TomTom UK and Ireland
Posted September 13th, 2009 by admin No Comments »
iPhone App Review Apple added a true GPS pick-up to the iPhone more than a year ago, but it’s taken that long for TomTom to release an application to make use of it. Even now, it’s not a complete offering. The software is there, but the car kit – once the sort of add-on bundled with applications, but now sold separately – isn’t available and its release has just been put back to October.
We were going to hold back on our review of TomTom’s iPhone application until the mount was ready for testing. But we’ve been using the app anyway, and have managed fairly well without the Peripheral.
TomTom’s TomTom for iPhone: does the basics well
Credit for that has to go to the GPS chippery within the iPhone 3GS we used to test TomTom’s software. Mounts are handy for two reasons: to put the screen within easy reach of fingers and eyeballs, and to ensure the GPS receiver can get the best signal.
We were forced to put the iPhone in a cupholder between the gear lever and the car’s ciggie lighter. Even down here, with only a sliver of windscreen above it roof level, the 3GS was able to feed TomTom the location information the app needs to keep us on the right track. Read the rest of this entry »
