Tom Tom Navigator 6 Software with Maps of the US and Canada (DVD)

Average customer rating:

Pleasantly surprised

Doesn't include the gps receiver

Simple to use, excellent voice commands

No way to install to a Treo

Works Perfectly!

Tom Tom Navigator 6 Software with Maps of the US and Canada (DVD)

Manufacturer: TomTom
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Navigator 6 application software with complete maps of the US and Canada on DVD

Crystal clear 2D and 3D graphics with 65,000 colors and Nightview for optimized viewing

Features touch-screen menu, phone-function compatibility, real-time information (with Plus service), and 37 different spoken languages

Compatible with most popular brands and models of PDAs, including the Palm Treo

Requires a PDA with GPS functionality, and a PC or Mac for updates and synchronization

ASIN: B000HZD2W6

Product Description

For users who already own a PDA with (built-in) GPS receiver but no TomTom Navigation solution for PDA.

Easy to use: The simple installation and intuitive user menu gives you the perfect navigation experience.

Detailed maps of the US and Canada: Door-to-door navigation across the United States and all Canadian provinces and territories.

Clear and accurate spoken and visual instructions: Easy to follow route instructions and crystal clear 2D or 3D maps lead you from door-to-door whether you travel by car, by bike or on foot.

Easy call handling: Never miss a call or SMS message while navigating through on-screen instructions.

Amazon.com Product Description

With the TomTom Navigator 6 Software with Maps of the US and Canada (DVD) you never need to be lost again, wherever you are, whatever you are doing. TomTom's Navigator 6 software is designed for people who already own a PDA with GPS functionality, or a PDA with Bluetooth and a separate Bluetooth GPS receiver. This package provides all the Navigator 6 software with maps of the complete US and Canada on a DVD, which once installed on your PDA will let you know not only where you are going, but exactly how best to get there.

The TomTom Navigator 6 software is not only effortless to install, but easy to use with a touch-screen user menu that gives you an intuitive navigation experience, and an inherent portability that lets you take it with you anywhere, whether in your car, on your bike, or on foot. The TomTom Navigator 6 software has complete maps of the United States, including Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico, as well as all the Canadian provinces. This software gives you the convenience of thousands of pre-installed Points of Interest from restaurants to gas stations, allowing you to search by proximity to your current location, along your route, near a specific city and more, as well as letting you plan your route to fit your requirements, be they quickest, shortest, avoiding toll roads, or many others.

Navigator 6 not only guides you from door to door, but can navigate directly to contacts from your PDA address book, complete with stopovers and itinerary planning for routing to multiple destinations while adding stopping points. The user-friendly interface features a tip system for when you are just getting started, an optional compass display, and the ability to show a route demonstration so you can better know what things are going to look like in advance.

TomTom's Navigator 6 system provides you with crystal clear 2D or 3D graphics, in a brilliant 65,000 colors and "Nightview" for optimized visibility. This navigation system includes realistic visual instructions that replicate road signs to make them easier to follow, and a pedestrian-centric map option that lets you view your position with a fixed position in 2D that can be zoomed in and out for better orientation when you are navigating on foot. Navigator 6 features friendly north-up navigation for easier orientation, automatic route recalculation if a user takes a wrong turn, and auto-scaling software so it will fit any PDA screen. Suitable for almost anybody, the user interface application comes with support for some 22 languages covering virtually all of Europe from Turkish to Flemish, Lithuanian to Catalan, while the spoken directions come in 37 different languages that include with the European languages such options as Chinese, Thai, Japanese and more.

Full of smart extras and additional options, the TomTom Navigator 6 system includes TomTom Home software to manage all the files on your device, get new updates on your PC or Mac in advance, and more, as well as supporting a wide range of TomTom Plus services and downloads. TomTom Plus lets you receive real-time, up-to-the-minute traffic information, with jam alerts and road condition warnings, as well as use instant messaging and more to keep in touch with a selected group of people, including tracking their location. TomTom Plus is an optional, cost-based service that can be accessed through Navigator 6 at any time.

Designed to be ultimately safe, Navigator 6 software provides for easy call handling for PDAs with calling functionality, with on-screen instructions that remain visible while making phone calls or receiving SMS messages, as well as the ability to dial a point of interest. The navigation system not only encourages you to get from A to B as safely as possible, but alerts you to when you are speeding, even if you are not in navigation mode. The TomTom Navigator 6 software is compatible with most popular brands and models of PDAs, including; Acer, Dell, Eten, Fujitsu Siemens, HP, Imate, O2, Orange, Palm Treo, Qtek, T-Mobile, and Nokia.

