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TomTom iOS App Update Allows You To Share Your Location On Facebook
TomTom has recently updated their iOS application [iTunes link] to support social networking. The TomTom version 1.10 app lets you share your location on Facebook. You can also tweet, text, and e-mail times and destinations. Last of all, there are new maps in this version that show pre-installed speed camera data.
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Bert and Ernie Record Their Voices For GPS [VIDEO]
TomTom has released a viral video featuring Sesame Street pals Bert and Ernie. The two are in a sound studio recording their GPS voice-overs. This is definitely one of the better TomTom commercials I have ever seen.
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TomTom Announces Go Live 1535M Packed With Apps
TomTom has announced a new GPS device called the Go Live 1535M. The 1535M is arriving in October, which is considered “the world’s first portable navigation device with a suite of popular travel apps.” Apps built in to the GPS includes Yelp, Expedia, Twitter, and TripAdvisor. The GPS also has hands-free calling, real-time traffic information, fuel prices, weather forecasts, and local search. If you have the 2535M model, then you can download the new features this fall through an update. The price of the device will start at $250. Press release is below:
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TomTom Announces GO 2505 M LIVE and Via 1405, 1435, 1505, 1535
TomTom has announced that they have launched several new products under their Via line of GPS devices. The new line of Via’s have voice recognition and Bluetooth hands-free calling. The 1400 series has a 4.3-inch screen and the 1500 series have a 5-inch screen. The new Via line of GPS devices will be available in mid-2011 with prices starting at $169.
The GO 2505 M LIVE has a 5-inch glass touch panel, Bluetooth handsfree calling support, pinch-to-zoom map, and a voice recognition system. You will also get LIVE services from TomTom including HD traffic, local search, weather updates, and fuel prices. The Go 2505 M LIVE will be available in mid-2011 for $349.
Below is the full Via press release:
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TomTom To Start Offering Devices With Lifetime Maps and Traffic Updates
TomTom will soon start selling devices that have a lifetime map and traffic updates subscription. In the XL and the XXL series, they will come bundled with Lifetime Traffic service and Lifetime Map Update services, or both of them.
This means that the units will be eligible to download quarterly updates using the TeleAtlas map data and POI databases with no additional charge. Devices with TomTom’s Lifetime Traffic devices will receive traffic information every three minutes. [CNET]
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TomTom iPhone App Price Reduced To $49.99
TomTom has reduced the price of their iPhone application from $100 to $49.99. TomTom sold the windshield mount separately for $119. The price has been reduced to $49.99 until December 28th [App Store].
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TomTom iPhone App Now Available in New Zealand App Store
TomTom has finally made its way to the App store. The app is now available in Australia and New Zealand.
According to MacRumors, the application has four maps available for purchase. The US and Canada map is priced at $124.99, Western Europe is priced at $121.55 USD, Australia is priced at $70.90 USD, and NZ is priced at $81.03 USD.
The app is currently not visible in the US App store.
Unlike AT&T’s navigation app, TomTom will not charge you a monthly fee to use the application. The app’s maps are downloaded on the iPhone and stored locally.
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Where The Heck Is TomTom For The iPhone?
ALL of the iPhone’s current GPS offerings suck. AT&T Navigator is absolutely not worth $10 a month. Gokivo’s real time navigation app suffers from the same issues as AT&T Navigator. It also costs $10 a month and does not come close to competing with a dedicated GPS unit. Both of them do not store maps locally. They download maps as you drive.
Navigon has released a pretty nice GPS app for the European market. Its maps are downloaded to your phone and no monthly plan or data network connection is required. The company says that a US version will come out soon but don’t hold your breath. There is also G-Map by XRoad. G-Map is currently under $40.00 and does not require a monthly plan. It also downloads all maps to your phone when installed. The G-Map app suffers from incomplete map data and bad routing directions.
TomTom on the other hand has not said anything about the release of their GPS iPhone application. They made a lot of noise about the product at WWDC last June. They generated high anticipation. But left everyone hanging. From time to time, a news report or blog post comes out saying the app is on the way. But we hear nothing official from TomTom.
All of the current GPS solutions on the iPhone suck. So TomTom still has a chance to win the category over. That is if they ever release their application.
Homer Simpson Now Giving Directions On A TomTom GPS
For those of you The Simpsons fans out there, a Homer Simpson voice skin is now available to be built in to the TomTom Knight Rider GPS. Homer Simpson isn’t best known for his intellect, but at least we know now that he can give good directions. Some of his expressions on the GPS include “Take the third right. We might find an ice cream truck! Mmm… ice cream” and “Woo hoo, you have reached your destination. And you can hold your head up high because you are a genius. At the end of the road turn left, then taking the motorway. Hahaha WooHoo!” The voice skin runs for $12.95.
[via Engadget/Pocketlink]
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TomTom “White Pearl” Edition Comes With A Fancy Bag
What is better than having a TomTom GPS device? Answer: Having a TomTom “White Pearl” edition device that comes with a fancy bag. The “White Pearl” is basically a TomTom ONE IQ Routes device with a solid paint job. The specs are the same.
Availability time in the U.S. is undetermined, but United Kingdom consumers can get their hands on it next month for £179.99 ($300).
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