TomTom on Openmoko?

Sander van Grieken sander at 3v8.net
Thu Mar 27 14:41:07 CET 2008


> Dnia Thursday 27 of March 2008, joerg napisa³:
>> Am Do  27. März 2008 schrieb Sebastian Hammerl:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > as far as i know on the TomTom go devices is running Linux. So would
>> > it be possible to rip out the TomTom applikation and get it to work
>> > on Openmoko phone? It would be a great GPS application.
>>
>> Suggest this to TomTom, they probably can do it in a few days. Surely
>> it's not feasible for anybody "outside", you have to *compile* the app
>> for NEO!
>
> Compilation is not required probably -- most of TomTom devices use ARM920T
> like Neo do...

Nope, but we need a compat layer to provide ABI compatible symbols for the (older)
libraries and kernel they use.

Also, the tomtom license agreement states you may only use the software on 1 device, so
you'll need to remove it from the original tomtom device..

grtz,
Sander







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