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The TomTom 6100 is available from Amazon Warehouse with a 20% Black Friday
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R
On 25 November 2016 at 10:56, andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] <
ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> I want to get away from having the mobile phone 'on display in the
car' a=
s
> it were. It can attract the attention of the police.
> So tomtom satnav with live traffic it will be. And I think with it's
own
> GSM live traffic rather than getting it from my mobile.
> At the moment I'm looking at TOMTOM GO Traffic 5100 5" at Currys
for
> =C2=A3199.99 (=C2=A340 off)
> But there must be a better black Friday/Monday deal out there??
> If anyone finds one then please, please post here? :-)
> Looking at models 5100/5200/6100/6200
>
> Thanks
> Andy
> PS: I have a few accessories for APC & Powerware UPSs on ebay (ID
> sherlock_ohms). Help to fund my tomtom purchase. ;-)
>
>
> ---In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, <groups2@...> wrote :
>
> But have you tried the TomTom app on a phone =E2=80=93 that=E2=80=99s
equ=
ally good if not
> better I think. It=E2=80=99s what I use.
>
>
>
>
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> *From:* ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* 24 November 2016 21:16
> *To:* ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ukha_d] Re: SatNav Recommendations??
>
>
>
>
>
> I've got the latest TomTom Go 6200 and it is brilliant. It has Wi-Fi
to
> get updates, so no USB and laptop required. Lovely big screen with
free,
> in-built SIM for free lifetime updates, speed cameras, etc. and world
map=
s.
> I much prefer a dedicated device as I can lend it to family members,
it's=
a
> much better screen and mount and I like to keep my phone free for
music a=
nd
> calls.
>
> I've tried all the smart phone apps and none have as nice an interface
an=
d
> as timely directions as the TomTom devices do. Of the bunch, Waze is
> probably the best app satnav but it has a horrendous privacy policy
> associated with it and 10% of the time it simply routes me to the
wrong
> place or straight into traffic. It also needs a network connect to
work,
> which is pretty much useless abroad and in rural UK places.
>
> The TomTom devices come with a planing app and similar web site
service t=
o
> manage routes, favourites, etc. It can send routse over the air to the
> device. I used mine in the USA and it worked fine but the GPRS live
traff=
ic
> stuff isn;t supported in the USA.
>
> Better still my smart home sees it connect as I pull up onto the drive
an=
d
> uses this presence and occupancy data to automate stuff :-)
>
> Rob
>
>
>
>
>
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!</div><div><br></div><div>R</div><div
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I want to get away from having the mobile phone 'on display in the
car&=
#39; as it were.=C2=A0 It can attract the attention of the
police.<br><div =
class=3D"m_-1479392864098886593ygroups-quoted">So tomtom
satnav with live t=
raffic it will be.=C2=A0 And I think with it's own GSM live traffic
rat=
her than getting it from my mobile.<br>At the moment I'm
looking at TOM=
TOM GO Traffic 5100 5" at Currys for =C2=A3199.99 (=C2=A340
off)<br>Bu=
t there must be a better black Friday/Monday deal out there??<br>If
anyone =
finds one then please, please post here?=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
:-)<br>Looking a=
t models
5100/5200/6100/6200<br><br>Thanks<br>Andy<br>PS: I
have a few acce=
ssories for APC & Powerware UPSs on ebay (ID sherlock_ohms).=C2=A0
Help=
to fund my tomtom purchase.=C2=A0 ;-)<br><br><br>---In
<a href=3D"mailto:u=
kha_d@xxxxxxx"
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oups2@...> wrote :<span
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MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">But
have you tried the TomTom a=
pp on a phone =E2=80=93 that=E2=80=99s equally good if not better I think.
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It=E2=80=99s what I use.</span></p><p
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yahoogroups.com"
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a><wbr>]
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<b>Sent:</b> 24 November 2016 21:16<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target=3D"_blank">ukha=
_d@xxxxxxx</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ukha_d] Re: SatNav
Recommendations??</span></p></div></div=
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<br>
I've got the latest TomTom Go 6200 and it is brilliant. It has
Wi-Fi to=
get updates, so no USB and laptop required. Lovely big screen with free, i=
n-built SIM for free lifetime updates, speed cameras, etc. and world maps.
=
I much prefer a dedicated device as
I can lend it to family members, it's a much better screen and
mount an=
d I like to keep my phone free for music and calls.<br>
<br>
I've tried all the smart phone apps and none have as nice an
interface =
and as timely directions as the TomTom devices do. Of the bunch, Waze is
pr=
obably the best app satnav but it has a horrendous privacy policy
associate=
d with it and 10% of the time it simply
routes me to the wrong place or straight into traffic. It also needs a
netw=
ork connect to work, which is pretty much useless abroad and in rural UK
pl=
aces.<br>
<br>
The TomTom devices come with a planing app and similar web site service to
=
manage routes, favourites, etc. It can send routse over the air to the
devi=
ce. I used mine in the USA and it worked fine but the GPRS live traffic
stu=
ff isn;t supported in the USA.
<br>
<br>
Better still my smart home sees it connect as I pull up onto the drive and
=
uses this presence and occupancy data to automate stuff :-)<br>
<br>
Rob <br>
<br>
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