What's in the Box
Navigation 6 software on DVD with application and maps of the US and Canada, full user's manual, installation guide, quick-start guide, and product code card.

Customer Reviews:

Pleasantly surprised.......2007-12-14

I had read several conflicting reviews about TomTom Navigator 6 (TTN6) and was slightly worried about purchasing, especially as there was no way to trial the product.

Glad to say I needn't have worried.

The product was received within 2 days of ordering, and came in an impressive box with a quick start guide, instructions, DVD and registration card.

After buying a suitable 2gb microSD card, I got through the install on my elderly (2 years old) Dopod838pro (Cingulaer 8525, HTC TyTn) with no problems. TomTom home instals on your desktop and is quite a useful application to manage the contents on your phone (maps, voices, etc)

I had been using another type of navigation software (Mapking) and TTN6 seems to be faster and more stable. Its immediately apparent in the screen refresh rate.

The roadsigns appearing as they do on the freeways are extremely useful.

I was deciding between this product and CoPilot Live 7, which looked more impressive from a screen eye candy point of view, but after using TTN6 for a few days, I find its screen layout very easy to use, not flashy in any way, just very functional and well thought out.

Routing wise, I have only tried it in unfamiliar areas, so can't comment on how "smart" the routing is, but I can say I have never been dragged zig zag through small housing estates or asked continually to "u-turn" ahead after making a mistake and going off route.

Mentioning the off route capability, it really is an instant reroute, you hardly even notice anything happened.

There are cheaper options out there, as well as more expensive ones, but TTN6 for me seems to be just right.

I hope others have the same pleasant experience with it

Would have given 5 stars if there was an option to try first (would even have been willing to pay a small fee to trial it)

Doesn't include the gps receiver.......2007-12-13

I purchased this as well as a cradle to install on my Palm Treo. Unfortunately, I didn't read everything closely. Had I been more aware of the fine print I would have realized that this was the software only. GPS receiver NOT included. I ended up returning the software.

I suspect that if you are in need of an update to your maps, then this is the product for you. If you are looking to have the whole system, make sure you get all the pieces you need. If you are buying this for a Palm Treo, I recommed buying directly from the Palm Website. The whole package offered directly from the Palm website includes the software, the gps receiver and the cradle for less $ than if you buy all the components independantly from Amazon. Additionaly, you know that it will work with your palm product.

Simple to use, excellent voice commands.......2007-08-30

This is a great product. I recently drove to Chicago with my Dell AXIM. I had no paper maps and I had no knowledge of any street names or highways. Using the software, I spent five days driving through downtown streets without any problems. The interfaces and menus are very to use even while driving without taking your eyes off the road for more than a few seconds. It is great for point to point navigation, and is probably the best one out there for the pocketpc.

But it is seriously lacking when it comes to advance planning. On the "Advance Planning" menu you can only plan a trip between two points, and you cannot insert any waypoints or stops. What kind of a trip is that? There is an "Itinerary Planning" feature which allows you to insert intermediate waypoints, but that option always insists on starting from your current (or last known) GPS position. I was creating an "Itinerary" from South Chicago to the North Chicago while sitting at home five hundred miles away, and the software insisted on starting the trip from my current location five hundred miles away.

It would also be nice if I could enable a feature that would alert me whenever I was near a POI. For example, while driving on the highway it would be great if a window popped to let me know there was a Starbucks within 1 mile from my position. I know Delorme Street Atlas can do this on their laptop version.

I had some difficulty getting Tomtom to come up with a new route when I made an unplanned turn. If I was a long way from my destination, it took several minutes to come up with a new routing. So my only option was to pull over and wait. Every time I pulled into a drive-through window or gas station it would "plan a new route" even if had strayed from my route by a mere 300 ft. Sometimes I had to pull into the parking lot and wait for it to calculate a new route, which not surprisingly was exactly the same as the route I had before.

No way to install to a Treo.......2007-08-22

The software requires that your PDA be connected by a USB cable, not a hotsync cable, which just isn't the way Palms work. A truly miserable user interface, coupled with an awful support website make this a product to avoid.

Really.

Works Perfectly!.......2007-08-13

I'd been looking at many navigation products to go with my wifes Treo 650, and was a bit hesitant when reviewing the "map" debate: which products use TeleAtlas vs. XYZ, etc.

