Thread: GPS PDA Smartphone

Well after a few days, things are still great with the new device. I am using Tomtom Navigator 6 and so far it has been way impressive. Voice commands are clear and simple and it occasionally seems to know the road layout better than I do.

Tried to trick it yesterday by picking a destination on a service road beside the motorway. I was fully expecting to fly-by the place and have to exit and double back - but the navigator picked it and exited beforehand.

I don't think I will actually need a dash-mount after all. Just lying the device in the cubby-tray is good enough. I can hear the commands and if I need to check the map I just glance down (still easier than a street directory). The tray is nicely padded too so it doesn't damage the oh-so-sexy black finish in the phone.

One thing that surprised me was the voice control feature of the phone. There is a built-in application called "Voice Commander" which has full speech recognition and text-to-speech functionality. No need to pre-record commands - it has a full vocabulary built-in. I have noticed that it helps to use an American accent when speaking as Strine sometimes gives odd results.

The ROM upgrade was a complete upgrade - all installed data wiped (so I did this first before getting too settled in).

I don't think the JasJam is the same - the code name for the Dopod D810 is Trinity. Jasjam is known by the code name Hermes.

In case you're still interested, here is the link to the Trinity ROM upgrade thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php't=293809

This forum also has a Hermes area so you might find cooked ROM updates there.