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TomTom Car Kit Details Revealed by FCC

BriGuy20 said:
It's a battery hog, but your car probably has a cigarette lighter, and the TomTom kit has a power adapter to plug into it.

GPS is a memory hog too, but plugging into the car charger might actually negate the draining of both the GPS and the Bluetooth. Also, many states are banning the use of cellphones without hands-free devices.

Something to think about before you poo-poo the idea.
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the point is, I would have to go into settings and turn on bluetooth every time I got in my car, then go back into settings and turn it off every time I get out.

I sure as hell am not one of those Jackasses with a bluetooth ear pieces.
When will those irritating people realize that nobody is impressed.:rolleyes:
 
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Edunwody said:
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If the car kit is over $25 without the app then I will pass on it
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But I am very pleased with the app
 
Mr. Gates said:
the point is, I would have to go into settings and turn on bluetooth every time I got in my car, then go back into settings and turn it off every time I get out.

I sure as hell am not one of those Jackasses with a bluetooth ear pieces.
When will those irritating people realize that nobody is impressed.:rolleyes:
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I have a bluetooth headset, use it while driving. Otherwise the headset stays in my pocket next to the phone with the connection on and maintained all day. Battery life decrease? Negligible. It's a non-issue for me. My battery life issues have been the same before and after I started using the headset.
 
rockosmodurnlif said:
I have a bluetooth headset, use it while driving. Otherwise the headset stays in my pocket next to the phone with the connection on and maintained all day. Battery life decrease? Negligible. It's a non-issue for me. My battery life issues have been the same before and after I started using the headset.
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hey , if your standards are just low, then they are low. There is nothing I can do about another persons low expectations.

What I CAN say is that this is . Bluetooth is $#!t on the iPhone . It does nothing to enhance the experience.

More tech is not better tech, otherwise I would stay with windows.

;)
 
Mr. Gates said:
hey , if your standards are just low, then they are low. There is nothing I can do about another persons low expectations...
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I'm not sure if that's necessarily true (or fair). I don't have low expectations and when I've had to use bluetooth with the headphones I just bought I haven't really noticed a big difference in battery life.
 
Mr. Gates said:
the point is, I would have to go into settings and turn on bluetooth every time I got in my car, then go back into settings and turn it off every time I get out.

I sure as hell am not one of those Jackasses with a bluetooth ear pieces.
When will those irritating people realize that nobody is impressed.:rolleyes:
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Speaking of jackasses, I don't think you comprehend the purpose of a hands free device, so I will do my best to simply educate you as one would do with any laymen. You see, many jurisdictions have laws against using cell phones (a device used to wirelessly communicate with one another) in one's personal vehicle (a transportation device used by your elders who have driver's licenses). The accepted method of communication in this case is a cell phone with a hands free device, such as the bluetooth unit in ones car which connects via, well...bluetooth, or perhaps a headset which again, connects via bluetooth. My car has a bluetooth unit, but I often prefer to use a headset if I have passengers. BTW, I still only take the most urgent calls while driving, even with handsfree devices.

So in conclusion, your comments are unappreciated AND uninformed. And I certainly don't see the humor in your fallacious Macrumors user id & profile. It is nothing more than an inept attempt at asinine jocularity. Oh and please feel free and post away, as I have now left the thread, and therefore won't be reading any of it.
 
The TomTom app will probably use bluetooth for the GPS connection. This app looks like a port from their previous stuff on PDAs and other smartphones and it has always been customary to use a BT connection to an external GPS module.

That said, I wonder whether any other BT GPS antennas will just work with the app straight away. Anyone have the TomTom app and some other Bluetooth GPS antenna lying around to test that?
 
I would be surprised if the GPS chip in TT car kit would work with Navigon app, but if it did, I'd buy that TT kit without further thinking...
 
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If the car kit is over $25 without the app then I will pass on it
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You'll be passing then, as I bet it will be at least double that.
 
Frazzle said:
The TomTom app will probably use bluetooth for the GPS connection. This app looks like a port from their previous stuff on PDAs and other smartphones and it has always been customary to use a BT connection to an external GPS module.

That said, I wonder whether any other BT GPS antennas will just work with the app straight away. Anyone have the TomTom app and some other Bluetooth GPS antenna lying around to test that?
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It might use bt for GPS, but it does for hands free phone also. You cannot route phone audio to external speakers otherwise and they brag about that capability.

Side note: lots of serious whiners in here. My fav is the one suggesting the cradle will be free with the app. Oh sure, bt hands free, gps amp, aux out, car charger, car mount.... Not worth much... Right.
 
Is this thing ever going to come out?

1st September today....

To me that means that its Fall and its the end of the Summer. Come on TomTom deliver the goods...

So where is the craddle?

Anyone?
 
But the app is already out, and just because you think it's Autumn already doesn't mean it is :)
 
After Googling, some articles are out saying that the FCC has approved the Car Kit. Wonder how much more longer it'll be?
 
Mr. Gates said:
the point is, I would have to go into settings and turn on bluetooth every time I got in my car, then go back into settings and turn it off every time I get out.

I sure as hell am not one of those Jackasses with a bluetooth ear pieces.
When will those irritating people realize that nobody is impressed.:rolleyes:
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I don't think bluetooth is a significant battery hog unless you actually have it paired with something.

I agree with you on the jackasses with bluetooth earpieces, but I don't really consider people in a car with bluetooth earpiece jackasses, it's more the people just walking around all the time with one on that bother me. People with their phone up to their ears weaving in and out of lanes (and turning without looking, causing me to have to veer into the other lane and almost have an accident) bother me a lot more.

Most states are prohibiting/fining people that use phones without earpieces/handsfree devices anyways, so that seems to be the direction things are going.
 
I thought it was supposed to have RF to play music through car stereo without the need for a lead... I am getting more disappointed, and it's not living up to the hype.

Revival Cr8tive said:
Umm... I just read this on the FCC site, regarding the TomTom Craddle...

'To play music on your iPhone through your car stereo, connect the TomTom
car kit to the car stereo using a 3.5mm mini stereo audio cable (not supplied).

Note: Hands-free calls are not played over the car stereo.'

https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas...lledFromFrame=N&application_id=480104&fcc_id=

Download the spec's to check it out...

Seems a bit basic to not have this functionality included though....

What do you think?
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Anyone know if it's possible to use TomTom car kit with Navigons app?
I mean with the GPS enhancements features and, calls over and stuff like that?
 
I just drove from London to Rome via Paris using the Tom Tom programme. I found it to be completely reliable.

The only problems were those common to all GPS systems. Tunnells are a major headache, especially if you have to make a turn while you are still in one. Paris is full of tunnells and so too when you cross he border into Italy.

One annoyance is that everytime you get a call you loose the GPS instructions. That is quite a pain in the rear. But I am not sure what can be done.

I can thoroughly recommned it however. I don't have the car kit quite obviously but I had the phone mounted on the dashboard and into the ciagarette lighter. Could not wish for more.
 
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