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Adore Your Android: Cover with a Case from OtterBox
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Isobar’s NFC Hackathon Winners Create Applications for Gaming, Gifting and Music Remixing
09 February 2012 5:10 PM | No CommentsBOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Isobar, a global communications agency, announced today the winners of Isobar Create 32, Silicon Valley’s first hackathon exploring Near Field Communication (NFC) technology...
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WeatherBug 2.0 for iPhone Mobile App Launches in iTunes Store
09 February 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsGERMANTOWN, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Earth Networks SM, the owner of WeatherBug® products and services and operator of the largest weather, lightning and climate observation networks, announces...
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Digi-Key’s Android App Listed as a Top App
08 February 2012 9:58 PM | No CommentsTHIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s largest selection of electronic components available for...
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Infonetics Research: Mobile Broadband, Smartphones, LTE Drive Diameter Signaling Controllers to 106% CAGR to 2016
08 February 2012 4:40 PM | No CommentsCAMPBELL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Communications market research firm Infonetics Research (www.twitter.com/infonetics) on Friday released its Diameter Signaling Control Worldwide and Regional Market Size and Forecasts ...
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TomTom quietly releases two new US models
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No Comments
TomTom, you sneaky, sneaky devil. You thought you could pop two new GPS models up on your website and no one would notice. Well, you're wrong. The Internet doesn't miss anything.
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TomTom releases Star Wars GPS voices on the most appropriate day
Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
Darth Vader, C-3PO, Yoda, and Han Solo will soon yell at you for making a wrong turn and advise you to make the next legal U-turn on your TomTom device. The company just announced plans to out the voice options in Europe and, well, they are simply awesome. Right now Darth Vader is the only one available, but the other three will drop later this summer with C-3PO coming in June, Yoda in July, and Han Solo in August. It's too bad that the voices only seem to be available in Europe market, but maybe there are plans in the works to out them in the states as well.
More importantly, may the fourth be with you and click through for Darth Vader's TomTom recording session. It's worth your time.
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TomTom Go Live 1000 blurs the line between PND and connected tablet
Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
The dedicated GPS market is slowly but steadily shrinking as smartphones gain the same abilities, but yet the major players keep rolling out new devices. The TomTom Go Live 1000 bucks the trend of a semi-smart connected device and instead adds a ton of storage on top of a powerful setup to run a WebKit-based UI along with a ton of connected apps. This just might be the PND we've been waiting for -- too bad it's a few years late.
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TomTom brings free lifetime traffic and maps to the XL and XXL GPS models
Posted on March 29, 2010 | No Comments
Selling updated maps has always been a clever revenue source for top-tier GPS makers. But TomTom is breaking the mold and just starting offering free map and traffic updates across most of its product line. XL and XXL units starting at $199 are now available with the feature. Hopefully TomTom will continue marching the feature down-market, outing new, lower-priced models with the same lifetime trend. Click through for the presser.
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TomTom’s iPhone app to get real-time traffic alerts and Google local search
Posted on March 2, 2010 | No CommentsTomTom is serious about its iPhone navigation app and the upcoming update brings it one step closer to the feature set found on high-end dedicated GPS units. Version 1.3 is currently held up by App Store reviewers, but when they get done pawing through the code, it will enable real time traffic reports along with [...] -
The red TomTom EASE is probably meant to be a Valentine’s Day gift because it’s red
Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
It's probably a safe bet that nearly every retailer and consumer electronic manufacturer forms a committee with the sole purpose of exploiting Valentine's Day. We've already seen the Nook Valentine's Day edition today and now it's TomTom's turn with the red EASE GPS unit. Because nothing says love like a cheap personal navigator. I kid, I kid.
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TomTom feels jolly, temporarily drops price of iPhone GPS app
Posted on December 14, 2009 | No CommentsTomTom has done a respectable job of keeping its iPhone GPS app up to date when compared to formidable options from Navigon and the like, but today it's making its biggest move yet by way of a significant price drop. We've heard directly from the company (and confirmed with our own two peepers) that the US and Canada version of the app is now on sale for $69.99, while a US-only version is currently on sale for just $49.99. If you'll recall, the former was just selling for $99.99 a few days ago, so if you're planning on making that fateful trip to grandmother's house again this year, you might want a robotic gal leading the way. Just sayin'. [Warning: Source link directs to iTunes]
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TomTom wises up, releases $49.99 USA-only GPS app
Posted on December 11, 2009 | No Comments
Most agree that the original TomTom iPhone app is a tad overpriced at $99 for just the app. That doesn't include the $119 windshield mount. Esspecially now that Google has made its mark on the GPS market with the free Google Maps Navigation app. And so that brings us to the latest TomTom GPS app. This one is US-only, but only costs $50.
