TomTom Navigator 6 on a Palm 755p

After a month of not having my business phone (my 2-year old Treo 650 bricked and a number of reasons prevented me from getting a replacement more readily), I finally got a replacement Palm 755p.  One of my favorite apps on my Treo 650 was my TomTom software for use with my Holux GPSlim 236 GPS receiver.  Expecting it to just work, I bought a 4GB SDHC card for my new 755p but the TomTom software didn't immediately work.

Initially I thought I was out of luck as the software installed onto my 4GB SDHC card just fine but when inserting the card into my 755p, the software would hard reset the phone.  With a little bit of assistance from the TomTom Support folks, I was able to get my TomTom 6 software running on my 755p.  The tweak is you have to install the TomTom 6 software onto the SDHC card (and for a minute or two live with the hard reset) and *then* go here:

http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/gps_nav.html

Follow the directions for the Treo 680.  Even though the page doesn't specifically say Treo 755p, this is where the TomTom Support folks directed me to and the software works just great now on my 755p.

Obviously, I do not speak for TomTom Support nor Palm Support - so call TomTom for support on your 755p assuming you hit this issue.  Just sharing my experience on my brand new 755p and getting the TomTom Navigator 6 software working on it.

Thanks for the help TomTom !!!

Posted at 03:19PM Aug 28, 2007 by ldcubed in General  | 

For Washington DC Metro'rs - Cool Traffic Video Site

Maybe I'm late to the party but I just found out about the web site Trafficland. Very cool. Luckily I don't have to travel the highways and byways of the Washington DC area much. I mainly stick to the Herndon / Reston area - and Dullas Airport when I travel. I like the Google mapview over the Trafficland mapview. You can scroll the Google mapview by left-click-dragging - the Trafficland mapview isn't quite as user friendly. I also wish there were more cameras on the Dulles Toll Road but this is a minor rant. Take a look - you might like it :)

Posted at 02:00AM Jan 16, 2006 by ldcubed in General  | 

Control your information - or it will bite you

ZDnet.com has an interesting article on information control. This article just reminds me how often I've cringed because people send out documents that are easily changed by whoever is at the final destination - or possibly in between. I've seen this at every company I've worked for - even Sun - and even I'm guilty of it from time to time. So as appropriate, use PDF export on stuff you don't want mysteriously changed when you least expect it.

UK and US Governments - Please contact your local Sun representative for Staroffice licenses. You guys really need to use the PDF export feature.

Posted at 09:38PM Sep 18, 2005 by ldcubed in General  |  Comments[1]

Just a average Computer Geek :)

Posted at 01:53PM Aug 21, 2005 by ldcubed in General  |  Comments[0]