DMD is now de-installed. The last time I tried to use it, I decided that it had to go. The signal via the iPhone kept dropping, and once it has you need to restart tethering and then connect the phone again. So basically you have to wait till you stop to go through all that. Other bluetooth connections would also keep dropping. Occasionally the device would just shut down, and whenever I was riding with the sun behind me, shining on the screen, it was totally invisible. And voice instructions were almost inaudible at high speed or with wind noise. So everything is now disconnected, de-installed, back in its boxes and ready to be put onto eBay – once I delete my data from the tablet. My old Garmin mount is back on the bike and I am uploading the routes and POIs for my upcoming trip to north Wales. Garmin have released an XT2 and hopefully my sale of the DMD might fund that update.

The DMD seemed such a promising bit of kit. The DMD control centre – the launcher – seemed so clever, with ability to start other apps, receive alerts, monitor engine stats via OBD2 and then function as an internet device in the evening and even use the Kindle app. The screenshots look so well thought out. But for me it just didn’t deliver. Perhaps as a mainly road rider there just isn’t enough going for this device which seems mainly attractive to off-roaders. Enough said.