TeleType GPS 062005 (Retail)
This program uses your Pocket PC (or PC) and GPS to provide a moving map, planning and more.
Features Include: This feature-packed application provides flight planning, (basic) E6-B and Weight and Balance (W&B) functions. The software also comes with a database of (worldwide) airports, NAVAIDS and cities. The TeleType GPS software plots your position in real time showing airports, cities, yellow page information, and terrain (relief) with the ability to load data showing several hundred miles around you. The program also has the option to view Taxiway Maps (at select airports) and show sunrise/sunset times. The aviation package includes an E6-B calculator, city (road) mapping, and a powerful W&B calculator (4 included aircraft). When you purchase the software you get both the Pocket PC and Windows PC version of the software. This program is unique in the fact that it can be used it for aircraft, marine and/or in-car (road) navigation.
Reviewed by Matthew Justice on 10-29-2005
Review
Pros: Memory card support, multi-language, night mode, simulation mode, HSI and EFIS, map panning, overlaid weather. Works for boating, driving and/or flying.
Cons: The maps transfer to PDA process is slightly slow, no demo (trial) version, PDA program can be slightly sluggish. Does not have a terrain or weather color legend.
Platform: None - Pocket PC and Windows PC versions have same features.
Notes: ** Reviewed on a Toshiba e335 **, re-reviewed 15 Jan 2005 (version 092004), see how the Coast Guard is using this application.
Company & Download Information
- Company (Developer): TeleType Inc. Send eMail Developers Products
- Web Page: http://www.teletype.com/pages/gps/aviation.html
- Language: English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, and Danish
- Requirements: PocketPC or PC, GPS and 4,297K (plus DB's) free memory (RAM)
- Price: $195.00 USD = €144.36 Euro
- Documentation: HTML user documentation
- Download (44 times): No Demo -- Purchase Page (Size 76,000K)
Customer & External Reviews
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Jul 15, 2007 (Sun) - Richard Sanford using Pocket PC - ipaq 6925 |
| "No review given by user {version 6925}" | |
| Source: Plane & Pilot Magazine |
| External Reference: "The Latest For Your PDA" by Wayne Rash published on February 2006. |
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Dec 27, 2005 (Tue) - Rafael D. Medina using Pocket PC |
| "I have been using this product for more than 2 years and it have been working flawless. I have experienced good customer support and the software works really nice. I like the feature that switche between air and land navegation. Once I land I load the road maps and get to my destination easily. {version 022005}" | |
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Aug 18, 2005 (Thu) - Anonymous using Pocket PC |
| "My experience with TeleType company and Teletype GPS product is very good. I been using their product for over 3 years. Latest version 062005 is substantial step up. Avaition portion is excellent. I like the way TeleType handles flight plannings and approaches. I use PocketPC phone Samsung i730. I have ability to download weather and on the ground get my accidents report for the traffic on the road. Althougth the routing is not always perfect it sure saved me many times while I had a rented car. Before I purchased the software I compared to pricings of other packages. My feel that the product worth it. In the past if I had questions I would just go the Teletype site and ask them question via live chat. That is free and I do not know now of any computer company that does this type of nice support. Good going TeleType! {version 062005}" | |
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May 16, 2005 (Mon) - David using Pocket PC |
| "After reading about this program and purchasing it, I was at first impressed by it, however after several weeks of using it and also talking with tech support on issues I had and answers they gave that they could not back up, I have decided for the price of the software, they could do better on understanding issues when they are found. They have taken on the issue of fixing some airspace problems were you could get confused by the floor/ceiling readouts in class B, however on the street side especially in the button map issue, after finding an issue of the button mapping not working and getting corrupted, they tried to pawn this off as a microsoft issue. After several discussions, and the fact that the default keys work every time, they refused to budge, the standard response, it works fine here or send us your unit did not fly. While the software is good, its got some issues, the street portion got me lost and tried to route me in circles on the freeway in california, even though there was only 1 correct way to go home! I do like the software, but for the price, there is some better software that has a more professional feel and look, and better options. {version 022005}" | |
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Feb 7, 2005 (Mon) - Anonymous using Pocket PC |
| "I bought a Teletype low power CF GPS + Aviation software in 2003 . The system worked well with my Dell Axim for a month. Then I stopped flying for a year. I started to fly again and tried to use the GPS but I could not see any satellites in the GPS Status section. I called Tech support and they advised me that my card's RF section was probably faulty and they wanted me to send it to them. As a aeronautical Engineer I felt I knew what the outcome would be . I thought what if it fails again and I was also outside warranty. I stripped open the unit to see the insides and found masking tape with some number written on it pasted over the PDA side interface. It appeared to me like a refurbished unit. So I decided to order their much touted bluetooth model 1951since it was well reviewed. Little did I know that I would burn my hands further. When I received the unit it worked for an hour and then went dead. I was flying in Florida at this time and really wanted to have some situational awareness so I sent it by express courier the company. Guess what!! They sent me a new unit by 3-5 day UPS shipping which I received after my flying was over. I use the bluetooth now with a Ambicom blue tooth card installed in my Dell Axim. The Ambicom card does not drop the device at times when I shut down the PDA. It also does not interface well with Teletype software. The teletype software tries to change the GPS port from com 8 to com 1 and does weird actions. It never seems to start in the same way everytime. The other problem is the switch on the GPS unit. It has to be cycled twice for the unit to work properly and seems to have a loose contact. I have no idea how CNET could give the fantastic review. The world map database does not contain United Arab Emirates airports especially Dubai which is a famous POI. I have now convinced myself that my next buy will be not a teletype because 1) I cannot use the software with other receivers which are much cheaper. 2) The upgrades required are too expensive 3) Their products seem to have an uncanny knack of failing just after warranty. Please future GPS owners do not go for this product. {092004}" | |
