Garmin XT
 

I've heard about this program called Garmin Mobile XT which will turn your Touch Pro into a navigation unit. I was wanting to know if any of you users have any experience using this on your TP. Does it work through 3g technology? How wouldI exactly get it onlto my phone?

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I just loaded it onto my phone. Nice package. I like it more than TomTom7 so far.

It searches the internet for locations, which makes it real nice. One thing I hated about TT6 or TT7 was the reliance on custom POI files.

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works great on My TP only thing I dont like is that it does not say street names, ie turn left at "main St".

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Yea, it doesn't support TTS (text to speech) but I don't think any WM NAV program supports that (I may be wrong on that)

I do LOVE Garmin XT & it works awesome in my TouchPro. The one thing that really really irritates me however is after legally buying the program (& it's not cheap) I still have to use a crack to get it to run from my 16 gig Sandisk card................

~John

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Hey, that's not a bad idea. I've been thinking of getting it, but didn't want to have to use their sd card and not be able to have my own...maybe I should look for one too. That's been the biggest thing stopping me from picking it up. Thanks for the heads up.

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Out of curiosity, what features make garmin better than than sprints telenav?

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It is such a pain to be honest and get a legal copy on your phone...

It's almost like Garmin is inviting people to steal it... (I don't condone it but that is just my impression of the Garmin XT program)

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iGo does support TTS. I had a friend with it and as we were coming to a street to turn it would say "in 500 feet turn left onto Ridge Road then turn left onto Stale Street." I really like iGO.. it's got a nice interface.

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I run OnCourse which I believe is an iGo product. It's just about like it except it's the 2008 version with updated maps. Really nice nav software.

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garmin or tomtom etc do not rely on a data connection to work. if you are travelling it is quite likely that you will lose data at some point and your gps would be useless.

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Igo is great but it chooses when it wants to speak. It randomly disables TTS which pisses the hell out of me. Today for example, it will not speak even after multiple resets so I got pissed and drove without it. When I arrived and turned on my phone it says "make the next left then you will arrive at your destination". POS program :banghead:

Any other program that supports TTS?

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Watch your inbox

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PM me, that stopped me from buying it for the longest time also........

~John

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Google Search FTW!! This means that you don't really have to worry about having the most up to date data file for finding that new restaurant :headbang:

Garmin XT also allows you to locate the cheapest gas prices close to you (by grade, which most apps don't do).

Also tells you traffic info, overall a very complete product except for TTS (which is hard to come by on the PPC).

-s

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Question for my fellow Garmin users out there, do you notice a PITA lag when your Touch Pro is navigating? Meaning it tells you to turn too late??

-s

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Yes, yes i do. It is very irritating. This did not happen on my touch or my mogul. Anyone have any ideas?

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I just bought Garmin XT off Ebay. The $30 data plan with Sprint that includes navigation is not worth it for me.

It is arriving on a 2 GB microSD card. Is it possible to copy the app to my 8 GB microSD card?

I'm guessing I'm getting an illegal copy so the answer is no? Any way to work around it?

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Yes there is away.
but we're not allowed to discuss it on this forum
i advise you to google the answer....it is out there.

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PM me.

~John

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ick question I hope someone can help me with. I read on a thread you can have the turn by turn directions come in through a BT headset, but i can't get mine to do it. Can anyone help me out with how to do this?

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I have both Garmin XT and Igo. I like Garmin (and paid a fortune for it) but the position update lag makes it unusable. Igo provides a much smoother update with almost no lag and with great looking 3D maps. I dont know how the Igo folks get that performance running in the touch pro. Igo seems like it should be more cpu intensive but it performs much better, Don't know why. By the way, both these apps performed much better on my old HTC Touch. I hope the gps lag gets fixed on the touch pro.

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Garmin i feel is by far better than TomTom for the simple facts that it doesnt lag as much and it locks onto sats quicker.

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I have iGuidance v4 on my PPC. It has TTS and overall a very good program. However it lags really bad when used with the built-in GPS chip in the phone. I use bluetooth HOLUX GPSlim 240 chip and that works great, love it. As for having directions read to you through the bluetooth headset, you can do it 2 ways. 1) get software that allows audio to go through to headset or 2) get a headset that supports A2DP bluetooth profile. I have Plantronics Voyager 855 and it works great with my GPS and my mp3s.

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No problems with either Garmin or TomTom on my VZW TP.

I mean maybe it lags by a second or 2, but nothing close to rendering it useless.

You guys who complain about lag, can you better define what you mean by lag?

Also, I find Garmin easier to use than TT. I think it also looks better. Can't really compare the maps though and that is really what's important.

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The lag i noticed with TomTom was while driving it was always a street behind and my speed would be about 5 mph off.

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Use bluetooth audio. It will work, but the volume isn't the best. I will try to attach a cab of it for you.

Hope this works for you.

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So how many seconds behind would you say it is? Is it telling you to turn after you are already past the street?

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Yes, After I pass by a street it would tell me to turn.

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Ok, then yes, that's bad.

Garmin definitely alerts me with enough time to turn (VZW TP)

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I used to own Garmin, then I lost the dedicated card it came on. (legit)

It popped out of the SD slot on top of my Palm 700p. I couldn't get service from Garmin or Palm who I purchased the Garmin though.

I won't use Garmin ever again because of their response to my needs.

Just my two cents.

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What where you expecting Garmin to do, replace it for you after you lost the card??

I have always found Garmin's CS was absolutely superb myself & I've been dealing with them for years..........

~John

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I use Garmin and a few other Navigation Software. The major thing that keeps me using Garmin the most is because of Google integration. With this, I always have up to date POI (well as up to date as Google can keep it).

The thing I hate the most about it is if you set Garmin Online to "Always", it will continue to try to connect when you are on a call and since it is unable to, you continue to get the message saying it can't connect.

Has anyone found a way around that (other than setting Garmin Online to "Prompted")?

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I have mine set to "always" myself & I never noticed that, but I don't talk on the phone all that much (I text an awful lot more than I actually talk) & my phone calls tend to be really short & to the point so maybe I just never had occasion to get the error??

~John

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Telenav lied to me this weekend. Ended up taking the completly wrong turn. I had garmin xt on my touch and loved it. Now that I have built in GPS I'll probably go back to it again.

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Thanks KcLive, this will be a good temporary fix.

Is there somethine else that will only activate the headset when garmin is sending the notification? That program works, but it seems like it would drain my battery on my phone and headset within a matter of a couple hours.

I read somewhere that Garmin XT will do this; however, my searches on here and google have been fruitless. My big thing is when I have people riding with me, I don't want the Garmin chick interupting discussions and just being annoying for who's riding...but if I'm not really paying attention to the screen, I'd like to hear a heads up.

Thanks in advance if anyone can shed anymore light on this. Until then, I'll use this BTAudio.

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Glad that was at least a short term fix for ya. If you can find another solution for this I would love to know what it is myself.

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Its about 4 - 5 seconds off. Doesn't sound like much until you realize that going 60 mph will easily get you to miss quite a few turns :violent2:!

-s

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I don't have to pay to access it, like I do telenav because it's not included in the $30 SERO plan. Also, all the traffic/google search/gas price features as well as being able to work without data if need be.

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Mine doesn't have the delay...I looked for it today and it tells me when to turn before I make it to the turn.

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I'm on a manhunt for it, so I'll let ya know if I find anything. Right now if I'm not doing homework or studying, I'm looking for a definite answer. Give me a PM if you don't hear from me in a week or so. I'm pretty absent minded.