* Having previously installed the winehq verison of wine (which seems to be broken), I did a "complete removal" uninstall and re-installed from Hardy Updates. * When I plugged it into the USB port and told it to connect to the computer, it auto-mounted on /media/INTERNAL. I think I've almost managed to get the HOME software running under Wine on Kubuntu 8.04 (hardy heron). OK, well my Refurbished TomTom ONE 3rd Edition arrived from yesterday. (I'm not connected with them either, except as a customer.) is selling refurbished TomTom's at 70% off today only. What percentage of Linux users do you think would be unable to use that solution? 10%? 20%? Of the 1-2% linux desktop portion of the market? Of course, I would be in that group, but I can't imagine that it would be a hugely significant portion of their overall market. * - Note that for them a reasonable workaround is: borrow someone else's PC. That said, hopefully linux-based netbooks might help push the numbers in our favor. But when it comes to limited development resources and priorities, which do you think ranks higher: fixing important bugs in the Windows/Mac software, adding new features to help sell the product, or supporting a niche platform for which there MAY be workarounds* anyway? They actually seem like a fairly open company (compared to Garmin), and they've definitely shown willingness to consider a Linux port. Naturally they're going to support the most popular platforms first. (Disclaimer: I have no connection or inside knowledge about the company, but I've worked for enough small companies to know how their resources are usually allocated.) Tom Tom is not en enormous company, and you'd probably be surprised at how few developers they have. I will advice my friends not to buy tom tom.Chill out. It is utter lack of respect for the customers that tom tom is not willing to release software for the linux user. I feel that this will be small job of configuration to make the pc pretend that it is a GPRS capable telephone. This is a good news in our research and I wish you, guys, also get there to help us find solution. At least models: Tom Tom GO300, GO500, GO700, RIDER, ONE, ONE (EDR version), and I presume that my GO930 also use it but as it is brand new model they forget to mention it. I found, this morning, that the bluez, bluetooth application that come from the box in Ubuntu 8.10, is the one TomTom use to connect to devices. I'll try to find out about that soon and if you also want to check that this is the link to the page: There is howto, little outdated and for rpm (fedora) but still we can have an idea about the way. Making your PC pretending that it is a GPRS capable telephone connected over bluetooth. As far as I know it's not possible to make it work under Wine properly but there is another way maybe we could do it. Of course, if you do miss a particular turn or exit, the Go 930 recalculates the route based on your current location and gets you back on track. Changing Voices sometimes resulted in garbled audio, but that was eliminated by restarting the device.I also own TomTom GO930 and would like to make it work with Linux. To prevent you from missing a turn, the 930 speaks when a turn is upcoming-far enough before the intersection that you don’t drive past it. As you drive along the route, the GPS gives you visual and audible indicators to keep you on the right path. You provide the starting and ending points the GPS creates the routes. And if you spot an error or obsolete item on a TomTom map, the program’s MapShare features will let you submit a correction, which others can use.Īs with most automotive GPS devices, the Go 930 can tell you how to get to a particular destination. If you’ve recorded a route you’re particularly fond of, you can use the software to help you share it with other TomTom users. The program, which you can also download from the company’s Web site, also lets you purchase and share content, including custom voices (called NavTones in the program), which it will load onto your GPS via the included USB cable and dock. The TomTom Home 2.5 software allows you to manage the maps, media, POIs (points of interest), and map corrections loaded on your Go 930 unit, or any other TomTom GPS you buy (we used the Go 930 as a test unit for the software).
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