Touch Cruise & iGo 8 [Archive]

ribero

26th April 2008, 11:16 AM

iGO 8 seems to be officialy available for PDA.

I'm wondering how well iGO8 runs on our TC ? Is the display in 2D and 3D usable on our device ? (speed)

I could not find any valuable information about the TMC support in iGO 8 : How does it work ? what do you need to makes it work (additional component or internal one) ? It there a way, like TomTom, to use some Traffic info from internet or only from RDS sources ?

Without TMC Premium my point of view is that in a city like Paris, Berlin or London a GPS is useless that's why I'm very interested to know if anyone has tested it on TC before buying it.

ovidiaconescu

26th April 2008, 02:35 PM

The beta seems to work quite nice in both 2D and 3D. Rumors say that it's advisable to use a 500Mhz+ device, but Polaris did its job very well.

You don't need any other components for the phone to run IGO 8. You would need a gooseneck for the car though.

ribero

26th April 2008, 06:54 PM

Thanks for your feedback.

So if I do not need any other components how is working TMC in iGO 8 ??? Does it uses the internal FM/RDS of TC to get Traffic info ? If yes, is it able to get the Premium (crypted) traffic info (this in the only one valuable in my country, free TMC is useless) ?

TDO

26th April 2008, 09:25 PM

Thanks for your feedback.

So if I do not need any other components how is working TMC in iGO 8 ??? Does it uses the internal FM/RDS of TC to get Traffic info ? If yes, is it able to get the Premium (crypted) traffic info (this in the only one valuable in my country, free TMC is useless) ?

You can't use TMC via the internal FM on the Cruise!!

Regardless of the used gps software.

TDO

gnick666

26th April 2008, 09:30 PM

All 3D apps are working just fine... until you touch the screen (there are some exceptions like pocket quake and alike...)

ribero

27th April 2008, 03:25 AM

You can't use TMC via the internal FM on the Cruise!!

Regardless of the used gps software.

TDO

So, it means no TMC in iGO for cruise. Right ?

If I haven't missed something, iGO do not have services like TomTom Plus for Traffic information, conclusion : iGO 8 has no Traffic Information support on cruise (neither in TMC nor GPRS/3G).

TDO

27th April 2008, 07:54 PM

So, it means no TMC in iGO for cruise. Right ?

If I haven't missed something, iGO do not have services like TomTom Plus for Traffic information, conclusion : iGO 8 has no Traffic Information support on cruise (neither in TMC nor GPRS/3G).

No you just need a bluetooth gps receiver which supports TMC ...

TDO