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Tomtom available in US iTunes store now

Having used it very briefly for the journey to work on my 3GS, i Can say that I'm happy with it so far.

- The UI is quite nice and easy to use.

- Startup time is FAST (2 seconds ish)

- Volume is LOUD - i was listening to the radio and at about 75% tomtom volume it was clearly audible

- In my 30 min journey, i lost about 13% battery - but i do not know how much battery % i lose anyway without using tomtom, as I always have 3G and wifi ON anyway.

- Recalculating a route was also very fast (1-2 seconds)

- The contacts integration is nice, but it failed almost every time to recognise the address format. But the format is valid how it is in iCal.

Other points to note are:

- If you receive an incoming call, you can actually accept/decline (as per usual)...
if you accept, you are taken out of the app (obviously)... when you hang up the call, you go back to tomtom and i *think* it starts over again.. so not 100% sure on this behaviour.. still have to test it properly.
I think this is quite crucial, as you're driving, so need to have the directions spoken back to you regardless of being on a call - and i know this requires background working status.. but there must be an elegant workaround?

I believe Co-Pilot just rejects calls and routes to voicemail?

Anyway, those are my thoughts after my initial play with it.

It was the UK & Ireland version.

Glad those Argos iTunes £30 vouchers (for £20) came in handy :)
 
dalvin200 said:
- The contacts integration is nice, but it failed almost every time to recognise the address format. But the format is valid how it is in iCal.
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I had the same problem for contacts that didn't have a zip code. I had added some contacts through google maps and those didn't include the zip. Once I added the zip, TomTom picked them up.

EDIT: I take that back, there are some contacts that have all the information that still can't be recognized. Hopefully, this is something that can be fixed in an update.
 
is it like all the other apps where you can buy it once per account and use it on multiple iphones?
 
What about traffic info? Living in Atlanta a GPS is almost useless without traffic conditions.
 
BryanLyle said:
EDIT: I take that back, there are some contacts that have all the information that still can't be recognized. Hopefully, this is something that can be fixed in an update.
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I think this should be fixed by TomTom... the address book has a standardised format - no way I am changing all my contacts info to fit in :p - and most of my contacts have postcodes too...

BryanLyle said:
I corrected a few (removed the +4 information from the zip) and TomTom picked it right up.
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why would you have a +4 in the zip code?

alent1234 said:
is it like all the other apps where you can buy it once per account and use it on multiple iphones?
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should be - haven't tried it, but can't see why not :D
 
OK, after trying this app out just now, I have only one major comment to make:

This app is NOTHING special. It does nothing any different than the other cheaper GPS apps out there. In fact, I think CoPilot outdoes this app by showing more detail. It's very similar in the way TomTom works CoPilot does it much better. I can't believe people were waiting for this app.

I'll take my $99 + tax back now please. :(
 
I purchased and installed this app first thing this morning. So far I have been impressed with it. The UI is very nice and it even shows if you are speeding on streets where it knows the speed limit. This was a cool feature.

I only have a couple of complaints. It wasn't as accurate as my garmin. It actually lagged behind about 50 feet or so. Also, I noticed that my iPhone was EXTREMELY hot after reaching my destination. Overall the app works extremely well.
 
javaGuru said:
I purchased and installed this app first thing this morning. So far I have been impressed with it. The UI is very nice and it even shows if you are speeding on streets where it knows the speed limit. This was a cool feature.

I only have a couple of complaints. It wasn't as accurate as my garmin. It actually lagged behind about 50 feet or so. Also, I noticed that my iPhone was EXTREMELY hot after reaching my destination. Overall the app works extremely well.
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When I turned on one street, the GPS showed me as being on another street one block over. It did correct this after several seconds. This was one thing I noticed after trying it out for fifteen minutes. I didn't get any speed limit indicators.
 
javaGuru said:
I purchased and installed this app first thing this morning. So far I have been impressed with it. The UI is very nice and it even shows if you are speeding on streets where it knows the speed limit. This was a cool feature.

