stending a wod on this software and not like it, but I've had no desire to use another program. It just works so smoothly with WM6.

It's an expensive software so, search for a good deal and just buy it. Every map is not going to be perfect but it is a top notch software.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] 3waygeek:
I used Route 66 Navigate 7 on my Kaiser the other day -- it worked pretty well overall. I paired the Kaiser with my Sony MEX-BT5000 head unit in A2DP mode so that Route 66's voice commands would go through my car audio system. This worked very well, much better than on my old Qtek 9100 which tended to truncate some of the A2DP voice commands.

Time to first fix seems to be about 30 seconds even after running QuickGPS -- others have reported faster times, but I'm not seeing them.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RacerX10:
iGuidance 4.0 is available now .. that's what i use on my blueangel .. and what i'm planning to use on a Kaiser
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] pho:
i am going to do this to. i got rrid of my sony gps unit for this purpose. i will try vito tracker. it looksl ike it will do the jobn.

i am also going to try tom tom but o am using windows live search right now with my blackjack amd its awsome
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gogol:
I tried tomtom 6.0.32 from the CD and it worked fine. Got the fix under 30 seconds :)

I think I will stay with tomtom from the kaiser CD.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tworhythms:
This is a "known" issue with iGuidance. I learned the hard way that if you want the program to load quickly, disable your data connection. This was a problem with my x7500 as well. I was ready to load TomTom 6 and found a post related to this issue so I decided to give it a try and it works like a charm!

My question is....has this been fixed in version 4? Thinking of upgrading.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] CrozB:
E.T.

I don't think you can use Garmin's Software without their GPS hardware. I too like their Software, but can't get it to work with my Holux.

I personally Love Mapopolis! Worries me that they have discontinued this great software :-(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bersca:
I recommend iGo My Way 2006 for USA. It is pretty sharp looking, a lot of functionality and quick routing. I've had problems with TeleAtlas maps in the past, but the updated 2007 maps appear to have solved most of the problems in my area (Florida).
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] palmop:
Try also Map4Pda, it can pull data from Google, MSN or Yahoo

http://map4pda.com/
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] rvdgeer:
I'm a very lucky man!

This week my Wizard (T-Mobie MDA Vario) had some troubles and my insurance instantly decided it should be replaced...

Long story short: I traded in mij Wizard for a TyTN II!

Now I've installed all my favourite software, including iGO 2006 SE Plus

It's the best GPS-software I know!

If you're a beginning or regular user of GPS software: stick with something like TomTom or Route66.

But if you really like to play with it and even tweak it a little: go with iGO...

Especially the screenshots of iGO 8 (due december) are great!!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] pserbanp:
GPS

I use Miomap for Estern and Western Europe :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] CrozB:
Richard,

I just got my TytnII in and Mapopolis is working great for me. I agree that Mapopolos POI is great.

The thing that keeps me with Mapopolis more than any other is the ability to Zoom WAY OUT yet turn the map detail WAY UP. This is great when I am in the middle of the forest and I need to be out to zoom out to see if a forest road goes through (not a dead end). Most software forest smaller roads to disappear as you zoom out. Mapopolis gives you full contold over this feature :-)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sturdza:
Best Navi for TyTN

Well Guys,

THe best Navi for the TtTN is www.i-go.com

None has more european countries covered and everyone is very well covered. Even Romania Bulgaria asf are covered !

Nice touch and feel !
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sturdza:
I-GO

Also I-Go has a way of TOPO-3D- Display that is quite unique.

check it out :

http://www.i-go.com/en/news/index.php?aid=110
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sturdza:
TyTN II

Aorry I was talking about the TyTN II aka Kaiser
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] CrozB:
igo looks hot , but I can't find a link to purchase the USA verison.

Anyone have a url or am I just blind?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
I'm a big fan of iGuidance. Loaded v4.0 (which uses NavTech Maps, All US and Canada in a single 1.2gig file, no messing with maploaders any more. Running on my Kaiser, it's flawless so far. I got 8 sats in my backyard, 6 in the house, and 10 on the road. Used it to route to a friends while driving, it was saved as a fav, took about 15 seconds from launching the prog to getting verbal directions.

