http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/ Engadget Comments for TomTom Car Kit for iPhone review http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
The apparent consensus that the Android has access to a better (and free) navigation app does not compel me to replace my iphone. There are about 100 apps on the iphone that I would not want to lose. If I want to add a decent navigation app to my iphone, the TomTom app will be sufficient.]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
FailFail.]]>Oct 29th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/why dont you review my belt holster.
i dont really have one.
but you see my point.]]>Oct 29th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 30th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
http://www.onlydroid.com/cradles.html]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
Motorola has already announced a dock and car kit accessory. In fact it was shown in the hands on.]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/1- Stop posting Droid links. People who clicked on that link to read this article want to view comments about either the TomTom app or the iPhone. Nobody cares about what holsters they are selling for Droid, they care about the TomTom holster or else they would be on a Droid website.
2- Your website fails. All of the phones in the holsters are Palm Pres. Much better phones than the Droid IMO, not because of Android, I have the Hero and it's wonderful, but a) Droid is on Verizon, who charges outrageous prices for data, voice, and text, and b) it's really big and ugly.]]>Oct 29th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Stop posting about how much you hate Verizon and love your Hero. People who clicked on that link to read this article want to view comments about either the TomTom app or the iPhone. Nobody cares about why you hate Verizon or why you love your hero, they care about the TomTom holster or else they would be on an Android website.
]]>Oct 29th 2009 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
I know I won't save any money on my bill with Verizon, and I know they're just as evil as AT&T, but something about this Droid thing is just so . . . attractive. ]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
The Android Cradle has...

No GPS Chip
No Bluetooth
No Handsfree
No External Speaker
No Mic
and, I believe, no charging...

You can pay $100 or more for a Jabra Bluetooth Handsfree device. If that's your thing, this TomTom thing isn't a bad deal.

I don't drive much, living in New York City, so I'd never pay, but it could be useful to some.
]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
Why would a phone that already has:

A GPS Chip
Bluetooth
Handsfree
External Speaker
Mic

Need a separate cradle containing all that hardware again?]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
Well, the obvious answer is that they might not be sufficient to do the job. We wait to see how the Droid fairs in reality but suffice to say that the iPhone has all these functions and the review shows that it benefits from the added hardware. Hardware for this sort of thing is mandatory anyway since you'll want something to hold the device in view and to keep it charged, at a minimum.]]>Oct 29th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Can the kit recharge the battery?Expecially when you use it?
Mine don't.

bye,Renz.]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/after google navigation all of this is just FAIL. Period.]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
Until I know for certain, my old Garmin StreetPilot stays in the car.]]>Oct 29th 2009 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/The TomTom cradle paired with the future free Google nav app seems like the way to go."

I think you are right, Mystic. Great software (and free) with an enhanced GPS chip, charging, bluetooth speaker phone, and a direct connect (3.5mm) to your stereo. After awhile this will be cheaper than $120, too.]]>Oct 29th 2009 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
Hate to sound anti-Apple, but this is par for the course for things associated with their products - overpriced for what it is.

For the same price as this kit + app, you could get a Droid and a decent lunch. Or, buck up another $10 and get the Droid + a car kit.

Admittedly, the need to download maps on the move rather than having them all native is a minor advantage of the jeebus phone + TomTom, but I don't think it's worth justifying the additional cost when the vast majority of the time the Droid will get reception during navigation.

The TomTom/iPhone snail got served a salty beverage in Droid, and the TomTom stock price is showing a slow foamy death already already.

]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
I shall hang my head in shame and downrank myself.
]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
As far as overpriced, it's not, really. As I said before, a Jabra Bluetooth Handsfree kit for the car runs about $80. An external GPS reciever runs $25, An iPod/iPhone charger runs about $20. A TomTom One is about $100. That's about $225 retail, give or take. The fact that you don't have to plug all four of these things into your 12v makes $200 for app+dock seem like a convenient deal, if you drive a lot and already use an iPhone...]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
My point is that I seem find that accessories related to iProducts often seem to be overpriced due to the hype factor.

In this case, TomTom seems to be continuing a trend of Apple Fanboy exploitation - when you can find stand alone GPS units with docks for quite a bit less than this cradle + software.]]>Oct 29th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Not to defend this clown (Perry) because he taking a jab at apple for being overpriced a day after an announcement (free navigation) that nobody knew about... so it is really dumb to start talking about overpriced apple products... Perry is a one trick pony. Seriously, you cant come up with ANYTHING more original?

That being said... He does have a point about applie being tied to TOMTOM... apple pushed this at their conference like 5 months ago, you can only buy it at the apple store... they have clearly aligned themselves with TOMTOM... here... even if its a minor alignment.

Google saw this and smartly decided to make a huge bet on Navigation being their "Killer APP" to drive sales to their phone.. which is genius.

To say that apple is agian being overpiced... yes is a pathetic and too often repeatable line... but I think Google just saw a huge void that people REALLY WANTED Navigation on these devices and Apple left it up to TOMTOM to deliver.

HUGE MISTAKE.
]]>Oct 29th 2009 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
IF YOU DRIVE ALOT AND ALREADY HAVE AN IPHONE YOU WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A CHARGER and you will probably own a bluetooth. You don't need an external GPS, because the phone has one. You don't need a hands free speaker phone, because the phone has one...

And the app and dock will be $220, not $200.

Once the google maps with turn by turn directions comes out, this accessory and app will add about $20 worth of functionality to your phone (the windshield mount). I promise you that someone has probably already made a windshield mount that will charge the phone and has a speaker phone built in.

Get over it, this this is overpriced because they grossly over-speced it. If you get rid of the GPS receiver, you probably knock $75-$80 off of this thing and it ends up in the realm of reason.

If this program allowed you to download at least a road map (no satellite) onto your phone, it would be worth it. As it stands, lose signal and you will lose your maps pretty quick.]]>Oct 29th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
Blimey, this isn't a difficult concept.]]>Oct 29th 2009 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/Oct 29th 2009 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
This is why people just Jailbreak their phones and steal this software.]]>Oct 29th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
Jailbreaking DOES NOT allow us to "steal" software. Jailbreaking DOES NOT allow you to install apps from the regular app store free.

Jailbreaking DOES allow you to bypass the app store and install 3rd party apps that the greedy smug apple gods deem not worthy for us. And that's the whole reason behind it. Apple should not be dictating what is or isn't worthy to go on the iphone. They had their chance, but used their approval power to stifle competition and collude with providers (see: google voice fiasco).

It really has nothing to do with stealing software at all. Many of the jailbroken apps available still require purchase (paypal, usually).]]>Oct 29th 2009 7:52PM