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Phone(s):
1: Nokia N73,Moto V600
2: Nec E616, Sharp GX293
3: SE Z800i
Provider(s):
Optus 3
Joined: Aug 2004
From: Sydney, Aus
Posts: 86
Smart2go Vs TomTom6 (Australia)
yes another post by me...
....i promise ill stop wasting your time soon
anyway N73(you might know by now) and i live in Sydney, Australia
i tried the Smart2Go, and after a few tries i got it working as a street map( i dont have gps yet) but i find that its horrible. The suburbs are wrong, no postcodes, and generally i cant even find the street on the search function that is directly shown on my screen.
so anyway, how is the TomTom? i
will be using this as a street directory mainly (no gps) is it any good?
Phone(s):
1: Nokia N95-3 proto
2: Nokia N95-1
3: iPhone
Provider(s):
AT&T
Joined: Jul 2005
From: Bergen County, NJ - USA
Posts: 537
Some people have difficulties installing TomTom but once you get past that, there's no question that it's the best nav solution available for S60 3rd IMO. I use it in the US (never as a street directory) and it hasn't steered me wrong yet. Huge POI database, great graphics and maps, good set of options, integrated traffic for premium users... It's the best.
Phone(s):
1: Nokia N82 + 8GB Sandisk MicroSDHC + Nokia BH-501
2: Nokia E51 + 6GB Sandisk MicroSDHC
3: Nokia N80 + 2GB MiniSD + Plantronics Voyager 510 + Holux GPSlim 236
Provider(s):
Vodafone T-Mobile Cingular / AT&T
Joined: Apr 2004
From: Los Angeles, CA / Sydney, Australia
Posts: 1,873
I haven't used Smart2Go, but I did use TomTom 6 while I was in Oz.
TT worked (almost) without flaw while I was in Sydney, Cairns, and Port Douglas. It even worked while I was in the air going at over 500+ miles per hour.
I saw "almost" without flaw because there were some multipath issues when I traveling in the Sydney CBD; satellite signals bouncing off of tall buildings and driving through tunnels wrecked havoc on the routing instructions. That's why it's always important to have "old school" navigation instruments, like a map and/or knowledgable navigator.
BTW, was even helpful while I was at Uluru! If it can route me while I'm in the middle of nowhere, it gets my two thumbs up!
05-21-2007, 00:34
The one thing that Smart2go has that TomTom doesn't is a POI entry for oxen... 
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