As you may recall a few weeks ago we reported that TomTom released version 6.12 a few weeks ago on July 3rd, only to pull the update from their site within a few hours amid complaints the update was rendering units unable to boot. Well, after about 2 weeks of conspicuous silence from TomTom, it looks like they've finally posted an updated firmware, this time version 6.14.

However, 6.14 is aimed at older TomTom units, and is NOT designed for the new GO 910 and 510. TomTom says 6.14 is identical to version 6.11 for the 910 and 510, so 910 and 510 owners will not receive the update via TomTom Home.

In case you're curious, the problem with 6.12 was apparently due to incompatibilities with certain brands of SD memory cards. By all accounts 6.14 seems to be pretty stable, so if you've got an older TomTom now's your chance to upgrade to version 6.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: TomTom NEEDS to get these kinds of release problems ironed out if they want to compete with Garmin. The GO 910 has been plagued by buggy firmware and poor mounting hardware (not to mention terrible customer support), and it's starting to really hurt their image.