I couldn't find a thread for this anywhere so I thought I'd mention it.
I have just installed TomTom navigator on my N95 and it works with the internal gps.
It uses a handler app called GPSd which creates a "virtual" bluetooth gps receiver that connects to the internal gps. And because it's listed as a bluetooth device, TomTom can connect to it by choosing other GPS device in the options.
More details on GPSd here:
http://gpsd.berlios.de/
Two things to note:
1) I did download it free from a torrent source, purely because I wanted to evaluate it. And I'm as surprised as anybody that it works. And a little dismayed TomTom haven't released this solution themselves. :frown:
2) I do not work for GPSMidlands 😊
Maybe you all already know about this and I just didn't find the thread. If so I apologise for repeating old knowledge.
If this is new to you, I will answer anything I can.
However I will not distribute this to anyone that asks. I will probably talk bartmanekul through how to do it as he evaluates the satnav stuff here and his opinion is the same as mine on non-legit stuff.
You should have looked 😉 http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/72611/&highlight=tomtom+internal
I have tried it, and cant get it working. Perhaps its something to do with my 6110.
However, I do know from people that have it working, its certainly not ideal.
First you have to make sure the other program is running, and then theres the fact that tomtom never seems to remember which device it was. So you have to go into the options each time and set the receiver.
That would drive me mad having to do that each time I started up. And suprisingly, tomtom 6 is looking dated now, compared to many of the others on Symbian.
Ive deleted tomtom off my phone, and the maps with it. I might at some point put it back on, just to do a route comparision with the others. But never for actual navigating use. I have copilot and garmin for that, both of those I consider better.
The one thing Id dearly like, is to have tomtoms mapshare. Imo, thats vastly better than updated maps, and cheaper.
Ah...then it's just my failing eyesight then. I didn't spot that one.
I haven't actually taken it out for a drive yet but I may do that later.
Having the app running and setting the gps wouldn't bother me if it works and I dont have to listen to Route66 telling me to turn "slightly left" any more.
Forgetting TomTom though.......I do think the GPSd is a very clever gizmo for creating a virtual bluetooth gps device. I wonder how many other gps apps it would be useful for ?
kevree wrote:
Having the app running and setting the gps wouldn't bother me if it works and I dont have to listen to Route66 telling me to turn "slightly left" any more.
Ha, how true is that! One of the reasons why I still dont use it.
I think the GPSd is custom for tomtom. Many moons ago, someone might have looked for a talented group of hackers and submitted the idea to them.
kevree wrote:
I have just installed TomTom navigator on my N95 and it works with the internal gps.
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1. Unfortunately, it EATS the battery (as you have both GPS and BLUETOOTH chips permanently enabled during navigation).
2. Also, as mentioned elsewhere, TomTom6 is now looking so dated.
3. The PindPDA patched TT exe is technically PIRATE software, so should not be encouraged.
TomTom is outdated and it was designed for older models n80,n92 range thats why its very slow on n95/8GB but nothing beats their POI speedcamera/redlight cammeras.
GPSd works on all n95/8GB .
have to agree with tomtom looking oh so dated now , i used to use it all the time but because it took so long for a patch to come out i bought garmin mobile and after initial problems getting used to the interface , mainly because i was used to tomtom i have to admit its a much better program and has alot better features
the new update thats on its way looks great and will make tomtom look even more out dated ,
i also think that after getting used to garmin poi loader and using it manaully to put the speed cams on instead of letting the poi loader do it itself , the speed cams are easily as good if not better then tomtoms i have mine setup to go off at 400ft from camera and i also get the type of camera pop up on the road justa s tomtom would ,i also get a red warning across the top of the screen if i need to slow down , i think it handles them very very well indeed , but again it took me a little while to get used to the poi loader rather then just copying and pasting some files to the map folder like tomtom , when you have the hang of the poi loader its a breeze just like tomtom was 😊
tomtom basically lost alot of customers over this and meerley opened up the sat nav market on symbian smart phones for others which they had basically owned since sat nav on phones was avalible if they had worked on that patch themselves quicker to add support for inbult gps then i bet alot of customers wouldnt have used/bothered looking for a different sat nav
but iam guessing tomtom had enough of the piracy issues etc and lost so much revenue they thought theyd knock it on the head and concentrate on thier own standalone units
thats why everyone should buy their copys of the sat nav they use , when you compare them to what nokia charge for a years subscription there not very exspensive and if evryone bought a copy instead of using hacked versions we would probably see vast/major improovements in the software instead of companys thinking ''it isnt worth it because or piracy''
anyways just my 2 cents
hope you have a good evening
and id recomend anyone looking for sat nav to look at garmin mobile its a very good piece of software and isnt overly exspensive