However, after using this software quite a bit over the last month, I have to say its fantastic. Its does everything we need it to do, its easy, and it prompted me to buy a discounted TomTom One for my Mom for her birthday. I'm planning on picking up another copy of this software for my Treo 680 so we don't have to "swap phones" (actually sim cards) when I need to go on a a trip. Highly recommended.

Tom Tom Navigator 6 Software with Maps of the US and Canada (DVD) and Bluetooth GPS Receiver

Average customer rating:

TomTom should be ashamed to put their name on this product
Love this product
Not reliable
TOM TOM SUCKS I want to give it ZERO stars but they dont have that!!!!
Warning this software has issues with BAD support !!!

Tom Tom Navigator 6 Software with Maps of the US and Canada (DVD) and Bluetooth GPS Receiver

Manufacturer: TomTom
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Accessories & Supplies | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics

Accessories:

Product Features:

Navigator 6 application software with complete maps of the US and Canada on DVD, and Bluetooth GPS receiver
Crystal clear 2D and 3D graphics with 65,000 colors and Nightview for optimized viewing
Features touch-screen menu, phone-function compatibility, real-time information (with Plus service), and 37 different spoken languages
Compatible with most popular brands and models of PDAs, including the Palm Treo
Requires a PDA with Bluetooth capability, and a PC or Mac for updates and synchronization

ASIN: B000HZI2Z8

Product Description

TomTom NAVIGATOR 6 is the ideal solution for customers who need their PDA or smartphone and navigation system integrated in one personal device.Users of NAVIGATOR 6 can also take advantage of TomTom's innovative desktop software application TomTom HOME, which enables users to easily manage, download, store and transfer content and services to their device. TomTom HOME is compatible with both a PC and Mac.TomTom NAVIGATOR 6 also includes TomTom's innovative TomTom Buddies service, enabling authorized TomTom users to locate each other and send instant messages.

Amazon.com Product Description

With the Tom Tom Navigator 6 Software with Maps of the US and Canada (DVD) and Bluetooth GPS Receiver you never need to be lost again, wherever you are, whatever you are doing. Tom Tom's Navigator 6 software is designed for people who already own a PDA that supports Bluetooth, and don't want to buy a separate Tom Tom navigator and GPS unit. This package provides a Bluetooth receiver to give your PDA GPS functionality, and all the Navigator 6 software with maps of the complete US and Canada on a DVD, which once installed on your PDA will let you know not only where you are going, but exactly how best to get there.

The Tom Tom Navigator 6 software is not only effortless to install, but easy to use with a touch-screen user menu that gives you an intuitive navigation experience, and an inherent portability that lets you take it with you anywhere, whether in your car, on your bike, or on foot. The Tom Tom Navigator 6 software has complete maps of the United States, including Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico, as well as all the Canadian provinces. This software gives you the convenience of thousands of pre-installed Points of Interest from restaurants to gas stations, allowing you to search by proximity to your current location, along your route, near a specific city and more, as well as letting you plan your route to fit your requirements, be they quickest, shortest, avoiding toll roads, or many others.

Tom Tom's Navigator 6 system provides you with crystal clear 2D or 3D graphics, in a brilliant 65,000 colors and "Nightview" for optimized visibility. This navigation system includes realistic visual instructions that replicate road signs to make them easier to follow, and a pedestrian-centric map option that lets you view your position with a fixed position in 2D that can be zoomed in and out for better orientation when you are navigating on foot. Navigator 6 features friendly north-up navigation for easier orientation, automatic route recalculation if a user takes a wrong turn, and auto-scaling software so it will fit any PDA screen. Suitable for almost anybody, the user interface application comes with support for some 22 languages covering virtually all of Europe from Turkish to Flemish, Lithuanian to Catalan, while the spoken directions come in 37 different languages that include with the European languages such options as Chinese, Thai, Japanese and more.

Full of smart extras and additional options, the Tom Tom Navigator 6 system includes Tom Tom Home software to manage all the files on your device, get new updates on your PC or Mac in advance, and more, as well as supporting a wide range of Tom Tom Plus services and downloads. Tom Tom Plus lets you receive real-time, up-to-the-minute traffic information, with jam alerts and road condition warnings, as well as use instant messaging and more to keep in touch with a selected group of people, including tracking their location. Tom Tom Plus is an optional, cost-based service that can be accessed through Navigator 6 at any time.

