iPhone gets TomTom in-car navigation solution
DV Hardware —
GPS maker TomTom has demonstrated a GPS navigation kit for the iPhone. It will be available later this summer, pricing is still unknown.
Peter-Frans Pauwels, TomToms co-founder and CTO, demonstrated TomToms navigation software in combination with a specially designed car kit on the iPhone- during Apples Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 8th, 2009.
The TomTom solution combines two new TomTom products to provide users with state of the art in-car navigation on their iPhone 3G:
The TomTom navigation application for iPhone; an Apple version of TomToms award-winning turn-by-turn navigation software, including IQ Routes and ...
TomTom iPhone 3GS Video Preview.
I4U News —
TomTom iPhone 3GS Video Preview. Posted on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:50:00 CDT | by Robert Evans | Topic: Mobile Phones One of the most anticipated features of the new iPhone OS 3.0 is the TomTom for iPhone GPS system, which finally offers turn-by-turn navigation to iPhone owners. The new TomTom iPhone app will launch next week with the iPhone 3GS and OS 3.0. TomTom will be offering both a software app, and a physical 'car kit' for users. This car kit will contain an iPhone dock that will charge your phone while offering enhanced GPS performance and hands-free calling/GPS usage. TomTom brags that their GPS program will benefit from continuous updates while being fed ...
TomTom Releases iPhone GPS App
Tech-Ex —
On Monday, TomTom released a GPS application for the iPhone, priced at $99 for the U.S. version, which seems a little high when you consider it doesn't include any hardware. It doesn't even include the mounting kit. With the mounting kit, the total is rumored to be around $194. Of course, the mounting kit adds a nice way to both mount and charge your iPhone, and it contains a faster, more accurate GPS chip than the one in the iPhone. UK site Recombu downloaded the app and took it for a test drive (video below). The site liked the app, but because there's not background processing on the iPhone, guess what happens when you receive a call? ...



