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How far away is the TomTom iPhone app?
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iTunes for me (US) shows that Navigon is also on sale til 8/15.
I'm betting that there is either an extension of the sale, or possibly an overall price 're-alignment' within it's app category will happen if iGo and/or TomTom's sales ranking start to climb (once TomTom's app/mount is released
). Don't have any specific knowledge on this, just a basic marketing strategy seen lately on the app store. A developer can quickly change pricing, much easier than something distributed through a B&M distribution model.
Like a couple of days ago(and even before), they had it on a flash slide show.
So by removing their TomTom for iPhone ad means...
From Wired Magazine:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/tomtom-gps-kit/
It's just referring to the UK seller we're already aware of...
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/tomtom-gps-kit/
It's just referring to the UK seller we're already aware of...
There isn't going to be any confirmation until TomTom actually says something.My point in posting that was that it was new, from a major magazine but I don't get their math at all. They say £113.85 =$164 but then follow that with...
That's a pretty big jump to say that $164 = $200. I don't get their logic behind that. Why not $175? Why $200?
My point in posting that was that it was new, from a major magazine but I don't get their math at all. They say £113.85 =$164 but then follow that with...
That's a pretty big jump to say that $164 = $200. I don't get their logic behind that. Why not $175? Why $200?
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I also don't get their comment...
TomTom charges for map updates on everything else they sell and there's no reason to think the iPhone application would be any different. A one year subscription to their map update service is $40. So, if we compare a $200 app/dock price plus two years of maps that would be $280. AT&T Mobile Navigator should always have the most up-to-date maps transferred and two years of service would be $240. In comparing it to a hardware GPS at $200, they sound more like they're trying to justify the price rather than admit the $200 number they've come up with is quite high. They don't mention that IQRoutes is only available on their highest cost models.
As always...
One other thing to consider, though, is that you don't necessarily HAVE to update your maps....
It's an interesting scenario. You don't know if an address exists in your TBT navigation software (any of them) until you try to find it. But then a map update from that vendor comes out and you may feel compelled to upgrade 'just because' you have to have the latest and greatest, when all along, you may have already had the address and you didn't know it, cause you've never had to search for it. And, it's probably impossible to see the actual 'update list' from map version to map version.
BUT you can always go to the map-developer's website and check to see if there is any difference. I used to do that frequently back around 2000-2003 because the maps were notoriously old (sometimes 5-10 years old). I was burned too many times buying map update sets only to find out there was no difference in areas that were terribly incorrect.
Both TeleAtlas and Navteq have ways for you to look up addresses on their own websites and see the resulting maps. You can go to their respective websites and look up an address if a particular area is important to you. Also, keep in mind that Google uses TeleAtlas now so you can just do a Google Maps search if you want to see if an area is actually accurate. Google had been split up at one time so you could see TeleAtlas on their mobile products and Navteq on their web products but that isn't the case any more. Everything is TeleAtlas now.
TomTom takes much of the pain our of the update pricing. You can decide to take a one-off map update but the hit is $80. If you choose their annual subscription with quarterly updates the price drops to $40. I suppose someone could just drag their feet for most of a year and then start doing some Google searches to see if any particular areas have been updated. If so, do one cycle of the subscription model and you'd be half the price of a one-off map update.
At this point Tom Tom has nothing to gain by withholding a release date. In fact, there's a lot of missed sales because people are buying Navigon and iGo which appear to be perfectly fine for many users. If the app truly was going to be out 9/3, they would have said so by now (or should have).
By coming after the others, they're letting those apps demonstrate that TBT GPS navigation on the iPhone does not require a separate mount with an additional GPS chip, thus decreasing any perceived value by forking out the extra cash for that solution.
As time goes by, I am starting to believe the GPS-augmented dock solution is not a wise business strategy by TT. Just as a dedicated phone nav device is a bad idea for Garmin.
The very fact that they are being mum on the whole subject is disconcerting and brings into question their ability to deliver a product.
yes you may ask ! dosen't mean i will tell... all kidding aside i have a good friend that is close to the project and is able to give me some insight
You joined two months ago, and are failing to impress on me that you know more than us.
You can start by answering a few questions:
Why has it taken such a long time for anything about TomTom to be released, whilst a working version was reported by TomTom in 2008 to be functional on the Apple iPhone?
September 3rd is the date that I am in school, so far, I am unimpressed by TomTom's PR towards all of this, especially with a broken site. Do you agree that TomTom will have made a huge loss in the fact that they have been overtaken by several competitors?
But isn't September technically Autumn (fall for our american friends). You mean they have lied to us!?
i agree all the more reason they are under the gun to release the program in working order with out having to send out a patch but they are leaving alot of money on the table