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TomTom Car Kit Now Available

Car-kit-rightPop quiz: How much would you pay for an iPhone windshield mount? If you answered $160, then you might want to look at the TomTom windshield mount, which is now available to purchase.

Sure, it’s not just a suction cup with an iPhone jack in it – this thing has its own GPS receiver, a built-in loudspeaker and microphone, and an auxilliary out for playing music through your car stereo.

But the truth is that you can pick up an (admittedly entry-level) dedicated satnav for that price. Plus, the cradle doesn’t actually come with the TomTom software, or even a code to download it. Which kind of makes this a rather expensive option.

[TomTom]

Comments

  • eatthemeek

    I cant find anywhere on the TomTom australia page about the windshield mount. “All it says is coming soon” http://iphone.tomtom.com/en-au/

    • eatthemeek

      I went a little wide on the quotation haha, all it says is “coming soon”

    • slugger

      JB Hi-Fi …$159

  • Jordan Slater

    Could you please post the website address to purchase the car kit.
    Thanks Jordan.

  • Pat

    “But the truth is that you can pick up an (admittedly entry-level) dedicated satnav for that price.”

    Dont forget people who are buying this will have already forked out up to $99 for the app. So thats $260 to use the windscreen dock.

  • Shane

    Apparently not…or at least tom tom Australia doesn’t seem to know about…

  • I can’t find it in Australian apple store too….Please post more information on where you found it…

  • John

    Where? It is not available on the australian TomTom website and on the australian Apple Store…

  • Steve

    If that $160 included the app, I’d probably get this… but as it stands at around $260 for the combo, I’ll pass.

  • MissionMan

    The app is $100 if you buy it for one phone. Register a new itunes account, buy itunes vouchers at discount ($80 for $100 worth of vouchers) and then share the app between 5 people, works out to about $16 each.

  • Link now up on the TomTom website about the release http://www.tomtom.com/news/category.php?ID=4&NID=878&Lid=8

  • Tessa

    Still no availability. Very frustrating an announcement like this is made but there are none in the country. Tom tom says try retailers. Johhny Appleseed dont have but said watch their web page. Clever of Tom Tom to announce to stop us buying opposition

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