After arriving I just pressed power on the phone, drove home later, took out the phone, powered it on and iGuidance repositioned the map back to home in about 10 seconds. I'm really happy with integrated GPS and how well it plays with iGuidance.

Regarding iGo, I believe it's sold in the USA as OCN (On Course Navagator). It looked pretty but I was turned off by Tel Atlas maps from previous apps like CoPilot. I also believe that you must use their memory card with preloaded map data, a total non-starter for me. I use a 4 gig card, 1 gig for mapping, 3 for media, some music and 3-4 full length movies and Coreplayer. I'm not a card swapper, just can't wait for 8 gig cards!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] rsolomon:
Good to hear - what platform did you move over from? Can you try Los Angeles - that one (14MB?) map clobbered my TyTN like nobody's business :( I'd noticed and been annoyed by the slowness vs my old iPAQ, but LA was completely unusable once zoomed in a bit - and I finally threw in the towel.

Thanks!

Richard
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sturdza:
I-GO for USA

Hi again,

I did not have much time, but after googling the search term xxx I found this: http://www.gpsunderground.com/igo-and-miomap/usa-and-canada-maps-2007-for-igo-and-miomap/

ATTENTION: I believe this is not a legal site so do not do anything illegal. The only reason for me to post this is that its shows that there is USA Maps...

So if one of you out there could please try to find the link to the USA Product Site for I-GO, please let us all know.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] CrozB:
I am coming from a Treo 750.

I loaded the 14MB LA county and had no trouble with it. I zoomed in and out pan sided to side and worked just like here.

I then loaded the entire Cali state and Arizona state (where I live) and all 50 Major Roads.. Then routed a trip from Phoenix to LAX. Took 37 secs to compile the route. I then used the step through to simulate the route and it went fine. Turned detail up to 100% and drug the map around the airport and near by areas in LA and there was no delay.

If you think your map file is bad, or want to test mine, PM me and I will give you a copy of my LA to test.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] CrozB:
Thanks for this link... I actually already tried that link for hours this morning. I downloaded both iGo and MioMap (igo OEM I believe), but BOTH failed to install. The install got about 2/3 of the way done but just HUNG.

FYI I also tried Route 66 there too, and although the install worked, I never got it to run on my TyTN II.

I think that site is probably "not legal", however, I have not issues with people testing software before they buy. That is how I got hooked on Mapopolis, they had a demo, and I got hooked. I have paid for maps from them every year since then, but alas, it was not enough to keep them afloat. I would really like to find something to replace Mapopolis (only because Mapopolis is not making new maps). But I want to make sure that what I find to replace it has some of the features that are important to me.

Couple Softwares I have tried but been disappointed in are:

-- TomTom

-- Garmin Mobile XT.

With these 2 softwares you cannot tap the map without it going in to a menu mode. I want to be able to drag the map around without having to go through a menu to get to a "Browse map Mode" I want to be able to add way points right from the main map. And most of all I want to be able to have more control of the detail, even if it means it slows down the processes. I do a LOT of back road/forest road riding on my motorcycle and I want to be able to see what roads go through and which are dead ends. I am willing to pay for good software, but it SUCKS shelling out 100.00 - 150.00 a pop just to be disappointed. I really appreciate the way TomTom did the release with the TytnII… Allows us to test it with 1 free map. Unfortunately, IMHO, TomTom still sucks :-P
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] 3waygeek:
Route 66 will run on the Tytn II -- I've been running it for more than a week. Of course, I have a legal copy, which may make a difference. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] rsolomon:
Awesome thanks! Except you're probably going to cost me $800 to buy a Kaiser now! :)

I'm sure my maps are good - I too have been a legal and loyal Mapopolis owner for years, and these are the NE maps - which work fine on my iPAQ. I think the 64MB RAM of the TyTN is just too little for Mapopolis :(

Thanks again,

Richard
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] andresherrera:
GPS Software for pther parts of the world

I live in Colombia South America, and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions about what software to use in Colombia. Also does any one know if there is any software for when you are off the main roads and dont want to use maps but navigate with the GPS?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] aublumberg:
No TomTom on the CD ...

