Tag: tomtom
TomTom announces Go Live x40 sat-nav with petrol price-tracking tool
TomTom has announced that its latest satellite navigation system, the Go Live x40, is the first to contain a petrol price-tracking tool.
In the current economic climate (are you fed up with hearing that yet?), an automated tool which helps motorists to find the cheapest petrol is arguably more useful than having access to all the historic landmarks in Dorset (great though that is).
In fact, TomTom has calculated that each driver using the system could save an average of £162 every year (based on the user driving an average of 12,000 miles per year, 7.4 miles/ litre, at a saving of 10p per litre, in case you were wondering)…
TomTom adds 12 months of breakdown recovery to its satnavs
Want a satnav, but haven’t taken the plunge yet? Well, now’s a great time, because Tom Tom has just announced TomTom ONE and XL Assist. These packages come with 12 months of free breakdown assistance in the UK or Western Europe, depending on how much you fancy paying…
TomTom and Google to cross paths or just a wild goose chase?
I received an e-mail a little earlier today that very nearly ended up in my junk folder but there it was from an anonymous source saying that sat navigators TomTom may have just secured a deal with Google…
No TomTom software for iPhone 3G in development
It seems someone at TomTom’s been telling porkies after the Dutch company denied the existence of any navigation software for the iPhone 3G…
TomTom ready with navigation software for new iPhone
Well, with the dust hardly settled on the new iPhone announcement, third parties are already jumping in with applications – including TomTom…
TomTom announces availability of GO x30 Series of portable navigation units
TomTom has announced that five of its GO x30 Series portable navigation units are now available to buy in the UK.
All five units feature a 4.3 inch widescreen LCD, with up to 4GB of internal Flash memory, SD card slot, GPS receiver, Bluetooth, and lithium-polymer battery…
Satnav business booming, but faces mobile challenge
Drivers are abandoning A-Z maps in their droves in favour of satnav systems, according to new sales figures from industry analyst Canalys. They claim that in the second quarter of 2007 alone, 7.4 million satnav devices were shipped – more than double the number in the same period last year.
TomTom GPS to feature live video tips?
A recent patent filed by lost driver saviour TomTom shows the company is planning to include a video camera in its next-gen GPS devices.
The video footage will then be whacked on the satnav device’s screen, with the gadget drawing a digital line over the top of the video feed. Follow the line and you won’t get lost. Simple.
Vodafone and TomTom team up for traffic information system
Location and navigation based services are increasingly important to the mobile operators, particularly as GPS starts making its way into phones like Nokia’s N95. Vodafone knows this, which is why it’s announced a new partnership with satnav firm TomTom to develop a new traffic information service.
