TomTom 5 on PDA?

[Mike Fishcake]

Hi,

I've got TomTom 3 on my iPaq, and was just wondering if it was worth paying the the TomTom5 £39 (well, 59 euros) upgrade price. The full postcode support feature is the one that interests me most. Also, can you use the POIs compatible with TT3? I've got a load of POIs that i've downloaded from various places.

[ikonia]

I too am wondering this, for the full postcode search, I think thats pretty good.

There is also more features such as a traffic watch feature built in.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to do this.

[Mike Fishcake]

I might wait for the inevitable bug fixes

[davidstone28]

I didn't notice full post codes on my version of TT5.

When I search, it says things like WS1 4, or LS6 5

Is that what you mean by full postcodes?

[Flibb]

You can add full postcode search to the older versions of TT, theres a free download that you need to install to get it. Have a look on the pocketgpsworld website.

[Vini]

im using TT5 with full postcode lookup, you have to "fix" tomtom 5 yourself to have full 7 digit lookups.

its quite buggy, but works.

[CrimsonAvenger]

You can add full postcode search to the older versions of TT, theres a free download that you need to install to get it. Have a look on the pocketgpsworld website.

Okay, being thick - can't find it........

[Mike Fishcake]

im using TT5 with full postcode lookup, you have to "fix" tomtom 5 yourself to have full 7 digit lookups.

its quite buggy, but works.

Buggy in what way?

[Mike Fishcake]

Okay, being thick - can't find it........

I found it which sadly led to this page:

http://www.digitools.co.uk/home.php

[Mike Fishcake]

I didn't notice full post codes on my version of TT5.

When I search, it says things like WS1 4, or LS6 5

Is that what you mean by full postcodes?

Yes... it mentions it here: http://www.tomtom.com/shop/upgrade.php?action=pdasub2

[CrimsonAvenger]

oops

Thanks for replying tho

[davidstone28]

im using TT5 with full postcode lookup, you have to "fix" tomtom 5 yourself to have full 7 digit lookups.

its quite buggy, but works.

When you say "fix" do you mean 3rd party software? Surely by default TT5 doesn't have 7 digit postcode support?

[Mike Fishcake]

Surely by default TT5 doesn't have 7 digit postcode support?

The Mobile (phone) and Go versions of TT5 do, according to reviews.

[davidstone28]

I've just checked my PDA - TomtTom5 definitely has 7 letter postcode support - you just have to select the postcode option under the navigate menu.

[rajagra]

I've just upgraded from 3 to 5 and I'm impressed. Route planning is much faster, the animation of maps (e.g. zooming in/out) is smoother judging by demo mode, and you get loads of CDs full of maps (though I haven't installed any - maybe you need to enter more serial codes? I hope not, I'm sure I read they were included.)

But postcode searching is definitely not 7 character by default, at least not in London. How do you enable it?

[iMc]

To do 7 character postcode searches You have to go to 'Navigate To...' > 2nd Page > Postcode.

davidstone28 already pointed this out