TomToms have been getting pretty cheap. We like ‘em because they’re nice and hackable. This diy docking station was made from some etched PCBs, a bunch of male pin headers and a bit of hot glue.
forgot the link to hacks
http://www.my-navia.pl/index.php?c=31
sadly its in polish only :(
Posted at 10:18 am on Jun 8th, 2008 by rasz
I’ve always wanted to use the tomtop map data on SD for my own nefarious uses.. does anyone have specs or hacking info on the map data?
Posted at 10:00 am on Jun 9th, 2008 by andrew
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oh mah god that is so ghetto, i love it
but Tomtoms are still WAY overpriced
in Poland you can get Chinese knockoffs running Windows CE like Akira 3512 or Manta 020 for $90
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgC-avBDue0
you can unlock them to a full windows mobile mode and install TomTom on them :)
this it
3.5′ touch screen
USB/SD/MMC/MP3/MP4/AVI
Windows CE 5.0; Procesor Centralityâs Atlas II 400MHz; SDRAM 64 MB; 128MB Flash
all for $90 and you can unlosk it to full windows CE access
Posted at 10:15 am on Jun 8th, 2008 by rasz