Any kind soul able to upload the "Installer_Kaiser_ttn_6_032_8351_HTC_WWE_20070716.exe" for those of us that didn't have it on their bundled CD ... thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] rsolomon:
It seems to me that since TomTom licenses the maps not the executables and since one can download the executables from TomTom.com if one figures out the correct paths, it should actually be legal to share this file....and I'd like to get my hands on it also.

Richard

P.S. I'm not a lawyer, I don't even play one on TV.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mlai:
In Asia (primarily in Hong Kong, something sin Singapore and Jakarta Indonesia).

Used Mapking 2007 with Hong Kong, Singapore and Jakarta maps on Atom Life and HTC P3600i before with no problem. However, mapking 2007 seems to hiccup with the GPS in Kaiser. It will refresh the GPS positions only 2 or 3 times a minute.

So I am testing MS Live Search and Google Maps for mobile at the moment. MS Live search is most responsive with the GPS tracking on Kaiser but unfortunately, it doesn't offer much for cities other than those in US and UK. I haven't even successfully searched any address in Hong Kong or Asia yet.

Google map is not bad and Asia support is better than MS Live Search. But somtimes when I am driving, it will show that I am in the middle of the building blocks. And routing is also less then stellar.....

So far, I have had the most success with Smart2Go. Quite smooth GPS tracking and navigation. Routing still needs to be improved. But almost all of the addresses that I throw at it seems to be correct. Asia cities coverage is quick ok but not at a level of detail that can compare to Mapking......

My 2cents...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Davebravey:
Using TomTom 6 here and GoogleMaps. Just wondering tho' is there any software about good enough for Geocashing?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] CrozB:
Mapopolis no longer selling maps

I use Mapopolis with the GPXToMaplet applet. It works great for Geocaching. However, although Mapopolis 4.8 is Free for the download, they are no longer selling maps. I am hunting around for a good on/off road replacement, but with no Demos out there it is hard see what would be able to replace such a good application.

Good Luck
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] cdd543:
The problem I have with tomtom is their lousy poi database. It really is terrible compared to others. I was hoping it had improved since I used it last, but it hasn't. I personally like telenav and will be glad when the 8925 version is launched so I can grab it.

Google maps works very well..better than my on my blackberry or iphone.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tworhythms:
Can anyone confirm the operation of iGuidance 4 while push mail is enabled? I am running version 3 and there is a known problem with the time it takes to load the program and the speed of the voice prompts (delays in sentences). I am really interested in upgrading but I hesitate until I know these issues have been resolved. Also, I am in Canada and really like my Tim Hortons. Is this POI on this version? Please...please....please! :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
I can say for sure that iGuidance v4 fixed all problems with WM6. The prog loads in about 3-5 seconds and I've made calls, checked contacts, opened google maps with GPS, turned the phone off and On and it still returns to operation. It has not crashed once. The new version has dropped the maploader and now places the whole US and Canada into a single 1.2gig file so you do need to have a MicroSD card to handle this. I can't confirm push mail but I believe it would work.

There is also Text to speech in v4. To minimize delays, they use the standard canned voice for most of the body of any prompt, then kick-in the text engine just to pronounce the unique road name. It's slightly odd as the accent's are different.

From GPSpassion forum I got a reg hack to force all TTS or No TTS and ended up going back to this hybrid mode as it works best all around as it is nice to have actual street names called out. The all TTS mode did cause some delay at times with long prompts, but that was with Hermes. I haven't bothered to try these options on Kaiser. It you went with all canned voice, it would give minimum system loading.

I tried to find "Tim Hortons" but don't know where to look.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tworhythms:
Thanks for the update. I think I will give v4 a try as it does seem to have more enhancements that will make this already great software package, even better.

P.S. Tim Hortons could be under "Fast food" or "Coffee Shops". Canadians love their "Timmy's" ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] nanjin:
TomTom

