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Watch a movie on your TomTom (cont.)
Anyone know why this original thread was locked? I figured it must be by accident since there's nothing really controversial in the thread that would've resulted in it being locked. If there is a reason, feel free to delete this post!
Anyway, I wanted to give you some feedback on the Makayama product. I think I was one of the first people to buy it (seriously), and originally I liked it. However, they have since completely stopped supporting the older Go models (as in anything not X10), even ones running v6 of the TomTom software like mine is. The Makayama installer insists on downgrading your device to the original firmware version that it came with out of the box. That's significant for older Go users, since that would put us back at v5 of the TomTom software. I emailed them, asking why they don't support the older GO devices running v6 of the TomTom software since they support the X10 running the same software version, and they responded with something rather curt and vague (slightly paraphrasing): We have decided not to support the older Go models running any other TomTom software other than the original. This is a company stategy based decision that we are not at liberty to discuss futher." They also told me that if I wanted to run their product that I couldn't run a hacked version of the TomTom software, which is ridiculous since I specifically told them it was an official software upgrade from TomTom.
Overally, I'm disappointed in the product since they completely abandoned older TomTom users just months after the original product release date. I also don't understand why their software has such a specific requirement of certain TomTom software versions, and won't work when running the latest official updated from TomTom. That just seems like bad programming to me. It's not like it can't be done when the competitor's app is apparently doing it.
That being said, the video conversion (DVD to TomTom) works great. I own several apps that convert DVDs or video files to iPod, Palm, PocketPC, or portable Windows Media Player formats, and this Makayama product does it the best and the fastest. Since it converts it to a DivX or Xvid (I forget which) AVI file, you can use the video on any portable device that can play AVI's. I use it to convert stuff for my kids' video iPods as well as my Palm device and my Creative Zen (portable Media Center).
So, in summary, I cannot recommend this product for TomTom use (way too many compromises), but if you have the need for it for another portable device that you may own, I can recommend it highly. FYI, they do have dedicated apps for iPod conversion, phones, etc., on their site, so rather than getting the TomTom app to use on other devices, you may just want to pick up the device specific app.
Anyone know why this original thread was locked? I figured it must be by accident since there's nothing really controversial in the thread that would've resulted in it being locked. If there is a reason, feel free to delete this post!
Anyway, I wanted to give you some feedback on the Makayama product. I think I was one of the first people to buy it (seriously), and originally I liked it. However, they have since completely stopped supporting the older Go models (as in anything not X10), even ones running v6 of the TomTom software like mine is. The Makayama installer insists on downgrading your device to the original firmware version that it came with out of the box. That's significant for older Go users, since that would put us back at v5 of the TomTom software. I emailed them, asking why they don't support the older GO devices running v6 of the TomTom software since they support the X10 running the same software version, and they responded with something rather curt and vague (slightly paraphrasing): We have decided not to support the older Go models running any other TomTom software other than the original. This is a company stategy based decision that we are not at liberty to discuss futher." They also told me that if I wanted to run their product that I couldn't run a hacked version of the TomTom software, which is ridiculous since I specifically told them it was an official software upgrade from TomTom.
Overally, I'm disappointed in the product since they completely abandoned older TomTom users just months after the original product release date. I also don't understand why their software has such a specific requirement of certain TomTom software versions, and won't work when running the latest official updated from TomTom. That just seems like bad programming to me. It's not like it can't be done when the competitor's app is apparently doing it.
That being said, the video conversion (DVD to TomTom) works great. I own several apps that convert DVDs or video files to iPod, Palm, PocketPC, or portable Windows Media Player formats, and this Makayama product does it the best and the fastest. Since it converts it to a DivX or Xvid (I forget which) AVI file, you can use the video on any portable device that can play AVI's. I use it to convert stuff for my kids' video iPods as well as my Palm device and my Creative Zen (portable Media Center).
So, in summary, I cannot recommend this product for TomTom use (way too many compromises), but if you have the need for it for another portable device that you may own, I can recommend it highly. FYI, they do have dedicated apps for iPod conversion, phones, etc., on their site, so rather than getting the TomTom app to use on other devices, you may just want to pick up the device specific app.
