TomTom GO 700 Linux powered GPS

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Written by Ben Wilson   
Monday, 25 August 2008
I recently picked up a TomTom GO 700 from a coworker, and was pleasantly surprised to find that this little guy runs on Linux.  After a quick look around the web, I found a couple hacking projects that looked interesting.
  • TomTom GPL Page: all the official GPL'd sources used by the TomTom.
  • OpenTom: a custom kernel, a wiki full of detailed information, and other projects for the TomTom GO.
  • TomPlayer: a multimedia player for TomTom based on gmplayer.
TomTom GO 700
TomTom GO 700
The GO 700 can use a cell phone, connected through bluetooth, to access the internet.  My phone wasn't in the list of supported phones, but with a little tweaking it connected and works fine.  Hopefully I can turn this brilliant device into a sort of "car-top"computer, complete with internet access, audio/video multimedia, and sync-able digital assistant applications that you find on most PDA's, with access to scheduling, email, etc, while on the road.