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More Details on 'TomTom for iPhone' Emerge

Londonluke said:
Just wonder how many people will be selling these maps cheaper...? Ie hacked. My local computer fair has guys selling all uk, europe and full usa on a card for £30.00 (fully working and latest maps.. Its a human thing, people get sick to death of having to keep paying. Hard luck for Tomtom i know , but then again they do not seem to worry about their customers. This would then mean buying the cradle.
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You mean selling copyrighted data they don't have a license to resell? None. At least, none through the App Store. I'm sure there will be stuff like that available for jailbroken iPhones, but I'm equally sure that Apple won't allow sale of such apps through the App Store.

"Its a human thing..." -- yes, because greed is a human failing.
 
I am starting to think maybe 3.0 issues are holding it up. Maybe we will see tomtom after 3.1 is released.
 
ct2k7 said:
What in 3.0 could prevent the release, and 3.1 to allow the release?
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Just speculating, maybe the bluetooth cradle won't work like they want it to. Apple already said 3.1 will allow bluetooth voice command, etc. That just made me think they are having bt issues, and the tomtom mount uses bt for handsfree phonecalls, and, I would imagine, input commands.
 
Tiffy said:
Maybe a bug in the management of external hardware. You remember that the demo failed during the last WWDC ?
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No :eek:

Hmm, I suppose this could be a reason, but either way, it's making us wait, and that isn't always good.
 
applehappy said:
Just speculating, maybe the bluetooth cradle won't work like they want it to. Apple already said 3.1 will allow bluetooth voice command, etc. That just made me think they are having bt issues, and the tomtom mount uses bt for handsfree phonecalls, and, I would imagine, input commands.
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I was thinking of such last night :)
 
Seriously, wth is taking so long? Couldnt they at least announce a date when it will be available?:mad:
 
kamleshbiswas said:
I suggest you save your money, The ATand T version of GPS (Turn by Turn) is a complete waste of $120 per year. you are better using the MAPS that came with the Iphone, Works Great. For the Extra Money Tom Tom is going to charge you. you might consider buying a dedicated GPS if that is the full feature you want. Why spend all the extra money with not a whole lot of results, This to me seems yet another way for a 3rd party to profit from Iphone owners and ATT is Horrible and I hope, the US Dept Of Justice who opened a case yesterday against Providers and Cell Manufatures becomes a full out law suit, Apple,ATT and Other you have taken your last $1 from me.........ohhhhhh wait did i just get a notice that MMS is now available? Nope still waiting, maybe i'll tell ATT my bill will be paid some time this summer
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Wow, I loved using the AT&T Navigator on my recent vacation trip to North Carolina... never had a problem with it and it alerted me to a couple traffic delays that would have prevented me from getting to the beach early. That said, I'm looking to buy either the Navigon or TomTom solutions once they are released... one less device to maintain/carry/protect (versus a standalone product).

The rest of your post read like an incoherent drunken rambling.
 
NightStorm said:
Wow, I loved using the AT&T Navigator on my recent vacation trip to North Carolina... never had a problem with it and it alerted me to a couple traffic delays that would have prevented me from getting to the beach early. That said, I'm looking to buy either the Navigon or TomTom solutions once they are released... one less device to maintain/carry/protect (versus a standalone product).

The rest of your post read like an incoherent drunken rambling.
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I'm not impressed with the Navigon software, then again, I tried it on a 2G iPhone, which doesn't have a GPS.
 
Now that Navigon's announced, how long will TomTom wait. The "killer" part of their solution would be the ability to use an iPod touch with their cradle.

At least that's what I'm hoping for anyway! :D
 
Called TomTom

I called tomtom again last night and the lady said it is still another month or two away. Then if it takes apple another month before they release it like they did with Navigon North America it will be Sept or Oct....:mad:

I went ahead and purchased Navigon. Still downloading at work another 3 hours to go. LOL
 
Second Day Testing

Drive into work, from North Arlingtion to Capitol Hill, I had no issues. I set the route and made a few pit stops and it worked without issues. The route change as responsive and go me back on the right path. The POI's are way better the G-Map and are accurate. I lvoe the fact that the directions and the warnings about the spped are routed throuhgh my headset.

As of today I would consider this as a replacement unit.

I am on a 3gs running 3.1.2
 
When I look at the car kit... it shows in their picture... you have to have the iPhone naked to be able to hook it into the thing... that really sucks because I have a case and I don't want to keep taking it out everytime I want to use my navigation in my car with that sound thing.
 
A lot of people (or some) are waiting till Aug 14 before they bite the bullet on Navigon, that includes me. If TomTom won't get their act pulled together before that, they'd be losing a lot of potential customers. I called them too, the representative told me to "wait" :rolleyes:

Car kit so far is a big minus for all iPhones with a case out there.
 
I'm starting to suspect that TomTom was shown at WWDC in order to put people off buying the initial turn-by-turn options like Navigon and wait for it. It may have not been even close to being complete, but by saying "the summer" it makes one think it could be out any time.
 
Manic Mouse said:
I'm starting to suspect that TomTom was shown at WWDC in order to put people off buying the initial turn-by-turn options like Navigon and wait for it. It may have not been even close to being complete, but by saying "the summer" it makes one think it could be out any time.
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could be right....

what really surprises me the most is how little info we have been given, and how poorly TomTom communicates. Like a lot of others, i signed up to receive info from their website, but haven't heard a peep. Not even a confirmation email...

lousy PR.
 
The big drawback to Navigon is that it doesn't announce street names. No mention of this either in update at app store. I emailed them about this feature but got no reply. I tried the lite version but it took me in a round-about way to my location. All I got was 'turn right-turn left'. Don't know how much text-to-voice it has. Read several complaints about this on HF.
 
applehappy said:
Just speculating, maybe the bluetooth cradle won't work like they want it to. Apple already said 3.1 will allow bluetooth voice command, etc. That just made me think they are having bt issues, and the tomtom mount uses bt for handsfree phonecalls, and, I would imagine, input commands.
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Might be right - we know that the bluetooth will not work over a headset unless you start it from the phone. I had called apple support about 3 weeks ago & mentioned this & he said they had gotten a lot of complaints but hinted it would be corrected in 3.1.
 
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