[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] branko.savic:
Hello!

When using TomTom on the X7500 the GPS takes time to fix a position, 15-20 min or more is not unusual after a soft reset.

Then when it has fixed the position it is EXTREMLY slow when it comes to calculating the route!

I live in Sweden and I often drive to Germany, and when calculating the route from Sweden to Germany it takes over 3 min to finish!

Then we have the issue with the struggling graphics, (Of course I have been told that TomTom has trouble with VGA displays, and I find that to be very true.) the map is very slow and sometimes it stops completly for a few secounds!

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a navigation program called IGO8, I decided to try it, and believe me when I say that I will never go back to TomTom again!

First of all the GPS lock is almost instant with IGO8, from a soft reset it finds a lock within maybe 2 min at most! And then it seems that it somehow remembers the position and the next time you start the program it will have a fix in secounds!

Then it calculates much faster, I tryed to calculate the route from Sweden to Germany on my X7500 and it was finishes under 20 secounds! (Compare that to over 3 minutes with TomTom on the same device!)

It supports VGA screens, so the map floats much better on my X7500.

Next thing is that there is more maps for IGO 8 so it covers much more of "mother earth" if you want to navigate in a foreign country!

Here is what they say on their site about coverage:

(Our map coverage is more than sufficient to satisfy the various needs of our clients. Tele Atlas, our strategic partner, provides us with maps of almost 50 countries with 730 million addresses and 13 million points of interest (POIs) for use in our navigation software. For Eastern Europe we have our own detailed maps of 11 additional Eastern - European countries.)

It also has 3D terrain, and can even show buildings in 3D! (Only works in some places!)

It has a very simple and logical interface that is much easyer to understand then TomTom, and it is skinnable and very customizable!

Dont get me wrong, I have used TomTom for several years and I think it is a very good and competent program, but when compared to IGO8 it has very little to copete with!

So if you are serious about having a great navi I would strongly recommend you to try IGO 8!

Oh and buy the way, I dont work for IGO either! :D

Here is a list of maps that I have found for IGO8 on a certain forum :

Europe and Asia:

Albania : 2008.01 - 080215

Andorra : 2008.01 - 080215

Austria : 2008.01 - 080215

Belarus : 2008.01 - 080215

Belgium : 2008.01 - 080215

Bosna & Herzegovina : 2008.01 - 080215

Bulgaria : 2008.01 - 080215

Croatia : 2008.01 - 080215

Czech Republic : 2008.01 - 080215

Denmark : 2008.01 - 080215

Estonia 2007.07 - 080215

Finland : 2008.01 - 080215

France : 2008.01 - 080215

FYROM : 2008.01 - 080215

Germany : 2008.01 - 080404

Gibraltar : 2008.01 - 080215

Greece : 2008.01 - 080215

HongKong 2007.04 - 071119

Hungary : 2008.01 - 080313

Irleand : 2008.01 - 080215

Italy : 2008.01 - 080215

Latvia 2007.07 - 080215

Liechtenstein : 2008.01 - 080215

Lithuania 2007.07 - 080215

Luxembourg : 2008.01 - 080215

Malaysia 2007.09 - 071010

Moldova : 2008.01 - 080215

Monaco : 2008.01 - 080215

Montenegro : 2008.01 - 080215

Netherlands : 2008.01 - 080215

Norway : 2008.01 - 080215

Poland : 2008.01 - 080215 : [2008.1 - 080215]

Portugal : 2008.01 - 080215

Romania : 2008.01 - 080215

Russia : 2008.01 - 080313

Russia (major roads) : 2008.01 - 080229

San Marino : 2008.01 - 080215

Serbia : 2008.01 - 080218

Singapore 2007.09 - 071010

Slovakia : 2008.01 - 080313

Slovenia : 2008.01 - 080215

Spain : 2008.01 - 080215

Sweden 2007.07 - 071017

Switzerland : 2008.01 - 080215

Turkey : 2008.01 - 080215

Thailand 2007.09 - 071119

Ukraine : 2008.01 - 080306

United Kingdome : 2008.01 - 080218

Vatican : 2008.01 - 080215

Other:

Australia

Israel

USA:

North America

Canada : 2007.07 : 071010

Alabama : 2007.07 - 071010

Alaska : 2007.07 - 071010

Arizona : 2007.07 - 071010

Arkansas : 2007.07 - 071010

California : 2007.07 - 071010

Colorado : 2007.07 - 071010

Connecticut : 2007.07 - 071010

Delaware : 2007.07 - 071010

District of Columbia : 2007.07 - 071010

Florida : 2007.07 - 071010

Georgia : 2007.07 - 071010

Hawaii : 2007.07 - 071010

Idaho : 2007.07 - 071010

Illinois : 2007.07 - 071010

Indiana : 2007.07 - 071010

Iowa : 2007.07 - 071010

Kansas : 2007.07 - 071010

Kentucky : 2007.07 - 071010

Louisiana : 2007.07 - 071010

Maine : 2007.07 - 071010

Maryland : 2007.07 - 071010

Massachusetts : 2007.07 - 071010

Michigan : 2007.07 - 071010

Minnesota : 2007.07 - 071010

Mississippi : 2007.07 - 071010

Missouri : 2007.07 - 071010

Montana : 2007.07 - 071010

Nebraska : 2007.07 - 071010

Nevada : 2007.07 - 071010

New Hampshire : 2007.07 - 071010

New Jersey : 2007.07 - 071010

New Mexico : 2007.07 - 071010

New York : 2007.07 - 071010

North Carolina : 2007.07 - 071010

North Dakota : 2007 - 071010

Ohio : 2007.07 - 071010

Oklahoma : 2007.07 - 071010

Oregon : 2007.07 - 071010

Pennsylvania : 2007.07 - 071010

Puerto Rico : 2007.07 - 071010

Rhode Island : 2007.07 - 071010

South Carolina : 2007.07 - 071010

South Dakota : 2007.07 - 071010

Tennessee : 2007.07 - 071010

Texas : 2007.07 - 071010

Utah : 2007.07 - 071010

Vermont : 2007.07 - 071010

Virginia : 2007.07 - 071010

Washington : 2007.07 - 071010

Waters : 2007.07 - 071010

West Virginia : 2007.07 - 071010

Wisconsin : 2007.07 - 071010

Wyoming : 2007.07 - 071010