TomTom How To (PocketPC Emulator)

**sama** · 08-03-2006, 12:26 PM

cool. it would be cool to write a simulator, rather then emulator, like palm have done, so that the code is actualyl executed on the x86 instruction set, rather than emulating a RISC processor.

it's nice to day dream!

**HoSS** · 11-27-2006, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by sama

yes, as it does on the pocketpc. the ppc version has never been as smooth as the tt go/palm version. this is due to tomtom not coding it correctly for the ppc!

Not true at all.
TomTom runs very smoothly on my WM5 PDA - smooth pan & zooming and updates certainly better than 1 sec from my bluetooth GPS.

anyway thx for the write-up, i'm going to try it.

**sama** · 11-27-2006, 04:17 PM

hey HoSS

Bear in mind this is back in March. I know that TomTom6 is out now and it much smoother. is that what you're using?

**Flair** · 12-06-2006, 06:16 AM

I finally got tomtom working with my emulator! yay =D

1 problem now tho, I can't seem to get the voice working for directions? I'll hate to look at the screen while im driving! :S
It'll work sometimes.. rarely.. when i select a new location to go to..

The sound option is turned on btw!

Can someone shed some light please?

**sama** · 12-06-2006, 07:17 AM

did you configure the voice in tomtom? can tomtom see any voices? it may be that you just need to stick the voices in the right directory

**wook** · 12-17-2006, 11:15 AM

I tried to run TomTom on Pocket PC emulator it runs!

But anyone trying to run it on Palm Simulator?
I have tried Palm T5 Simulator from http://pluggedin.palm.com/, because from www.palmos.com simulator have unsufficient Dynamic Heap Size.
But problem is that, when I mount card, starting process, TomTom was installing. But when I run it =, it said that NO TOMTOM SD CARD INSERTED error#0.
Maybe someone know How to solve that?

**wook** · 12-17-2006, 11:18 AM

Error looks like:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/atta...1&d=1164651964

By the way, on site mantioned in previos post, there is some emulators too (approx. 26 Mb). But I cant install them becouse, installator required some additional tool - PocketPC 5.0 SDk, and it reqiured some additional tools too.

**rudeboymcc** · 01-22-2007, 08:47 AM

One thing I want to see from this which will make me buy a carpc is for it to be able to use the internet from the mobile phone.

I don't want traffic updates only when i'm near a wireless spot becuase there are n't any on the motorway and that's when traffic updates are needed most. so if anyone knows of a way to use the mobile;'s GPRS for this that would be great

EDIT: forget it I'm being dumb i can just connect it via bluetooth and use it as a modem.

One thing that I can't do though is get the shortcut working. There's a limit to the number of characters so it's cut off at /memsize 25. Do they haev to be installed in their default directories?

**sama** · 01-22-2007, 09:10 AM

use a batchfile isntead of a shortcut, or better yet, use an autohotkey script. check the link in my sig for a tomtom howto that contains autohotkey scripts.

also, if you use DMA and connect the ppc emulator to activesync, then you connect the carpc to the internet, then the pocketpc emulator connects to the net.

to get dma enabled, see the deice manager after you install the emulator.

**jonessc** · 02-20-2007, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by bLindmOnkey

smooth as **** from a ducks *** huh..i'll have to see how smooth it runs on my lifebook with a 800mhz transmeta crusoe heh. that's quite a step down from 2.8ghz but if it works oh man this would make my day.

How did it run after? i have similar spec pc (checkmy carpcspecs), ive been using a tom tom go since they cameout they only pack a 400mhz processor, so be interesting to see how smooth it runs!