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Business
Google And The Deadly Power Of Data
5:30AM Wilson Rothman | Today, as soon as Google showed off its beta GPS navigator, the stocks of Garmin, TomTom and other companies in that industry fell into the toilet. It’s hard to compete with free Google apps, but that’s not why they’re screwed… More »
Business
It’s Not A Good Day To Be A GPS Manufacturer
4:09AM Adam Frucci | Google’s free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you’re the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [Engadget] More »
GPS
4:32PM Nick Broughall | On the opposite end of the scale from the XXL540 we saw yesterday, TomTom has launched the entry-level Start GPS. More »
TomTom’s Entry Level ‘Start’ GPS Is $199
4:32PM Nick Broughall | On the opposite end of the scale from the XXL540 we saw yesterday, TomTom has launched the entry-level Start GPS. More »
GPS
10:31AM Nick Broughall | If you like your cars big, your burgers bigger and perhaps even speak with an Austrian accent, then the XXL540 satnav is possibly your cup of tea. It features a 5-inch screen, which is – let’s face it – frickin’ huge for a satnav device. More »
TomTom XXL540 Satnav Is For The Hummer Drivers Out There
10:31AM Nick Broughall | If you like your cars big, your burgers bigger and perhaps even speak with an Austrian accent, then the XXL540 satnav is possibly your cup of tea. It features a 5-inch screen, which is – let’s face it – frickin’ huge for a satnav device. More »
GPS
4:00PM Nick Broughall | Apparently the new TomTom satnavs allow you to activate over 100 tasks by the power of your voice alone. I wonder if flipping off that dickhead who cut you off is one of them. More »
TomTom Launches Voice Activated Satnavs
4:00PM Nick Broughall | Apparently the new TomTom satnavs allow you to activate over 100 tasks by the power of your voice alone. I wonder if flipping off that dickhead who cut you off is one of them. More »
GPS
TomTom’s GPS-Enhancing Car Kit Delayed Until October
7:40AM Sean Fallon | According to the company FAQ, TomTom’s much talked about car kit that brings enhanced GPS to both the iPhone and iPod Touch will be available starting in October, and not by the end of the summer as previously believed. [TomTom]
Phones
4:04PM Nick Broughall | I hope you didn’t drop a whole heap of coin on a proper satnav application for your iPhone – turns out that in Australia, using your smartphone as a GPS navigation device is illegal. More »
Using iPhone Satnav Apps While Driving Is Actually Illegal
4:04PM Nick Broughall | I hope you didn’t drop a whole heap of coin on a proper satnav application for your iPhone – turns out that in Australia, using your smartphone as a GPS navigation device is illegal. More »
GPS
Confirmed: TomTom’s GPS Car Kit Will Work With iPod Touch
1:40AM Jesus Diaz | Good news: According to Yann Lafargue, PR guy at TomTom, the incoming TomTom GPS Car Kit will work with the iPod touch, enabling full GPS capabilities in Apple’s smart multimedia player. More »
Software
10:44AM Nick Broughall | It happened for our Kiwi cousins over the weekend, but this morning the Aussie version of the TomTom satnav app went live on iTunes for $99.99 More »
TomTom iPhone App Now Available On iTunes
10:44AM Nick Broughall | It happened for our Kiwi cousins over the weekend, but this morning the Aussie version of the TomTom satnav app went live on iTunes for $99.99 More »
Software