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Satnav with no surprises 16 Years Ago by GuyClapperton … pulling off the same trick with a satnav. My best guess is that the satnav companies will come to realise this. The… hate it with a passion. But how else are the satnav companies going to make money in the longer term? Re: Satnav with no surprises 16 Years Ago by jwenting … device. Great as a PDA, effective as a phone and satnav unit, excellent sound for use as a music/video player… The six most stupid SatNav users, ever! 18 Years Ago by happygeek …you have heard of any even more lacking in the SatNav sense department. In reverse order: 6. Local farmers are…12 miles between hospitals in Essex used their on-board SatNav for the 30 minute journey. Unfortunately, this sent …The most stupid, and certainly most dangerous, of all SatNav routes has to be the one that directs drivers between… No more crazy satnav directions? 16 Years Ago by happygeek …woman barking instructions at us every few minutes. Of course, satnav is not all gravy: who could forget the [URL=&…quot;http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1242.html"]crazy satnav directions[/URL] that led drivers wanting to travel between … Yes, TomTom had let a batch of virus infected satnav units loose on an unsuspecting public. A news story I… TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus 18 Years Ago by happygeek …concern being a newly purchased [B]TomTom GO 910[/B] satnav unit that, once connected to his PC, immediately caused an…hard drive of a brand new, straight from the shop, satnav unit. Worth repeating, perhaps, that this was a unit connected…the TomTom site regarding the fact that a number of satnav devices are known to be infected with a virus… … Edit your own satnav maps with TomTom for iPhone 14 Years Ago by happygeek …happy Map Share user of my standalone TomTom satnav devices for a couple of years now,…HD Traffic is essential for anyone using their satnav for business purposes to be honest. I'd…than £20 (and you need something, as satnav usage sucks the life out the battery faster …enough to move it from being an excellent satnav to being a truly remarkable one. I… TomTom has a Doh! moment with Homer Simpson satnav 15 Years Ago by happygeek …entry1276.html"]first virus infection distributed by a satnav device[/URL]. But surely introducing the voice of …;http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19582/53/"]satnav inspired motoring madness[/URL]. TomTom promises "unpredictable… left is beyond me. Some of the Homer satnav samples are available [URL="http://www.tomtom.… The SpongeBob SquarePants satnav 14 Years Ago by happygeek …while avoiding traffic congestion. Others, apparently, want a satnav that imitates SpongeBob SquarePants for reasons which, to be… under the sea. Yet the market leader in satnav devices, TomTom, has today announced the availability of…www.daniweb.com/news/story220616.html"]Homer Simpson satnav[/URL]) for users of its products. Indeed, … The ultimate in-car tech KITT, a Knight Rider satnav 16 Years Ago by happygeek …/knight_rider_satnav_confirmed/"]confirmed[/URL] that it will be releasing a satnav built entirely around a Knight Rider theme next month in… the point. After all, if you are investing in a satnav because it reminds you of a TV series then you… TomTom still not taking satnav virus issue seriously 18 Years Ago by happygeek … how TomTom let an unspecified number of its GO 910 satnav devices escape from the factory with not one but two… Re: Satnav with no surprises 16 Years Ago by jbennet most are trying to become phones/pdas/media players now Re: The six most stupid SatNav users, ever! 18 Years Ago by PirateTUX Wow... I have Microsoft's Streets and Trip product, along with their GPS receiver, which I've used several times on business trips with no problems like that. I think the key to effectively using those systems is that you have to actually [I]continue to use your brain. [/I]I've found that any time a new technology becomes widely available, it … Re: No more crazy satnav directions? 16 Years Ago by omol [quote]lost the ability to drive anywhere without some annoying slightly posh woman barking instructions at us every few minutes.[/quote] Wife replacement. Good read :) Re: TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus 18 Years Ago by ilopezgbg It is interesting to be informed about the risks we are exposed too, even in the Linux world. I am definately more interested in how this could happen. - Was Tom-Tom's security breached and were the Trojans injected from the outside? - How did this pass their QA before release? Just qurious... Re: TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus 18 Years Ago by happygeek TomTom are keeping very quiet, choosing only to say that measures have been put in place to prevent it happening again, and that the problem was something to do with the China based production plant. It is [B]very[/B] unlikely that this was an outside attack, and [B]hugely[/B] more likely (in my opinion) to have been a case of the quality … Re: TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus 18 Years Ago by Hans Akke My experience with TomTom is exactly the same, I have used TomTom on a PDA with4 version of their software. Terrible special the version 3 was not usable. In France for example, You could not use it, it kept stopping. After having a stop