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That is really poor.
I have an old garmin car satnav with lifetime maps and that must be updated at least every 2 years (or something like that) otherwise the free maps are withdrawn.
Now that TomTom have done this I expect garmin may well implement it as well to try and make me buy a new one (which I won't).
I have an old garmin car satnav with lifetime maps and that must be updated at least every 2 years (or something like that) otherwise the free maps are withdrawn.
Now that TomTom have done this I expect garmin may well implement it as well to try and make me buy a new one (which I won't).
Did you bother to fill in the form and find out what discount they were offering? I couldn't be bothered as I never use the unit anyway, it's been years since the full European mapping I bought it for would fit on the device and Waze has served all the same functionality for free anyway.
Until I got the email I'd actually forgotten I even owned the TomTom.
markiii said:
understandable in that the new maps are so big that they don;t fit on the internal storage any more. annoying in thats fixable if they hadn't added turkey and russia to the EU maps.
Don't most of the devices also have SD card slots, so not fitting on internal memory isn't much of an excuse, even if it is what TomTom are saying. My 720 internal memory went dodgy a few years ago and that's running the whole thing off an SD card. As for including extra countries, when I were a lad you used to have "major roads" on the device, and detailed city maps of the towns you were intending to visit, none of this detailed mapping for whole continents in one card.
Dave Hedgehog said:
i got this mail
i resolved it thus:
hit tomtom with hammer
placed tomtom parts in bin
installed waze on smart phone for free
enjoyed accurate traffic warnings with map changes often done within 12 hours of the physical road change
I find Waze to drain my phone batteries (iPhone and now a Samsung S7) at not far of 1% a minute, ridunkulous.i resolved it thus:
hit tomtom with hammer
placed tomtom parts in bin
installed waze on smart phone for free
enjoyed accurate traffic warnings with map changes often done within 12 hours of the physical road change
geeks said:
Hmmm not had an email but believe ours is one of those effected! I will plug it in and see what happens, useful to have one for us as we regularly end up in places with no data access for mobile apps!
google lets you download a country for offline use, so it doesn't really matter when you don't have internetHeartworm said:
geeks said:
Hmmm not had an email but believe ours is one of those effected! I will plug it in and see what happens, useful to have one for us as we regularly end up in places with no data access for mobile apps!
google lets you download a country for offline use, so it doesn't really matter when you don't have internetI much prefer having a dedicated SatNav device when driving. Mainly it stops the phone's battery being hammered which is no good for its long-term health
I also find my TomTom quicker to orient itself than any phone apps. e.g. on roundabouts so the map rotates and matches what you can actually see. Mine's got free live traffic (via WiFi from phone) etc as well as map updates that include temp road closures etc..
It seems this end to lifetime maps only affects older devices, and my old TomTom was a total PITA so that's probably a good thing.
I also find my TomTom quicker to orient itself than any phone apps. e.g. on roundabouts so the map rotates and matches what you can actually see. Mine's got free live traffic (via WiFi from phone) etc as well as map updates that include temp road closures etc..
It seems this end to lifetime maps only affects older devices, and my old TomTom was a total PITA so that's probably a good thing.
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