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TomTom Go 940 Live Leaked: Includes Live GPRS Traffic Data and Google Searches
Posted by Kit Eaton at 12:15 AM on August 23, 2008
A "leak" at a UK online retailer's site reveals a whole bunch of info on TomTom's Go 940 Live GPS system: it looks like the system comes with a GPRS unit to give it live traffic and fuel-price info and the ability to Google search. Yep, alongside the IQ routing and intelligent lane advice that the Go 930 and the new Pro units have is a TomTom HD Traffic unit using GPRS to garner local traffic info, weather conditions, and lets you Google for whatever info you might need on the road. That traffic info is gathered "via anonymous mobile phone monitoring," but whether its these units that do the uploading, or a different system, is unclear. The unit's available on pre-order in the UK for around US$800, with the Live service likely to cost US$10-US$15 per month, but there's no data on when it'll hit the US. [Handtec.co.uk via GPSLodge Thanks, Jay!]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
hugh
Posted August 24, 2008 7:43 PM
is no one worried about googles anonymous phone position monitoring i am.
dear google please stop monitoring us
Ham_Sandwich
Posted 1:01 AM 23/8/08
My last post didn't show up. I guess my cursing filtered it out. I just bought the 930T literally yesterday, and the bluetooth function for live updates doesn't work with my iPhone. Built in GPRS would be sweet.
Ham_Sandwich
Ham_Sandwich
Posted 12:59 AM 23/8/08
Fuck. I bought the 930T yesterday. Literally. And the bluetooth live updates are not compatible with the iPhone on the 930T, so built in GPRS would be sweet.
Ham_Sandwich
mobilehavoc
Posted 12:56 AM 23/8/08
I take that exit everyday and the surroundings look NOTHING like what it shows. Wish they did though
mobilehavoc
rbf2000
Posted 1:08 AM 23/8/08
Wow, it did not take them long to copy Dash at all.
rbf2000
dysfunctional
Posted 1:02 AM 23/8/08
The "anonymous cellphone monitoring" is a system where cellphone companies provide Tom Tom with data on how many phones are being used in a certain area.
The theory is that when a higher than average number of phones are active on a certain stretch of road, there's probably a traffic jam.
Tom Tom have been testing this system for a while now in the Netherlands, partnering with Vodafone.
dysfunctional
ideaman2020
Posted 1:43 AM 23/8/08
@rbf2000: They know a good idea when they steal it...
ideaman2020
RamV10
Posted 2:46 AM 23/8/08
This might be a bit off topic, but does anyone know of a decent/cheap gps system I can use on a boat to do route planning? Essentially I want to create a route on my pc and load it into the gps. I've got several areas in my area that I need to avoid, Aberdeen Proving Ground being the biggest, and I would like to be able to plot that shit out.
RamV10
OtakuboyT
Posted 11:04 AM 25/8/08
Looks like a Navigon.
OtakuboyT