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---> Re: UMPC / Satnav Darren Griffin ...04-21-2008
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Posted by Mark Williams on April 18, 2008, 5:38 am


I am thinking about upgrading from using PocketPCs to a UMPC - the prices of
some of the lower end models are about the same as higher end PPC's. The
only problem is that I am not sure to use as a Satnav application (as a
replacement for TT6). Any suggestions?



Posted by Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorl on April 21, 2008, 2:50 am



> I am thinking about upgrading from using PocketPCs to a UMPC - the prices of
> some of the lower end models are about the same as higher end PPC's. The
> only problem is that I am not sure to use as a Satnav application (as a
> replacement for TT6). Any suggestions?

The one current problem with UMPC is their display, all the ones I have
seen have an 800 x 480 screen resolution. This causes problmes with
many of the PC satnav applications available.

Another issue is there are relatively few decent navigation apps
suitable for PC.
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Posted by Mark Williams on April 24, 2008, 11:25 am



>> I am thinking about upgrading from using PocketPCs to a UMPC - the prices
>> of
>> some of the lower end models are about the same as higher end PPC's. The
>> only problem is that I am not sure to use as a Satnav application (as a
>> replacement for TT6). Any suggestions?
> The one current problem with UMPC is their display, all the ones I have
> seen have an 800 x 480 screen resolution. This causes problmes with many
> of the PC satnav applications available.
> Another issue is there are relatively few decent navigation apps suitable
> for PC.

Thanks Darren, that sounds pretty definitive.

Do you know whether TomTom might plan to port their software to the PC/UMPC?
I can't think why they haven't done it already



Posted by Ian Rawlings on April 24, 2008, 3:13 pm



> Do you know whether TomTom might plan to port their software to the PC/UMPC?
> I can't think why they haven't done it already

They ported their software to various platforms, but haven't updated
it in many years, it's now two generations behind their dedicated
units so I suspect they're concentrating on making dedicated hardware
as it's hard to download that via p2p! Darren mentioned before that
they appear to be going to release a phone of their own with built-in
satnav, which seems like a really terribly thick thing to do. If they
do, that'll kill off their software-only line for sure.

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