TomTom’s Map Share, a map correction program in which TomTom users can make instant map changes from their portable navigation devices, has reached its 5 millionth improvement. The company attributes the success of Map Share to the adoption rate over the past year–from half a million users at the beginning of 2008 to 5 million [...]
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TomTom appears to be set to launch something a little different into the United States, possibly at CES next month. A recent FCC filing for the TomTom DUB1 shows it to be a double-DIN device that snaps into your dashboard. The double-DIN nature of it all makes me think it’ll be an aftermarket [...]
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TomTom’s HD Traffic, a dynamic provider of traffic information, will be available in Portugal in the second half of 2009 thanks to an exclusive agreement with mobile communications provider Vodafone Portugal.
HD Traffic will use anonymous data from Vodafone network mobile devices, data from connected TomTom devices, and possibly traffic and accident data from Portugal’s government [...]
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When TomTom begins to move its intellectual property to the web so it’s available to everyone, everywhere, you can gather where the company believes the portable navigation device industry is going. Starting this week, TomTom’s web-based Route Planner will be rolling out in closed beta. If it succeeds it’ll eventually roll out across the globe, [...]
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It seems like Black Friday price cuts on Garmin and TomTom GPS units have given some financial analysts reason to worry. Analysts from Wedbush Morgan and Deutsche Bank both brought down their targets for Garmin’s stock price, sending it crashing down a full 9% at market close yesterday. As of last night it was sitting [...]
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TomTom International, in cooperation with Google, will now provide free downloads of POIs and coordinates from Chinese language Google Maps to TomTom PND’s…in Taiwan. Of course, it makes sense. Back in 1945 when Taiwan was under China’s jurisdiction, Mandarin was made the official language of the country and is still its most prominent. [...]
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Back in August when TomTom’s GO 630 was on display at IFA in Germany, I was under the assumption that it would be released in Europe and remain there. But like Navigon’s 5100 Max and 2090S and Motorola’s MOTONAV TN20/TN30, you’ll be able to get your hands on TomTom’s GO 630 exclusively at RadioShack in [...]
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Speck, a world-leading case brand, has chosen to avoid the struggling PND hardware industry and protect what is already there. The company has developed ToughSkin protective casings for some of the most popular GPS devices around including: Garmin’s nuvi 200, 205, 250, 260, 270, 300, 310, 350, 360 and 370 models as well as [...]
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TomTom’s GO 540, GO 740, and GO 940 LIVE models will finally be available in the UK come mid-November. They’ll be priced at £299.99, £349.99 and £449.99 RRPs respectively, with fuel vouchers for £30 (540), £40 (740) and £50 (940).
The connected GO LIVE line features IQ Routes, based on historical traffic data, that thanks to [...]
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Owners of older TomTom devices, like the GO Classic, GO x00 and x10 series, original ONE models, and the two RIDER models, won’t be able to update to NavCore 8 as older devices don’t have the necessary processing power to push more advanced features. This means owners of these devices likely won’t ever be able [...]
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16. December 2008
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