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Review: TomTom Car Kit for iPhone and iPod Touch
Posted on November 30, 2009 | No CommentsShort Version $219.94. The price says it all. The TomTom Car Kit is great; it works perfectly, and I loved using it. In fact, I wish I could keep the review unit that TomTom sent me. That said, would I ever spend 2 bills and change on it? Mayyyybe, but it’s unlikely. A standalone TomTom [...] -
TomTom updated to support iPod touch and original iPhone
Posted on November 18, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Software, Apple
Back in much simpler times, TomTom's navigation app had claimed compatibility with all iPhone and iPod touch models. Then suddenly, somewhere along the primrose path to publication, original iPhone and iPod touch support evaporated. But no more. TomTom's pushed an update that allows for turn-by-turn navigation, but of course, you'll still need the car kit to work. Was this the missing link between your $100 and owning this app? [Warning: iTunes link]
[Thanks, Scott M]TomTom updated to support iPod touch and original iPhone originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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TomTom to bring free lane guidance, text-to-speech, iPod control to iPhone GPS app
Posted on November 12, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Software, Apple, iPhone OS
TomTom's probably still dizzy from the hit that Google laid on it just a few days ago, but it has somehow managed to get its bearings long enough to announce that a slew of gratis updates are incoming for its highly-hyped iPhone navigation app. Following in Navigon's footsteps, the outfit has today stated that a free update has been submitted to Apple for approval, and when (er, if) it clears Cupertino's ambiguous review process, it'll deliver advanced lane guidance, text-to-speech, "Help Me," updated map / safety cameras (in select European nations) databases, customizable audio warnings and iPod player control. Not a bad list of additions for the grand total of $0.00, but we wouldn't expect anything less given the lofty admission price.
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Navigon updates US iPhone navigation app, live traffic updates are a go
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Software, Apple, iPhone OS
A little later than previously alluded to, but Navigon's finally rolling out live traffic update to its MobileNavigator iPhone app. Same prices as mentioned before, it'll regularly be $24.99, but for the next four weeks, it's only gonna ring up at $19.99 for lifetime use, no monthly fees. Not that TomTom needed anything else to think about, of course. Full presser after the break.
Continue reading Navigon updates US iPhone navigation app, live traffic updates are a go
Navigon updates US iPhone navigation app, live traffic updates are a go originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Google didn’t kill the standalone GPS
Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
Alright, everyone, settle down. I know the Google Maps Navigation stuff is pretty amazing, but let's not write off the traditional GPS makers just yet. They're not going anywhere for a while. Your parents and friends will see to that.
Hopefully the sudden market loss that companies like Garmin and TomTom saw yesterday will wake the companies up and see that they are doing it wrong. They are in the habit of producing 78 different versions of the same GPS. Each model steps you up $20 and adds another feature. It's a ridiculous business plan and totally opposite what successful companies are doing.
But it's true. Google dropped a bombshell on GPS makers yesterday with its free navigation tool that trumps almost anything currently available. The Android 2.0 app is about as robust as you can get thanks to the always connected Android OS and almighty Google. You can simply say "Where is the Best Buy in Flint, MI" and it will take you there. All this is free from the "do no evil" company, Google.
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TomTom’s iPhone car kit no workie with iPod touch, first-gen iPhone
Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
Bad news, you guys. If you were thinking of dropping $120 on TomTom's iPhone car kit and then another $100 on TomTom’s navigation app for use with your first-generation iPhone or second-generation iPod touch, it now looks like you’d to run into some compatibility issues.
AppleInsider is reporting “that although the Car Kit dock is compatible with all iPhone models, the TomTom application will only work with the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G – even with the dock connected to a first-generation iPhone or iPod touch.”
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The game has changed
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Software
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