HD2 and tethering (Tom Tom)

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As are most of you, I am considering purchasing the HD2. And I have a question regarding tethering - I use TomTom services to get live traffic updates on my TomTom Go 720, and this requires bluetooth tethering. I couldn't make this work with an HTC Touch Dual I had previously, and it has just (last week) broken with my Nokia E71.

Does anyone know whether it will work with the HD2? I am not sure how to check this out before purchase ...

(BTW I know there are software solutions (e.g. Tomtom/ Copilot) but I currently think that a seprate device works best ...)

Hope this hasn't been asked before - I have looked?

Hi Jon,
I don't have an snswer for your question, but I'm interested in the scenario. I am a little confused about exactly what you're asking though.

What exactly are you tethering via bluetooth, an external GPS unit? Are you saying that TomTom does't function using the internal GPS unit?

Thanks for the reply.

The tethering is for data purposes - the tomtom has intetrnal GPS (obviously ) but uses a data connection to get additional services such as traffic updates and speed camera locations - so the questions is one about data tethering rather than GP.

Does this clarify things?

JOn

Ahhh, right - yep, understand, but can't help you unfortunately. :-\

Best of luck.

Edit: Hang on, isn't there an "Internet Sharing" app installed to most WM phones that's supposed to do that sort of internet routing?

tomtom devices don't support Internet Connection Sharing, but I can confirm that I use my HD2 with my tomtom go 930 and have had it working fine for traffic, weather etc - wm 6.5 seems to support bluetooth DUN as standard. The tomtom even offered to transfer my contacts from my phone, though I haven't bothered as I don't use the handsfree function.

I've been having some minor problems with the device crashing since flashing a new "cooked" rom, but that's another story...

Originally Posted by richlean

I've been having some minor problems with the device crashing since flashing a new "cooked" rom, but that's another story...

there have been reports of some roms setting the bluetooth mac address incorrectly.
that's all I know, though so you'll have to search.