Tom Tom Navigator 6 Software with Maps of the US and Canada and Bluetooth GPS Receiver

I purchased this for use with my trusty Treo 650 smartphone, before a plane/rental car trip. (We have been totally spoiled by the nav system in our new car, and I wanted that kind of confidence while tooling around L.A.) The Tom Tom worked great. It’s easy and intuitive to use, and the maps are detailed and very legible. My only gripe is that it often seemed to take a full two minutes to link up with the satellite, and I was unsuccessful in training my spouse to wait until the little green light was blinking before setting off (and in fairness, when you’re in a parking garage, you have no choice). This leads to having to choose an initial direction before the GPS knows where you are. There is no such delay in our car-based nav system, so I think this could be better. Other than that one gripe, I was very pleased with the system. It makes a great partner to the Treo–when it came time to go home, we knew we had to ship some things we had picked up along the way. I texted “ups store anaheim ca” to Google (46645), got the addresses, and plugged two of them into Navigator to see which was on our way to the airport. It guided us to the chosen location (and then on to LAX) without a hitch. I even downloaded Eddie Izzard’s voice (from his own website) to liven up the audio guidance: “Thank God you’re there! I can shut up now.” The Tom Tom was a great addition to this trip, and I’m sure many more to come.
Rating: 4 / 5

I’ve been using this software for a number of years and love it.

Via the PC “TomTom Home” program, TomTom will offer you an updated map to buy. Beware, this dates from 2007. There are no newer maps available, nor will there be as TomTom have ceased all support for this version.

There is no new version that will run on my HP IPAQ so I have to buy a new SatNav or put up with old maps.

Thank you TomTom!
Rating: 1 / 5

Hi!

I started using my Trusted IPAQ 4155 (Running Pocket PC2003) with the Navigator 5 back in January 2006. Back then it came in six Cd’s. I got so used to it that I transferred it to my AT&T phone HTC8525 (that ran Windows mobile 5). I kept using the Tom Tom Navigator 5, Ver 5.1 for three years in a row without a hitch. “Tom Tom home” is not compatible as it was not available back then and it is not needed to install Navigator 5. This installation software is the only problem that i have found.The installation Cd that came with the NAV5 package helped with the installation on the IPAQ and the HTC8525. The big problem came when I changed to a Verizon/Audiovox XV6700 that runs WM5. This is basically the same phone as the HTC 8525, the phones look almost identical, but I found out too late that Tom Tom and HTC were partners and that my Navigator software was not “designed” nor “approved ” to work with the Verizon/ Audiovox XV6700. In order to make it work, You have to manually load the maps into the new Memory card, find the .CAB file on the installation files, then load it to the phone memory and from within the phone, install the .cab file, once it loads the setup program in the phone, it’s just a matter of telling the Tom Tom Navigator program where the maps are located. You have to keep the same folder structure as you had in the IPAQ and the 8525 and it works Ok. You have to “rip”(copy and paste) the maps from the CD’s to the Computer Desktop, then transfer them to the memory card, then put the memory card on the phone. The only thing that only works sometimes is the “Navigate To” feature. Originally in the IPAQ and the 8525 you can open your Outlook Contacts, select any contact, then open the “Menu” tab and there is an option there that you can “Navigate to”, once selected, the Tom Tom programs (both NAV 5 and 6 ) opens automatically, shows the address on the map, turns on the bluetooth connection (it’s looking for the GPS transmitter that you have to turn on yourself) and calculates the route. This feature only works intermittently on the XV6700, but i can live with that. I bought the navigator 6 just for fun (and it was a cheap way to get my hands on a brand new bluetooth receiver!), I wanted to use the Tom Tom Home feature, but it’s quite unstable in Windows Vista. I had to try it at least 5 times to install it correctly, and it takes FOREVER to load the DVD maps onto a clean and new Ipaq Memory card.

You are off the reservation with this software. You need to understand the phone you have, join into a discussion group related to your phone and be able to tinker with it with no fear(google your phone model# and “hack”), what’s the worst that can happen? a hard reset? that’s why you have the CD’s/DVD. Reload it and move on. If you do a hard reset the maps stay on the card, so all you have to do is reload the installer software, re enter the installation key and move on.

I know this, once it is installed correctly, it will work time and time again.

Now that I have the Navigator 6 on my Ipaq, and i compare it with the Navigator 5 on both my phones… the verdict is….. It’s the same program. The only difference is the Tom Tom Home feature and some color schemes, but 99.5% of the rest is the same. I rate them both 3.5 stars.

When you buy this kind of software you have to be able to dedicate some time to educate yourself with it, be able to “hammer it down” to make it work the right way, but once it works, and you get used to it, You’ll love it and will give it 5 stars!

There are a ton of “Points of interest” that you can download for free, then customize them as you wish.

These are discontinued products and Tom Tom wash off their hands with their “It’s not supported, sorry” . Do not expect a lot of hand holding from Tom Tom, they are in Netherlands and frankly, they want you to buy an I-phone with their new app on it. That is the easy route to follow. Me? I bought it and have used it daily for four years non-stop, they will have to pry it from my cold dead fingers. LOL
Rating: 5 / 5