Destinator v TomTom

[totallytechie]

Anyone with experience of both care to voice an opinion?

I'm a long time TT user, but I'm getting a bit sick of performance issues of v6 on the Tytn.

With the advent of a GPS with built in TMC and Destinator's compatibility with it, I'm very seriously considering it.

However I saw an Acer PNA with Destinator on it and the UI looked pretty unwieldy, so I'm not too sure.

Any opinions?

[lutzs]

Ouuuh Destinator is Bullshit. TomTom an Navigon are the best, i prefer Navigon, but v6 ist not yet out for PDA and there isn't a "activation fix" for v5 on WM5 (for WM2003 and PNA there is a keygen), so i'm using TomTom 6 on my Prophet, without problems or performance issues or something like that.

[dotfred]

Anyone with experience of both care to voice an opinion?

I'm a long time TT user, but I'm getting a bit sick of performance issues of v6 on the Tytn.

With the advent of a GPS with built in TMC and Destinator's compatibility with it, I'm very seriously considering it.

However I saw an Acer PNA with Destinator on it and the UI looked pretty unwieldy, so I'm not too sure.

Any opinions?

I don't have a Tytn, but an ooooooold Himalaya, until a few weeks, I was using Tomtom, but I decided to change because of too much bugs. Pocket pc freezing, Tomtom crashes because SD card not found anymore, crash when someone calling and it is worse in Tomtom 6.
So I found I-go, and I'm very happy, it's fast, it doesn't crash, it is very stable, it is very easy to use, I won't come back to Tomtom for sure....

Cheers,

.Fred

ps.: http://www.i-go.com

[richardracer]

Hi Folks,

I have Navigon Mobile Navigator 5, version 5.2.6 with a cracker to allow "backing up" maps. If anyone is interested, happy to share. It worked out of the box with my Magician (MDA Compact with WM2003) and no problems installing on MDA VARIO II (Tytn) with WM5.

I don't use TMC as I do not have a receiver.

Navigon interface is OK, with good loud spoken instructions, great when driving in Rome on hols.

Regards

Richardracer

[irv777]

I use both D6 and tom tom V6 on my trion.....no problems at all with both programs.......but i do prefer then TOM TOM over the D6......i reckon the interface is a lot better and load up is quicker from the start and after putting in an address the TOM TOM seems faster to load.....few hang ups on TOM TOM but all i had to do was go back to the today screen without closing the program and then back to TOM TOM....and everything is fine again.....

[jyavenard]

I bought Destinator 6 last week.

While TomTom is faster and the UI is nicer, I do prefer the directions given by Destinator. They are easier to follow while driving. The Australian map is also much more accurate that the one coming with TomTom 6. Before I was using a VDO device mounted in my car, and I guess Destinator is closer to the VDA interface that's why I prefer the Destinator.

There are a few very annoying bugs with Destinator 6 on my imate JasJam. Most of the time there will be no sound: so no vocal instructions.
From time to time it will refuse to see my BT GPS, while both TT6 and the GPS test application has no problem opening the serial port.
If I reset the JasJam then Destinator find the BT GPS without any problems.

If Destinator vocal instructions worked, it would be a winner for me. It has never crashed on me so far. While TT6 crashes from time to time.

[PPCNUT]

I think TomTom v6 is the best after using them both.