Question about Live Traffic Services

[erocs]

Folks, I bought my TT xl340s Live last year...and although I am from Canada...used it in the US when I went to Texas for a month. It came with three months of live traffic services. I used it and liked it and especially liked the feature where I could use google to find addresses and points of interest and then basically say Take me there. It came in really handy a few times when the poi's did not have what I was looking for.

Many of the new TT's have lifetime map updates and lifetime traffic services which mine does not. I have to subscribe.

Do these new units with lifetime traffic have the ability to search Google as mine does with the subscription?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

 

[dhn]

Lifetime maps and traffic are NOT related to Live services. The Lifetime traffic is via rds-tmc antenna and is not as accurate as LIVE traffic.

Which is all academic since there are NO models with LIVE services in Canada, anyway .

 

[erocs]

Thanks alot dhn...that clarifies things for me. This year when I go to Texas again in March for a month, I will get the LIVE services again...as I like it...will cost me $9.95 plus an extra month you have to give them to cancel. For me the $20 is worth it.

 

[dhn]

Just make sure they still offer Live services by the month in the States. They stopped monthly subscriptions in Europe.

Later............

Appears as if still offered:


Included with the purchase of your device, you receive 3 months of free LIVE Services. After this period, you may renew your subscription. The renewal price is $9.95 per month.

 

[erocs]

dhn,

Thanks

 

[GAW]

I used "live" traffic services on my android device. They had a promo on a US/Canada GPS app (CoPIilot) for $4.95 initially. It does not have the overall GPS address accuracy of TomTOM, BUT - it has a life traffic service that works pretty good and covers many roads besides the freeways and interstates.

It had a 14 day trial period, and I was so impressed (it gave good alternate routings around a 40+ minute backup on I80 coming down from Lake Tahoe a few weeks ago), that I am getting the annual subscription - $9.95 per YEAR!

The PDA's are getting bigger screens, better hardware, and more features at lower prices. All this will eventually overwhelm the "roadway" GPS stand-alone companies like TomTom (Garmin does a lot of marine and other non-highway guidance).

That is why I chose to only invest in a battery for my 720 and use it in conjunction with the above. I am very unsure of just how ling "lifetime" subscriptions will actually last...

 

[erocs]

Sounds pretty good! only trouble for me is...that it requires a mobile internet connection. When I go to the US from Canada it is cost prohibitive to have mobile internet, for 3 days travel to Texas and 3 days back.

I already have internet at my mobile home with Time Warner.