Gentlemen and Gentleladies,

I have a TytnII and tried installing the TomTom Navigator 6 and have problems. Everytime when I run the program, it says No Map Found, in fact I have the US and Canada map installed into the memory card. I called TomTom many times and uninstall and install many times as instructed by the support rep but always have the same result: No Map Found. Now they said I have to contact their senior tech support to fix the problem tomorrow. Anybody run into the same problem as mine? Interestingly, I tried installing the N6 to a HTC P3600 but the same problem showed up again. I have a feeling the TT Nav 6 does not work with the phone. BTW, their rep are kind of rude. Any comment?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] robroth:
I installed iGuidance v4 today on my 8925 (with OEM HTC Rom) and it seems that iGuidance won't start until I have a GPS lock. ie, none of the GPS apps work (Live Mobile, Google maps, iGuidance, GPSdash) until I first run GPSviewer. By not work, I mean they don't detect the GPS hardware. Once I run GPSviewer (which for some odd reason DOES work) and get a lock, THEN if I start iGuidance, it starts right up (I installed it on the device, 11meg... ouch). But if I don't run GPSviewer first, it never starts. I'm really not sure what's going on, I didn't have this issue with the ATT ROM. I'm a previous user of iGuidance 2.0 on my laptop, but switched to Navigon MN|5 on my first PPC because it was 240x240 and iGuidance wouldn't run in that resolution. I'm looking forward to going back, it's a really excellent piece of software (at least it was on my laptop).
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dwella:
I am guessing that you need to tell the TT program where the maps are located ie point towards the storage card.

d
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
That's odd, I can fire up v4 indoors without a lock and see the GPS amber light blink. If I do get a fix, the prog then places the green arrow onto the map.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] nanjin:
The problem is once I run the program, it says "No Map Found," and the only other icon that I can click is "cancel." There is nothing else I can choose. Well I guess I have to wait till tomorrow when I talk to the so call "senior tech."

I will post the result tomorrow after I talk to the so call "senior" tech. Nevertheless, the phone works great with Google Map.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] maryjos:
Sure, here you go:

OnCourse Navigator

I must say, this does look really nice! I'm a bit put off by it having to run on its own card, but I could probably live with it. Anyone tried this software on the Kaiser yet?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] maryjos:
I did some googling and found a number of fairly glowing reviews of the onCourse software. This definitely looks like it could be the winner for me.

http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=949

http://the-gadgeteer.com/review/easy_pocketnav_ocn6

http://discussion.buygpsnow.com/forums/thread/4243.aspx
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
While OCN looks nice, and Garmin's PPC software as well, I would never get a mapping prog that forced me to be swapping cards on the road. A-it's a pain and the microSD's are so freaking small that you might damage or loose it. B-I keep many things on that card, photo cache, email's etc and would never want the "main" card out of the phone.

But to each their own.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] rsolomon:
Agreed - I don't mind paying for my s/w but I don't want to be locked down like that. Heck, I hate the authentication schemes that tie me to a particular piece of hardware! IMO the best protection is to key on a user's name and address/phone#/whatever info. Then if there are pirated copies floating around it's relatively obvious where they came from - and paying users aren't inconvenienced. </soapbox>

Richard
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] frickinflip:
i just got google maps and it seems to be working find for me... especially for living in Hawaii.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] maryjos:
Yeah, it's definitely not everyone's cup of tea and I think they are somewhat shooting themselves in the foot by doing it. At the least, they could have an "upgrade" version that comes on a 6 gig micro card so you could use it for all your other stuff as well. If enough people write and ask for that, maybe they'll consider it! For me, it's not a huge issue since I only would be using this as a backup GPS solution when not in my own car...and I carry a purse so reasonably easy to tuck the other card in there in one of the interior pockets. Still a bit of a risk to loose it, but fairly minor one for me.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jgermuga:
I have the Garmin Mobile 20 and it does not require you to use their memory card, however it DOES require you to use their Bluetooth GPS receiver. I have contacted support, but from digin around their website it looks like they have a soon to be relaeased product that works with on board receivers, but the only format I came across was a preloaded card.

So I can not say for sure, but suspect they may also be locking down the software via the card. I certainly hope they offer more options because this totally defeats the purpose of my use. I cradle my phone in the car and use it as both a NAV system and an MP3 player. Taking away my ability to get a large card means I have less room for tunes. And on top of this I will have 45 states of map data that I will never use?

My set up right now allows me to load only the states I need, which takes up just over 150MB. If I am planning on traveling somewhere, I just break out the CD and load up the map for the trip, then when I return I can go back to the limited map range. I was really looking forward to having GPS available and working more seamlessly on the Tilt, but it looks like hassles are still abound. :(