TomTom on Navman
2 months ago a friend of mine was going to the US for a holiday and wanted to borrow my Navman GPS pda. Instead of buying the US maps from Navman at their ridiculously high prices, my friend bought a copy of TomTom Navigator 5 and installed it on my Navman instead. Of course, I did not object.
For those who are interested, TomTom doesn’t make their Australian maps available for purchase. The TomTom software sold here comes with US and EU maps only.
TomTom does work with my Navman PiN 300, which is actually a rebadged Mitac Mio 168. I found it used to crash whenever I left the software running, then powered the Navman off and on again. I had to do a hard reset on the pda to get things working again. There’s a 5.21 update that’s supposed to fix that. After installing it, it helped the problem slightly. The software still crashes, but doesn’t bring the whole PocketPc down with it.
So how does TomTom compare to Navman? The Navman software I’m using is Smartst v3.0, not the latest and greatest. TomTom’s cool because you can customise alot of things, including map colors and celebrity voices. However, my friend complained that it lags often, frequently giving directions a few seconds too late. SmartSt updates quicker, maps are a bit clearer, but it’s so B-O-R-I-N-G compared to the TomTom.
All in all, I’d say SmartSt’s better in terms of usability, and at least it doesn’t crash often on the Navman. TomTom’s way cooler and good for impressing your friends. TomTom also works with a wide array of hardware. Other people I know have got it working with cheapish Bluetooth and Irda (infra-red) units bought from eBay. What better way to add value to your PocketPc?
If you’re in the market for a GPS, should you get a PocketPC based unit or a standalone one? IÂ have no experience with the standalone units, but I believe they should work better. However, if you buy a pda unit like the Navman PiN, and you live in Australia, you can also claim the unit as a tax deduction, so it’s worth considering.
At 11:53 pm, matt said:
Hello mate.. Im going to try and load tomtom on a friends navman 520.. is it possible.. can you email me the details on how to convert it… I got it working on my nokia n73.. thanks.. still reading your posts
Posted on June 03, 2007
At 3:51 pm, jason said:
Matt, sorry for the late reply. I’m sure TomTom will load on the Navman since it runs Windows Mobile (I believe). What version of TomTom do you have? TomTom 6 (the latest) will only run on Windows Mobile 2003 and up. In fact I just got myself an O2 Atom Life, upgraded it to WM 6.0 and TomTom worked fine.
How did you get TomTom to run on your Nokia N73? Didn’t know TomTom could run on the Symbian OS (which I believe is what’s installed on your phone).
Posted on June 04, 2007
At 7:36 am, the offspring said:
hi i read your posts regarding installing tomtom6 on navman it is possible to install tom tom 6 on navman n40i? if so.. can u e-mail me the details on how to do so.. many thanks in advance
Posted on July 05, 2007
At 12:09 pm, jason said:
Hey the offspring,
Unless I’m wrong, the Navman n40i isn’t a pocketpc pda so you can’t install TomTom on it.
Posted on July 06, 2007
At 1:00 pm, al said:
i have a navman pin300 bought it new and hardly used for 3 years bec it crashes a lot.now reopened the box and screen frozen at sat search.
i m thinking of loading my tom tom 0ne software into it.
do i have to delete the smart st fr navman before downloading tom tom into pin.
can you take me step by step incldg usb attachment bec i m not computer savvy-altho i have copied maps into my nokia gps phone microsd card recently.
thanks
Posted on February 04, 2008
At 5:52 am, peter said:
Hi can you help i purchased a navman pocket pc pin of e-bay last year and i got some instructions with it how to reload tom tom and safecom wireless lan card for internet access , i only had to do this when the battery whent flat once or twice , but i have lost them and let the bat go flat and can,t re load them can you help please ,i can remember, but i had to cut a file of sd card and paste it to a file on pda memory and the same gose for the network card
thanks again Peter
Posted on July 01, 2008
At 8:21 am, jammaner said:
By the way, the N40i is a Windows Mobile 5 device (like an Ipaq PDA), and once unlocked, can run tomtom6. Tomtom7 runs but will be a bit more difficult to set up due to issues with the memory card!
Posted on July 13, 2008
At 11:16 am, jason said:
Hi jammaner,
Thanks for the info on the N40i. I’m still on TomTom 6 and didn’t realise TomTom 7 was out. I’m running TomTom 6 on my O2 Atom with a bluetooth gps receiver and it works heaps better than my old Navman Pin300 in terms of satellite reception. Pity the speaker isn’t loud enough though! I have to switch the music off in the car to hear the directions.
Posted on July 15, 2008
At 8:29 pm, gentilchasseur said:
Hello. Could you say to me how to install tomtom7 on N40i because you said : “Tomtom7 runs but will be a bit more difficult to set up due to issues with the memory card!”
How to solve this problems?
Thanks.
Posted on August 13, 2008
At 9:44 pm, Alex said:
Hi, Need help on installing Rom Tom 6 on my Navman ICN 330
A any help is appreciated. Please if anyone can email me a step by step
Thanks
Posted on January 21, 2009
At 10:56 pm, alan said:
hi guys! i have a n40i navman as well and i’d love to install tomtom on it but how do iget tomtom software and what do i do ?? can anyone e mail me with this info please ? thanks very very much guys! all the best! al
Posted on May 06, 2009
At 8:53 pm, Jay said:
Hi there. I also am hoping to install tom tom software on my N40i.
My email is jaysargey@gmail.com
Could someone please send instructions or even a web link to my email on how to do this? It would be massively appreciated if you could.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Jay
Posted on September 01, 2009
At 11:06 pm, tamthebam said:
any info on converting the navman f20 to tomtom
ihave a few old satnavs and enjoy tinkering….
Posted on September 18, 2009