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Has anyone got Tomtom Go ported or working on the N800? Any valuable information would help to get this to work. I have maps from my old ppc device.

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Originally Posted by torx (Post 53977)

Highly impossible.

Well not so much if it has been ported to run on Zaurus :D

http://www.zaurus.org.uk/opentom/index.html

I hadn't realised those things run Linux. This got me thinking,about my newish TomTom GO 710. Following instructions (http://opentom.org/Btconsole) I've been able to get root on the TomTom with a view to possibly streaming NMEA data out over a PPP connection into some device, possibly an n800. I've stuffed a 2GB SD card in it for good measure (the 1GB card was nearly full).

For now, I'm using my NSLU2 running Debian with an advent bluetooth adapter to get into the TomTom, as its well positioned for bluetooth coverage, and I haven't got minicom running on the n800 yet, although it's compiled in scratchbox. Any tips on packaging?

Works because the Zaurus and the GO are also ARM-arch and not ARMEL-arch. I imagine there's a way to convert between the two, but it won't be as easy.

As far as packaging, the simplest way to get a single-binary app like minicom over is to configure with '--prefix=~/minicom' (and make a ~/minicom directory): you'll find the binaries in that directory under ~/minicom/bin/ --- actual Debian packaging isn't hard, but it's certainly more fiddly than this method.

Hmm. Unless I'm misreading or misunderstanding things, I think both the TomTom and the n800 are little-endian.

Linux TomTom 2.6.13-tt1619 #1 Tue Apr 17 08:21:15 CEST 2007 armv4tl unknown

Linux Nokia-N800-10 2.6.18-omap1 #2 Wed Mar 7 15:36:09 EET 2007 armv6l unknown

A quick google found someone else's Zaurus reporting:

Linux zaurus 2.4.6-rmk1-np2-embedix #1 Tue Jul 30 08:38:25 PDT 2002 armv4l unknown

Am I wrong?

Any news on homebrew ports? I contacted Tomtom to see if they'd develop their software to be used on the n800 since I currently have maps from my Axim device that I've sold. This is what they wrote:

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Tomtom does not publish information about software that is going to be available. Once the software is available it will be published, also once your device is compatible with our software it will appear on our compatibility list.

The list of compatible PDA's for Navigator 5 can be found at: http://www.tomtom.com/products/featu...109&Language=1

The list of compatible mobile phones for Mobile 5 can be found at: http://www.tomtom.com/products/featu...208&Language=1

The list of compatible devices for Navigator 6 can be found at: http://www.tomtom.com/products/featu...tegory=2&Lid=1

Due to hardware and/or software issues we cannot guarantee that our navigation software properly runs on your device. We therefore regret to inform you that your device is not compatible with our navigation software.

Please be aware that TomTom is committed to making our navigation software compatible with as many devices as possible. It is therefore possible that future versions/updates of our software could include your device on our compatibility list.

Please visit our website and/or subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news regarding updates and new versions as soon as they become available.

With Best Regards

Blah, blah, blah. Looks like were on our own.

Someone at this forum ,explains hot to peek into an update image from a standalone device:
http://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=16826

so... if the base system is the same... it should be possible to "mount" this image and chroot into it...

update:
at a latter post on that forum, they mention:
"...Angstrom *will* run zomtom without any patching..."

and I believe that Angstrom is beying ported to the 770/800, right?

does anyone have the tomtom go 300 device? Maybe you can pull the software off and try and port it from there.

Why would anyone want to do that? Tom Tom's are so cheap, you almost get 'em for free... :) And even if you'd get it to run, it would be so slow, you would miss every single direction it gives you...