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  1. Joe 17
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    TomTom Leap Year Bug!!

    anyone else got a TomTom sat nav that stopped working on March 31?

    TomTom updated their site to say its a "leap year bug!"

    So how many GPS users are stuck with no sat nav i wonder????

    " .... Update 2nd April 23:39 CET: We have identified the root cause of the issue which has caused some of our models to not get a GPS position. The issue is caused by a ‘leap year’ bug in our GPS firmware. We’re working on a fix and will provide a further update as soon as we know more......"

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    1. jake Silver badge
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      Re: TomTom Leap Year Bug!!

      I use dead-tree maps to get around. Partially for this very reason.

      After forty five years of navigation on this muddy rock, on 6 continents, I have never had a paper map fail me. Not once.

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      Re: TomTom Leap Year Bug!!

      Thanks for the scoop! Our story here.

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  2. Joeman

    no worries, im actually astonished that given the number of people who use SatNav, that this story hasnt made the mainstream media!

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    finally made mainstream this afternoon http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17599701

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  4. Joeman

    made it into the Metro this morning... on the same day they released the patch.

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