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Old 07-06-2010, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ozam View Post
Unfortunately, I wouldn't even consider updating.

Even though I have Nav and HUD, my $150 portable Garmin device is infinitely better than the p.o.c. BMW sold us. I tell all my friends looking to buy a BMW to skip the navigation.....does it work...yes, but its functionality is pathetic.
This makes me wonder about using the $50 TomTom app for my iPad 3G and iPhone 3GS (iPhone 4 next month).

Anyone have real-world experience to know how the TomTom app compares with what I have on the 2008 X5 GPS using the 2009 DVD?

It was very frustrating to have spent so much on an X5 and see the FREE BeatTheTraffic app outperform the BMW nav.

Edited to say that TomTom could not tell me what they use so I guess it is radio but that deepens the mystery about what data are used by BeatTheTraffic.
Some related links: How can we provide reliable, complete, timely, and concisely presented traffic data? - and TomTom, portable GPS car navigation systems

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