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  • TomTom’s iPhone car kit no workie with iPod touch, first-gen iPhone

    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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  • Motorola DROID official on Verizon: $199 on contract, coming November 6th (video)

    Motorola DROID official on Verizon: $199 on contract, coming November 6th (video)

    Posted on October 28, 2009 | No Comments

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    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Motorola_DROID_official_hits_Verizon_November_6_for_199'; We knew good and well this thing was coming sometime in November, and now Verizon Wireless has made it official: the Motorola DROID will hit Big Red on November 6th for $199 on contract (after a $100 mail-in rebate). Naturally, the DROID itself is just the first of what could be many Android-laced phones coming to the carrier, and Verizon Wireless CMO John Stratton even stated that the phone "is wide open" -- pretty big words from a company like VZW. Android 2.0 will be front and center, along with Visual Voicemail, a 3.7-inch display (854 x 480 resolution), 5 megapixel camera (with dual-LED flash), a bundled 16GB memory card and a beta version of Google Maps Navigation(!). For those wondering, yeah -- the DROID is the first phone to offer that, which transforms Google Maps into a turn-by-turn routing system that'll have your dedicated TomTom / Garmin trembling in fear. There's also a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3G, WiFi, voice-activated search and over-the-air Amazon MP3 downloads. With all that, who needs the iPhone, right Ivan?

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  • Here’s the TomTom XL 335S, everyone

    Here’s the TomTom XL 335S, everyone

    Posted on October 13, 2009 | No Comments
    TomTom is here with yet another GPS device. The 335S packs a 4.3-inch touchscreen and text to speech functions into a small package with a somewhat competitive MSRP of $239. But like most other GPS units, that MSRP will probably be undercut by retailers as they try to push these GPS units onto holiday shoppers. Thankfully, the XL 335S seems to be decent for that price although I couldn't tell you the difference between this $239 335S and the $249 340S. (K.I.S.S)

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  • The TomTom XL 340S LIVE uses AT&T to deliver Google data

    The TomTom XL 340S LIVE uses AT&T to deliver Google data

    Posted on September 28, 2009 | No Comments
    The one major draw of having GPS navigation software on your smartphone is that the phone is probably connected to a network that can give more info than just directions, but the screen is just so damn small. TomTom knows this and just launched its second Internet-connected GPS device, the 4.3-inch XL 340S LIVE. This guy uses AT&T as its data provider and can update the users on a whole range of info: fuel prices, weather, traffic levels, traffic incidents, and more. But there's a small catch.

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  • TomTom’s iPhone Car Kit guides itself through the FCC

    TomTom’s iPhone Car Kit guides itself through the FCC

    Posted on August 28, 2009 | No Comments
    It has been a good two months or so since TomTom announced that they were making a GPS-boostin’, speaker-totin’ car cradle for the iPhone, and we’ve heard a whole lot of nothing since. Aside from a UK retailer preorders indicating that the cradle might cost £99.00 (roughly $161), TomTom has been pretty quiet on the [...]

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  • TomTom and Garmin say standalone GPS devices ain’t licked yet

    TomTom and Garmin say standalone GPS devices ain’t licked yet

    Posted on August 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Standalone GPS devices are a dying breed. Anyone with a half-way decent smartphone can get from point A to point B with a few taps of an onscreen keyboard and it's abundantly clear that standalone devices will end up being the the province of old folks. That said, TomTom and Garmin are seeing roses and puppy dogs.

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