Hello
I want to run a GPS solution on my Pocket Loox 720. A salesman in a shop
told me the Pocket Loox is no good for GPS software such as Tomtom etc.
because it has a VGA screen and I should better go for another system
altogether and not use my Loox, because VGA always causes problems.

Anybody has any experience, or can confirm what that salesman said is true?

Reply to message from Self <12345678@gmx.com> (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:56:01)
about "Pocket Loox 720 and GPS":

S> Hello
S> I want to run a GPS solution on my Pocket Loox 720. A salesman in a
S> shop told me the Pocket Loox is no good for GPS software such as Tomtom
S> etc. because it has a VGA screen and I should better go for another
S> system altogether and not use my Loox, because VGA always causes
S> problems.

S> Anybody has any experience, or can confirm what that salesman said is
S> true?

I use Mapopolis on my LOOX 720 and it works just fine! It looks much better
on my LOOX than on my QVGA rx2415.

Don

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In article <S_6dnbshnPN_KnreRVnyjw@scarlet.biz>, Self wrote:
>Hello
>I want to run a GPS solution on my Pocket Loox 720. A salesman in a shop
>told me the Pocket Loox is no good for GPS software such as Tomtom etc.
>because it has a VGA screen and I should better go for another system
>altogether and not use my Loox, because VGA always causes problems.
>
>Anybody has any experience, or can confirm what that salesman said is true?

The salesman has no clue. I use TomTom 5 (and 4 before that), OziExplorer,
VITO ActiveTrace, VIsualGPSce and GPSDash on my Loox 720 with a Bluetooth
GPS receiver. All applications work perfectly. I tried some of these on an
iPaq with an otherwise good, but only QVGA display. The difference is
enormous, especially when using OziExplorer that uses bitmap.

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"Self" <12345678@gmx.com> wrote in message
news:S_6dnbshnPN_KnreRVnyjw@scarlet.biz...
> Hello
> I want to run a GPS solution on my Pocket Loox 720. A salesman in a shop
> told me the Pocket Loox is no good for GPS software such as Tomtom etc.
> because it has a VGA screen and I should better go for another system
> altogether and not use my Loox, because VGA always causes problems.
>
> Anybody has any experience, or can confirm what that salesman said is
> true?

Sort of...

I had a copy of Navigator PN which wasn't compatible and they have only
just brought out a patch. Most GPS software now works fine with VGA.

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"Self" <12345678@gmx.com> wrote in message
news:S_6dnbshnPN_KnreRVnyjw@scarlet.biz...
> Hello
> I want to run a GPS solution on my Pocket Loox 720. A salesman in a shop
> told me the Pocket Loox is no good for GPS software such as Tomtom etc.
> because it has a VGA screen and I should better go for another system
> altogether and not use my Loox, because VGA always causes problems.
>
> Anybody has any experience, or can confirm what that salesman said is
true?
I have used TomTom Navigator 3 and 5 quite satisfactorily with a Loox 720.
That salesman is talking out of his a***

Chris