The receiver that is included in the Tom Tom Navigator 6 package utilizes Bluetooth technology to eliminate the need for connecting cables, and a high-performance GPS antenna to ensure the best possible reception wherever you might happen to go. Ideal for urban environments, the GPS antenna on this unit will stay connected to make sure you find your way whether you are driving down the road or walking down the street, and because of its Bluetooth connectivity, and its small size and light weight, this handy receiver can fit easily in a pocket, purse, or anywhere else out of the way.

Designed to be ultimately safe, Navigator 6 software provides for easy call handling for PDAs with calling functionality, with on-screen instructions that remain visible while making phone calls or receiving SMS messages, as well as the ability to dial a point of interest. The navigation system not only encourages you to get from A to B as safely as possible, but alerts you to when you are speeding, even if you are not in navigation mode. The Tom Tom Navigator 6 software and GPS receiver package is compatible with most popular brands and models of PDAs, including; Acer, Dell, Eten, Fujitsu Siemens (compatible with software, not receiver), HP, Imate, O2, Orange, Palm Treo, Qtek, T-Mobile, and Nokia.

What's in the Box
Navigation 6 software on DVD with application and maps of the US and Canada, full user's manual, Bluetooth GPS receiver, car charger with multiple plugs for various cell phones and PDAs, home charger, installation guide, quick-start guide, and product code card.

Customer Reviews:

TomTom should be ashamed to put their name on this product.......2007-12-28

This product simply does not work on either the Treo 700p or the Treo 700w, despite any claims that TomTom makes to the contrary. (The box lists both of these as supported models.)

Let me preface my review by saying that I write software for Treo phones for a living, so I know these phones inside and out. However, that knowledge did not help me get this GPS to work.

I was excited to receive this GPS as a Christmas gift. However, when I installed the software on my Treo 700p, the installer displayed a message that this was an incompatible device. The 700p is listed on the box as a supported device, so this didn't make any sense. I tried updating the ROM on my 700p to the latest 1.10 ROM that is available from Palm, and that did not help. I also downloaded an update for the TomTom software for the Treo 680 (available on Palm's site). That did not help either.

After messing around with this and searching the web for 2-3 hours, I gave up and started over on my Treo 700w, which is also listed as supported on the box.

This time, the software installed and looked like it was working except that it couldn't detect the GPS. I followed the instructions very carefully for pairing the Bluetooth connection and setting up a COM port to communicate. (By the way, this process is ridiculously difficult for the average customer, but it is doable.) I tried several different COM ports and configuration options, and nothing worked. I was following word-for-word the instructions on TomTom's website.

I tried to contact TomTom at one point, but their website thwarted me. First, their website was ridiculously slow, taking up to 5 minutes to load each page. Next, you have to create an account to submit a support question. That seems like overkill, but I did so. Finally, once you find the support page (which is well-hidden), if you type too much in your support question, you get an error message that tells you to press the Back button and update your question. When I pressed the back button, I was upset to find that it had lost everything I had written.

At this point, I gave up, and I am asking the gift-giver to return this awful product for something that works.

I have used TomTom stand-alone GPS units in the past and really liked them. But this experience has really soured me on the brand.

Love this product.......2007-10-20

I wasn't to activate over the phone's wireless connection, but otherwise the install went fine. Great product, use it everyday to handle Los Angeles traffic (loves how it generates new routes when you have to abandon the original one).

I have connectivity issues with Tom Tom Traffic, and it doesn't always seem to know about the delays, so I'm not sure I could recommend that added feature.

Not reliable.......2007-05-09

Tomtom maps and application is not a reliable product that you can count on when you are traveling and do not have access to your PC and the disks. This is the second time that the application has stranded me and I am writing this review for others interested in purchasing this program not to get in a situation like I have, and Tomtom staff to read and fix the problem.

I purchased a Tomtom with an HP PDA to travel through Europe (mostly Italy). I installed the software and got an authentication code from the site they specified and started using the device. After about a month of use, and feeling confident that I did not need a paper map, we took a trip to Florence, following Tomtom's direction. After about 20 minutes, the program froze. It would not even respond to a soft reset. I had to take the battery out to get windows CE up and running. After the operating system restarted, I started Tomtom program. It asked me for an activation code. Have in mind that I am in the middle of Italian countryside and not sitting in Silicon Valley. I had to call my office and they went to my office and found the original CD's, went to the authentication site and got the activation code. I found this to be just unreasonably senseless. I appreciate copy right protection, but the people who thought of this scheme must not go out of the office much. I thought of writing a review but did not and latter forgot about it.

