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.
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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
forgot the link to hacks
http://www.my-navia.pl/index.php?c=31
sadly its in polish only :(
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?