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Originally Posted by Diseasel
What a load of shit.
TomTom has had this tech for 2-3 years. Not only that its actually provided by TomTom subsidiary.
I would not say BMW SatNav is industry leading. In fact id go as far to say its a pile of shit.
Just last week i sent a google address to my car which the satnav took me a stupid route to and then dropped me 3 miles away at the wrong end of the road.
I had to get my iPhone out and find our where it was. Ironically the iphone knew i was 3 miles away but the car didnt.
Also this isnt a downloadable update and they arent even sure it can be retrofitted. Even if it can you can bet your ass that its going to cost the price of 3 new range topping GPS units you can buy off shelf.
And it still wont have speed cameras either.
Well done BMW Epic Fail.
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Don't Tom Tom's and other portable GPS units for that matter still use the radio-based Traffic Message Channel (TMC) or do they have a SIM card installed to update over the GSM network? I know my old Garmin uses the TMC method. Also, how is it a fail that BMW or any manufacturer is adding features to their built in nav systems? Portable nav units have always been ahead of built in nav systems.