I only have a couple of complaints. It wasn't as accurate as my garmin. It actually lagged behind about 50 feet or so. Also, I noticed that my iPhone was EXTREMELY hot after reaching my destination. Overall the app works extremely well.
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Was your iPhone in a case while using? And in a windshield mount? This is kind of a common theme among navigation software.

Navigation lag on the iPhone seems to be common also, speed also plays a factor. Slower speeds seem to have more accurate positioning.

And....Navigon has the speed limit feature. It's got several ways to configure it, whether you are in urban areas, or not, and also with specific speeds on which to make announcements. You can set it for 5 over in urban areas, and 10 over for non urban areas for instance.
 
m3coolpix said:
Was your iPhone in a case while using? And in a windshield mount? This is kind of a common theme among navigation software.

Navigation lag on the iPhone seems to be common also, speed also plays a factor. Slower speeds seem to have more accurate positioning.

And....Navigon has the speed limit feature. It's got several ways to configure it, whether you are in urban areas, or not, and also with specific speeds on which to make announcements. You can set it for 5 over in urban areas, and 10 over for non urban areas for instance.
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Yes, the lag is inherent to the GPS on the iPhone in general. There is a delay in when the OS reports the GPS position to the software. It can be up to three seconds depending on various factors, but is usually less. Obviously it shows up more at higher speeds.

Navigon is the only GPS app at this time that apparently tries to 'hide' the lag by actually placing the marker ahead of the reported position based on speed, direction, etc. That has its own share of drawbacks as well though, too.

The GPS apps 'snap' the vehicon to the nearest road. Sometimes the actual position reported is not in the center of the roadway but is off to the side, etc. That's due to the inaccuracy of GPS in general (not just the iPhone) and variances in the map data of reported road positions. IGo actually lets you see the actual reported position with a small black dot.

Heat is given in that the Broadcom ship runs hot while being utilized. Give your phone some space to breathe and it should be OK.
 
I'd still rather have my dedicated TOMTOM unit 130S I got on sale. I think $99 is over priced.
 
m3coolpix said:
Was your iPhone in a case while using?
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I have it in an incase slider case.
m3coolpix said:
And in a windshield mount? This is kind of a common theme among navigation software.
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I wasn't using a windshield mount. I had it sitting in a compartment in my middle console just below my car stereo. I'm sure that the tomtom bracket will help with reception issues.

m3coolpix said:
Navigation lag on the iPhone seems to be common also, speed also plays a factor. Slower speeds seem to have more accurate positioning.

And....Navigon has the speed limit feature. It's got several ways to configure it, whether you are in urban areas, or not, and also with specific speeds on which to make announcements. You can set it for 5 over in urban areas, and 10 over for non urban areas for instance.
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SpaceKitty said:
When I turned on one street, the GPS showed me as being on another street one block over. It did correct this after several seconds. This was one thing I noticed after trying it out for fifteen minutes. I didn't get any speed limit indicators.
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This was a similar problem I was having with the AT&T Navigator app. This seems to be a common problem with the iPhone's GPS. It doesn't seem to be extremely accurate. But, I'm sure the optional tomtom bracket will resolve this issue. Overall I really like the tomtom app but I'm still not sure if it's really worth the hefty price tag of $99.
 
The only thing that is pushing me to buying this is because of the car attachment that is said to boost or almost replace the GPS signal from the iPhone with a better one. Hell, the car attachment is going to work with the iPod touch even.
 
 
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javaGuru said:
I only have a couple of complaints. It wasn't as accurate as my garmin. It actually lagged behind about 50 feet or so.
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Can you describe your 50 feet lag a bit more. Every Garmin hardware GPS I've owned along with my Navigon hardware GPS have been laggy. I'm trying to get a handle on your 50 feet comment because at 35mph 50 feet is almost exactly one second of time. That's not very noticeable. At highway speeds it would be a half second. That doesn't seem to be much of an issue.
 
Someone stole my GPS from my car in the school parking lot (yes I am a idiot sometimes)..... I guess since my iphone goes everywhere with me this app would be ideal :p The price though...:rolleyes:
 
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