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Jan 15, 2005 (Sat) - Anonymous using Windows |
| "I like the taxiway diagrams and the Windows interface it works great on my PC all I need now is a Tablet PC {version 092004}" | |
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Nov 3, 2004 (Wed) - Jim Torre using Pocket PC |
| "After messing with this software with it's slowness and crashing, I bought Anywhere Map and threw TeleType in the trash. They have terrible tech support. And believe me you'll need it with this package." | |
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Sep 28, 2004 (Tue) - fbennett using Pocket PC |
| "My poor rating of TeleType is about 30% due to product and 70% due to their attitude. I bought this product in 2003 and later got an upgrade to their 12/04 version. They apparently have another release out now which I have not used. Read on and you'll understand why I refuse to throw any more money at this company. The whole time I've owned this software, I've struggled both to make it work and to get the company to admit there were problems -- so long in fact that my included upgrade eligibility expired before ever being able to make a single flight with it. I have a HP Jornada 568 and Globalsat CF-GPS card and they work quite well with several other products tested (see below). However, my TeleType software constantly locks up, requiring cold restarts, has inaccurate information in the database, and the company initially didn't even understand basic aviation terms (they've fixed some of those errors since I pointed out to them that BRG and HDG are two different things, for example). Their streets database showed a major highway ending abruptly about 5 miles from my home, although I'm sure I kept driving on it all the way home | |
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Mar 21, 2004 (Sun) - Anonymous using Pocket PC |
| "Not bad software, but what a price to pay if all of this functionality is available for free with PocketFMS!" | |
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Aug 11, 2003 (Mon) - Mike using Pocket PC |
| "The "average" rating is actually an amalgam of my impressions of a few different aspects of the product - some above average, some below. First, the good news: the software works as advertised, providing good ground and air navigation information. I'm a low-time VFR pilot, so I used the software almost exclusively in direct-to mode. I always got where I was going, and situational awareness was absolutely improved for having the system up and running. The included W&B checklists are handy, though I'm not sure about the advisability of including a generic "C172" worksheet when specific N-numbers are going to have different parameters. Just be sure to make a new worksheet for each plane you fly. A big plus for TeleType is the inclusion of a full ground navigation system, for less than competing air-only products. Great for flying into unfamiliar towns. Now for the bad news. TeleType's upgrade procedures are, by far, the worst I've ever encountered for any piece of software. I'm a computer programmer myself, and I can't think of why anybody would choose the upgrade methods TeleType uses. Recently, they switched to a web-based sign-in/download process, which is much better than their old system, but even still, it's sub-optimal in my opinion. They switched to the new system within 14 days or so of my subscription expiration, so I was sure to log on and download the update before I was locked out. Well, little did I know (there was no mention of this), the "map download" is actually just a small client program that forces you to log into the server to get the maps you want. Well, I didn't actually install the upgrade until after my subscription expired, only to find out I couldn't download any maps because I was no longer a valid customer. To TeleType's credit, they extened my sub by 4 days so I could go get the maps I wanted. There are various user interface aspects that I wouldn't have chosen had I been designing the software, but nothing that can't be tolerated. Overall, the software doesn't have a clean "professional" look, IMO. They are improving it several times a year, though. Loading maps and exporting them to a PDA can be an exercise in frustration. One annoying behavior - the program seems to export maps to some sort of "default" folder on the PDA, but when you select "Load in view" on the PDA, it doesn't start in that same directory, requiring you to go search for your maps. Strange, and not what you want to be fiddling with at 5,000' AGL. The last annoyance worth mentioning - the program takes over the iPaq's buttons and will not release them unless you choose File->Exit from the menu. Every other PocketPC program (by convention) releases its button mappings when you close the program (closing a program on a PocketPC is similar to minimizing it on a Windows PC - it stays running, but in the background). Not so with TeleType. The handy-dandy iTask button will not bring up iTask while TeleType GPS is running. If you make the mistake of closing TeleType (rather than exiting), the only thing you can do is to run iTask through the Start menu, and shut TeleType down from there. This bug has been in the program for the last several versions. In summary, when the program is running with the proper maps loaded, it works well, earning an Above Average rating. All of the annoyances with downloads, installation, user interface, and PDA resource hijacking cause me to think "Below Average", resulting in an overall Average rating. If you need ground and air nav, this program is probably your best bet. If you're looking for air only, though, I hear great things about Control Vision's Anywhere Map. I may keep TeleType around for ground, and switch to Anywhere for air nav." Developer Response: "The above reviewer appears to be using older version, since he points out errors which are no longer in existence. Reviewer can contact us if he has questions. Current version works very well, problems listed do not exist." | |
| Source: Pocket GPS World |
| Review: TeleType World Navigator Aeronautical Review, by Peter Bailey. |
| Source: AOPA Pilot Magazine |
| Review: TeleType GPS for PDAs, by Julie K. Boatman. |
| Source: Aviation Consumer |
| Review: TeleType GPS, by AviationConsumer.com, requires subscription to read. |
| Total Reviews (10) - Average User Rating (3 stars): | |