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TomTom for iPhone Appears in New Zealand App Store
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All of the apps are cheaper in NZ, when converted. When the Appstore was opened in NZ, the price was fixed at the current exchange rate, which is basically Apple's policy. This both a boon and a bane, depending on the exchange rate. Everytime a new range of products comes out, even if the prices are still the same in Us, they can go up or down in price.
Not when the iTunes Music store opened, the exchange rate was poor. US99c songs in NZ cost NZ$1.79 (US1.19). So we pay 20% more on music, 20% less on apps.
You know what, I think they made it expensive on purpose.
Why would they want to kill their own business model? If they released a cheap iPhone app then no one would buy a stand alone unit. Remember their primary market is stand-alone PND devices. Why would they want to compromise those sales???
Review of $35 CoPilot app
As a point of comparison, you can reference my review of the $35 (U.S.) CoPilot GPS turn-by-turn application that was released in the U.S. and Europe earlier this month. Short summary, CoPilot works fairly well. Here is the link to my review of CoPilot:
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/8298967/
As a point of comparison, you can reference my review of the $35 (U.S.) CoPilot GPS turn-by-turn application that was released in the U.S. and Europe earlier this month. Short summary, CoPilot works fairly well. Here is the link to my review of CoPilot:
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/8298967/
You should be in line of sight of at least a few satellites, so sometimes being partially inside or in a garage might obscure the signal just too much. A case that is composed of metal or a metallic alloy could also be the culprit as it would block the signal. But than you would also experience decreased signal strength from your provider. You could also try to reset your iPhone. It has helped some people that experienced crashes.
If you are an astronaut; it probably doesn't work on ISS either. But then again, why would you need navigation there anyway. You are going in circles as it is.
You should be in line of sight of at least a few satellites, so sometimes being partially inside or in a garage might obscure the signal just too much. A case that is composed of metal or a metallic alloy could also be the culprit as it would block the signal. But than you would also experience decreased signal strength from your provider. You could also try to reset your iPhone. It has helped some people that experienced crashes.
If you are an astronaut; it probably doesn't work on ISS either. But then again, why would you need navigation there anyway. You are going in circles as it is.
Thanks Peter, much appreciated. I am in my house right now, will try it outside later...
To all those complaining about the price tag; remember, Apple gets 30% of your sale so TomTom is only getting ~$70 and development was not cheap.
this makes sense...
The only issue is folks buying third hand apps, and to alleviate that, TT will sell their compatible mount for the same price as their stand alone device. Win everywhere... until competition catches up. By then, they've made their R&D money by being first with hardware mount, and every thing else is profit.
Does anyone know if they have promised live traffic updates at a later time in addition to the promise of future support for TTS?
I have sworn on all that is holy that I will not buy a GPS application for my iPhone that does not have live traffic and traffic avoidance capabilities.
I have sworn on all that is holy that I will not buy a GPS application for my iPhone that does not have live traffic and traffic avoidance capabilities.
Have seen it in the US version. Lower Left. Green bar. Shows actual v the posted limit. Turns red if actual exceeds the posted limit.
Same here. I wrote customer support here at the HQ in Amsterdam and they were clueless or good actors. No definite answers on any question.
At present it is not implemented though, that's for certain. The live services for the other devices work via bluetooth over another phone. Since navigation in the current app is interrupted when the phone function is used it is probable that using a 3G or whatever phone connection for the delivery of live services information would not work.
The only thing that is somewhat positive is that the app uses IQ routes which anticipate common traffic jams that occur in a predicted way, but accidents etc. of course will not be predicted.
True, but they could have at least made it a little less expensive. The cost of an iPhone (or iPod touch) combined with the cost of this software is still significantly more expensive than most standalone devices. They could have at least made it a little cheaper so that people who already have an iPhone could at least see some benefit of buying the software over simply buying a dedicated device. (Existing iPhone owners are probably the target market; nobody, especially with a price like this, is going to buy an iPhone just so they can use this software.)
Just my two cents.
Yep - have seen them appear on mine here in the UK - purchased the western europe edition though if that makes any difference (which it shouldn't!)
I bought the usa/canada version....and I can't see anywhere, where this safty camera switch is?
Unless you want your window smashed and your unit stolen. I live in Minneapolis area and my car was broken into the one night i left the mount on the window. The cops said the mount tells a crook there might be a unit in the car. BINGO! There was and a lot of other stuff in the glove box.
I have a Nuvi 765T which is awesome but never ever ever leave it exposed especially at the price it cost.