http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/ Engadget Comments for TomTom reacts to Nokia -- formalizes offer for Tele Atlas http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/Oct 2nd 2007 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/
Maps and content however are different. I doubt the price will go up. In fact with the navigation market set to grow exponentially (something Nokia cleverly realised) I believe that prices will eventually drop as more products are released.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/
I don't see how this is good for the consumer in the long run or helpful for prices. I suspect the maps/software are the most expensive single component of a GPS unit.

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Nokia only charges you if you want voice navigation (route planning is free) or city guides, based on the days you want to use it for. I don't think owning the maps would make that cheaper. ]]>Oct 2nd 2007 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/
Granted, those costs include things other than the GPS chipset & map licensing costs, but it's still indicative of the costs of map data.]]>Oct 20th 2007 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/Google and Yahoo provide Maps for free. Nokia and TomTom (Telenet & Navteq) make you pay hugely for Maps.

Which business plan will fail?]]>Oct 2nd 2007 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/Oct 2nd 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/
2) Google PAYS Navteq for their maps, so even though they are free to us we pay indirectly through ad's

3) Google maps is hardly a replacement for a good in-dash or portable nav system. It does very limited GPS on some phones, no rerouting and still requires a PDA data connection and GPS or notebook. The price of this is usually higher than a standalone GPS unit.

4) Since when do Tele Atlas and Navteq make YOU pay for maps? If you buy a $200 Garmin or TomTom unit it comes with all the map you need. ]]>Oct 2nd 2007 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/
o I don't care where Google and Yahoo go for their base maps. They pay for them in some way, but increasingly they offer better maping services to the user, usually for no charge. Sure we see ads... As the internet becomes more common and faster via wireless.... I think most can see where this leads....... The point is the business of GPS is likely to morph over the next few years.....

I think this answers the queries put to me:)]]>Oct 2nd 2007 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/Oct 2nd 2007 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/
The overall industry would really benefit from at least having one independent map data provider. Whether that independent map data provider is TeleAtlas or Navteq wouldn't matter much, but I think this provider would do very, very well.

If Nokia really buys Navteq and TeleAtlas shareholders rejected the TomTom offer, not only are TeleAtlas likely to still have TomTom as a customer, but they could also add Garmin, Motorola, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson as customers.]]>Oct 3rd 2007 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/Oct 3rd 2007 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/tomtom-reacts-to-nokia-formalizes-offer-for-tele-atlas/Nov 7th 2007 7:10AM