Starting January 1st 2007, TomTom will switch GPS receivers in their ONE product line from SiRF's StarIII receiver to a new chipset made by Global Locate, dubbed "Hammerhead". The ONE is currently TomTom's best selling GPS. According to TomTom, the decision to drop SiRF will allow them to manufacture their ONE units at a lower price, thereby allowing TomTom to drop the price of the ONE in 2007. SiRF's StarIII indoor/outdoor high sensitivity receiver is largely responsible for the major leap forward GPS navigation has made in the past year, so a decision to move to a new receiver solely for financial reasons worries me.
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ATTN: Tomtom GO 910
I finaly gave in to technology after having my Garmin III plus for ten years. It had more miles on it than the spacecrafts.
I ordered the TTGO 910 from Radio Shack at $625 out the door price.
But now I have several questions; Being raised and born on the GPS triangle with Waypoints, Back-tracking and Lat/Lon;
where are those things on the 910?
I saw none on any of the network sites.
I read where one trip at a time can be drawn and that has to be removed when a new trip is formed without the possible chance of having more than one trip in storage for future use.
In the store I saw a DEMEO showing a trip from FL to MI with a third turn up a Point Street. Here in Gatorland, a Point at the end of a "street" name indicates it is a dead end route. Bummer.
Is that where the entree will submit a DETOUR plan and re-route the trip?
And to any of those buffs trying to outdo the bad dashbord connection, for pete's sake use velcro strips.
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