I recently bought a cell phone/PDA that has a built in GPS. To avoid having a phone and GPS I tried installing the European map on this phone (it already had the US maps on it). I went through the installation which took for ever and went to the website and got the activation code and tried entering it and it says that the activation code is not valid! So, I call Tomtom support in UK from Germany. The first customer service person was very nice and gave me some advice on how to get an update. I followed the advice and it still did not work. I called the support line again, this time a Mr. Rick answered. This person needs to be assigned to a different department. He basically spent 30 minutes lecturing me on software copy protection. He then asked me to do a hard reset. I told him I did not know how to do the hard reset. He spent another 10 minutes telling me that he is not an HP specialist and that I need to contact HP for support. At this point, I realized that this person was not able to help resolve the problem and asked for escalation to a supervisor. Rick (customer service rep) said that the supervisor would not take my call because I did not do what he was telling me to do (which was not exactly true, because I asked him to help me with the reset and he would not).

I got off the phone and went to the HP site and downloaded the user's manual and did a hard reset. This caused everything to be erased (including my addresses), and Tomtom program to be deleted. And guess what, I call the customer service number again, and they did not know what to do. So, they asked for more time to research the problem and to call me. In about 4 hours not having heard from them, I called again, and this time they told me to download another program that would resolve the problem. I downloaded and it did not solve the problem. I got an email a couple of hours latter telling me to use the original SD card (which is back home) to resolve the problem.

So, to make a long story short, this is not a reliable device and for anyone who has traveled in unknown places, it is a nightmare.

TOM TOM SUCKS I want to give it ZERO stars but they dont have that!!!!.......2007-05-07

OK I heard good things about this product, but when I got it, it was a different story. First the directions were in IKEA form, only pictures. You actually had to log onto Tom tom's site and look the installation directions up. The next problem I ran into was installing it onto my Palm Treo 700p. I purchased the DVD version which saves to your phones memory card. The only problem with that is that tom tom doesn't detect the memory card in the phone so you have to use an external card reader. I had to go and now purchase that also.
Once I finally got everything installed onto my card, I reached the point where I had to install the maps I wanted onto my device from the DVD. The DVD only had maps of Western Europe, not of the US and Canada. I found this weird, so I checked both boxes and they all said Tom Tom Navigator 6 Software with Maps of the US and Canada (DVD) and Blue tooth GPS Receiver. My DVD which was located in this box in shrink wrap was labeled Maps of Western Europe. This was obviously the mix-up of tom tom's packaging department. I called tom tom and explained the story, even though they packaged the unit, they somehow blamed it on Amazon and said I had to deal with them. I asked Tom tom if they could just send me the maps I needed and they said I would have to pay for them, which would be about $125. If your not familiar with Tom tom, you can purchase new maps from there web site and they are uploaded to your personal tom tom home web site they don't even need to send you a new DVD. Tom tom wouldn't even do this so I returned it to Amazon and currently looking for a better navigation system with better customer service. Something I thought about too, I have the Palm Treo, what happens if I upgrade my phone next year and this navigation device isn't compatible? I would have to re buy another system. Because of this I would suggest buying a stand alone navigation system, just not from Tom Tom.

Warning this software has issues with BAD support !!!.......2007-04-21

Purchased product thru Amazon (great service) before a trip to Austin TX. Sent a support question to Tomtom, 3days later received a incomplete answer while on the trip. That night tried to get back to the hotel that was saved as a favorite. The route did not follow the recommendation of the local's, but it should get us there right?(could not get it to use MAJOR highways). Well down the road we go and part way to the hotel in the middle of the road it stated we needed to turn left (IE there was NO road to turn on to). Keeped going and it recalculated the route, next exit turn around go back the way we just traveled to the turn left with NO ROAD to turn on to (we are lost now late at night with most every thing closed). Found a 24hr gas station and got direction which forced us to use a toll road! Did not use Tomtom the rest of the trip. Have use the tomtom site for support with email replys, they MUST be "outsourced" as they don't answer question or only one of severial and can't even answer simple question like how to MAKE the route go to a different way (found this on my own (not straight forward), due to NO SUPPORT).

Last item is the POI fonts are to large and the screen does not scroll right/left to see all the word's (NO answer from support again!)

Looking at Copilot for PDA's (they will give you a credit other software).

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