mark chandler
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| posted on 7/8/09 at 10:02 PM |
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Free sat nav software
Hello
Just got a new mobile phone with GPS and windows mobile but no maps.
Anyone know of a free site to collect these, I am loathed to spend a lot of money for a screen that's tiny for this kind of thing.
Cheers Mark
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Mark G
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| posted on 7/8/09 at 10:09 PM |
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I downloaded windows live for my phone. its free but you download the map as you drive so you really need a browsing package. I think they may have
renamed it to 'bing' now though.
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splitrivet
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| posted on 7/8/09 at 10:11 PM |
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What make/model of phone is it.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 7/8/09 at 10:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mark chandler
Hello
Just got a new mobile phone with GPS and windows mobile but no maps.
Anyone know of a free site to collect these, I am loathed to spend a lot of money for a screen that's tiny for this kind of thing.
Cheers Mark
Should be able to use Google maps with the GPS function. Ive got a T-mobile MDA and it works for me. Need web n walk activated though, otherwise it
would cost a mint.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Mr G
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| posted on 7/8/09 at 10:52 PM |
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If its a windows mobile smartphone then there is an app where you can store google maps onto a memory card instead of having to recieve them as data.
You select what area(s) you want it to store off on the pc then it stores them on your phone to use with the app. The url of the apps website is
stored on my main pc so i'll post it up when I turn it on.
Alternatively there are free gps apps out there but they require a mobile data connection to get the maps realtime.
I've found the cheapest way to get internet access on the move is with Three payg - £5 gets you a month of broadband internet access (fair
use)
Free gps -
Amaze
Nav4All
Cheers
G
[Edited on 7/8/09 by Mr G]
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 7/8/09 at 11:32 PM |
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Hello
Its a Samsung 780i, I,m off to look at the free ones above now.
Many thanks
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D Beddows
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| posted on 8/8/09 at 01:23 AM |
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You can download Tom Tom for Windows mobile from most bit torrent sites..... took me a while and a bit of googling to actualy figure out how to
install it but for what it cost....... it was more than worth it! Bing is great - but not as a sat nav 
Edited to say:
Just looked at those free options....... sorry but Tom Tom is sooo much better!
[Edited on 8/8/09 by D Beddows]
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stevebubs
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| posted on 8/8/09 at 02:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
You can download Tom Tom for Windows mobile from most bit torrent sites..... took me a while and a bit of googling to actualy figure out how to
install it but for what it cost....... it was more than worth it! Bing is great - but not as a sat nav
Edited to say:
Just looked at those free options....... sorry but Tom Tom is sooo much better!
[Edited on 8/8/09 by D Beddows]
If only they'd actually sell the darned thing to us....
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 8/8/09 at 07:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
You can download Tom Tom for Windows mobile from most bit torrent sites..... took me a while and a bit of googling to actualy figure out how to
install it but for what it cost....... it was more than worth it! Bing is great - but not as a sat nav
Edited to say:
Just looked at those free options....... sorry but Tom Tom is sooo much better!
[Edited on 8/8/09 by D Beddows]
If only they'd actually sell the darned thing to us....
They do. It comes on an SD card.
I downloaded it to start with via Bit Torrent, but tbh it was shite, and not worth the aggro. It didnt run properly either.
You can buy it for windows mobile for about £60.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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rgrs
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| posted on 8/8/09 at 11:26 AM |
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Unfortunately for symbian users (i.e. nokia etc) tomtom have ceased support and it won't run on any of the latest phones. However i am trying
McGuider http://www.mcguider.com/. This runs on all platforms and very similar to tomtom.
The only slight downside is it won't do navigate between different countries.
But with all european country maps supplied for 79 euro its a lot cheaper than tomtom.
probably available on a torent somewhere....
Roger
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D Beddows
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| posted on 8/8/09 at 11:55 AM |
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>I downloaded it to start with via Bit Torrent, but tbh it was shite, and not worth the aggro. It didnt run properly either. <
Realy? I've got Tom Tom 7 on my (admitedly older) windows mobile 6.1 phone and it works perfectly! - admitedly it was a complete b'stard
to get working as it is a <cough cough> 'evaluation copy' but it was well worth the effort!
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rgrs
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| posted on 9/8/09 at 08:09 AM |
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I 'obtained' a full copy and McGuider runs with no problems, Tomtom will no longer support symbian operating systems used by nokia and a
few others.
The older cracked copies of tomtom will run on windows based platforms at the moment but cracking the updated mapping is proving hard.
Roger
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 9/8/09 at 10:49 AM |
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I found that Garmin Mobile XT works great on my Nokia 5800, it's available on some torrents sites but needs a bit of work to get running.
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
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