Is the new Tom Tom Rider FINALLY here?

[HotRodZilla]

I'm with you Pants... I use my 660 to get from A to B. Building a map on some other program and then trying to get it to integrate correctly has stumped me. I finally wrote it off as a PITA I don't really need. It should be way easier, but it's not.

Part of my problem is that I can't get the MapSource disk Garmin sent with the unit to work for shit. 90% of the time, my computer won't recognize it. Loading stuff from Garmin is a time consuming hit or miss PITA. My cellphone has automatic updates...A satellite fed GPS that runs almost $1k should be able to do that easily, yet it doesn't.

 

[Bungie]

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But... it doesn't have Bluetooth. so what, I says. The new headsets will pair directly to your phone, and other than lack of XM support, why would you really need Bluetooth via your Zumo?

Funny, no bluetooth is a total deal breaker for me. My eyes are bad enough, especially after a long day on the road, that I just can't focus fast enough. But my hearing is just fine.

If the Montana had bluetooth, I'd buy one today. So instead I'll continue to nurse my 2820 along.

 

[Fullchat]

Bloody Hell Macatrophy! Were you following me round Northumbria? Extended family holiday at Beadnell on the coast so I took the FJR for some me time and had a good ride round. Most of those pictures I recognised.

I think Northumbria is a relatively undiscovered gem.

 

[HotRodZilla]

Exactly...Why on earth doesn't the Montana have Bluetooth? My stupid insulin pump has it, my phone has it, my daughter's tablets have it, but a GPS that will be used on a MC doesn't have it. It's like the design guys at Garmin go to classes on how to be stupid. They seem to be excelling at it too.

 

[mcatrophy]

Bloody Hell Macatrophy! Were you following me round Northumbria? Extended family holiday at Beadnell on the coast so I took the FJR for some me time and had a good ride round. Most of those pictures I recognised.I think Northumbria is a relatively undiscovered gem.

Saw very few bikes up there, so I don't think I saw you. I was only following my Tomtom (to keep on topic

), routes prepared on Google Maps then put into Tomtom as itineraries.

Some very nice roads and scenery there, though a little on the bleak side (but then I like "bleak").

SWMBO was doing a needlework course in Wooler, so, like you, I went up on the bike for some "me" time. We stayed at a pretty awful B&B just south of Alnwick which somewhat spoiled the experience, but I really enjoyed the riding, and (more importantly) She enjoyed Her course.

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If anyone's interested, my Northumbrian routes are shown here, rides recorded by Tomtom then put onto Google Maps.

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[Hudson]

Bungee, a Montana can be hooked into a com system that supports wired connections. I run mine through my Starcom now. Just not wirelessly. Agree that t Bluetooth would be a nice feature, though personally I almost always turn off the volume on my Montana so I am not bothered by the voice prompts interrupting my totally awesome Barry Manilow "Oh Mandy" solo.

 

[Niehart]

Agree that t Bluetooth would be a nice feature, though personally I almost always turn off the volume on my Montana so I am not bothered by the voice prompts interrupting my totally awesome Barry Manilow "Oh Mandy" solo.

Damn Son, you just crack me up.