You had to reset the unit and give in the route. About their support, I still have questions, without answers … Re: TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus 17 Years Ago by lancslad43 I'm afraid I have to agree, TOMTOM's customer service is a joke. I upgraded my maps to the latest version recently only to find that a major road opened 7 years ago was still marked as being under construction. On examining the downloaded zip file containing the 'New' map I found that all the files inside that zip were dated in mid 2005. As the … Re: TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus 16 Years Ago by Madaxe I have just received my TomTom Go 920T back from TT support as it had a few issues (this is the second time I have got it back from being supposedly repaired, and it has come back from they're workshop with exactly the same Trojan reported allover the net! So either this infection is live and wild inside parts of thier network or I was just unlucky… Re: TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus 16 Years Ago by Anishabeb The origional SD card supplied with the TomTom is now showing that there is not enough space to install speed camera updates, so I'd like to use a bigger memory sized SD card to replace the origional card, anyone got a clue how to make the card recognisable to the TomTom? which will enable the device to function properly?thanks Re: TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus 16 Years Ago by Anishabeb Can a MTP device get infected with a virus or a worm or something of the sort? I just got rid of Fujacks.AK, a Virus, and was wondering if my MP3 player would need cleaning, but then I realised that maybe it wasn't infected at all since MPT devices are different and they don't get recognised as mass storage drives and don't even get a letter when … Re: TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus 16 Years Ago by Anishabeb List of Software that trace hardware name on our PC? Im seeking for list of software that can trace name of hardware installed on our PC, i know one, Belarc Advisor anyone can suggest me other software like Belarc Advisor? Re: TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus 15 Years Ago by raptor10 attaboy! we all need to made aware of such virus threats in retail appliances Re: The ultimate in-car tech KITT, a Knight Rider satnav 16 Years Ago by scsweb I've used a mio168 since it first came out. first because it had integrated gps, then because I still haven't found anything that does the job better. really can't understand why manufacturers 'improve' their products worse On the road with the TomTom app and NEW Hands-free Car Kit for iPhone 12 Years Ago by happygeek …cigarette lighter or USB fast charge cable solves the 'satnav apps eat iPhone batteries for breakfast' problem, so …provides excellent voice reproduction during calls, loud and clear satnav instructions while driving and even manages to be a…your iPhone always stays fully charged while using the satnav app, rather than slowly losing charge even when … TomTom for iPhone 15 Years Ago by happygeek … the way I have uncovered just how well this particular satnav solution performs in terms of routing, display, GPS signal…clearly positioning itself towards the premium end of the iPhone satnav market. Of the big three products available at the …. Accept the call and you fall out of the satnav application until you hang up, then it restarts and … CoPilot for iPhone - updated app reviewed in depth 15 Years Ago by happygeek …and, really, isn't that the whole point of a satnav? Oh, and talking of little things that make a …at the time. Guess what? I've never seen a satnav map spinning at traffic lights either! Overall though, GPS performance… mention battery life and heat while comparing the two iPhone satnav apps. Both are, naturally enough, huge consumers of your … Re: TomTom for iPhone 15 Years Ago by happygeek I have now added screenshots of the TomTom app, and there is also a review available of the CoPilot satnav app for the iPhone [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/reviews/review230373.html"]here[/URL] for comparison. Satellite navigation hack could aid terrorist attack 18 Years Ago by happygeek …Yet that was a security exploit that merely used the satnav device as a distribution channel, a means by which … broadcast to drivers, but also the limitations of standard satnav systems when flooded with these unusual messages. In their … panic by popping up an alert on myriad drivers’ satnav device screens about a bomb alert, and the consequential … GPS not as useful as a London taxi driver 18 Years Ago by happygeek … age, why do they bother? After all, GPS based SatNav systems are cheap and plentiful and know all this stuff…realized this. The biggest and most successful firms all have SatNav in their cars, yet according to the London Taxi Drivers…, local knowledge is King. And if someone produced a SatNav system with mapping that was up to The Knowledge standard… TomTom iPhone pricing leaked 15 Years Ago by happygeek How much for an iPhone-powered TomTom satnav? That's the question that has been… pricing, if you want an iPhone-powered TomTom satnav in your car it will cost you a cool…that isn't the cost of the maps and satnav software alone. In fact it's the price …the cost is to be confirmed and the iPhone satnav should be released this summer. Of course, the…