TomTom for iPhone, worth it?

sas.wlv · 4 Oct 2011 at 10:28

I like it on my 3gs, got the tomtom car kit for it as well, which although being ridiculously priced does improve the performance of the unit.

It also looks rather snazzy

nickrose · 4 Oct 2011 at 10:37

Brill app, used it for a long time, both me and the wife have it on our iP4's and it does all that a standalone TomTom does.
Recently come back from a holiday in the States and used the American maps for TomTom and again worked flawlesly.
If you have an iPhone 4 you will not need the TomTom car kit, the inbuilt gps is more than good enough, just get a cheap windscreen mount.

Rilot · 4 Oct 2011 at 10:38

I use Navigon. Prefer the interface and it was a lot cheaper. Not sure of the price now.

cheef · 4 Oct 2011 at 13:03

I had it on the 3GS and it was even better on the iPhone 4. My most used 3rd party app, and I'd say the best app I have. To have nav with you at any time is extremely useful.

Just make sure you got a USB charger from your ciggie lighter and the obligatory sync cable.

maddness · 4 Oct 2011 at 13:29

Tomtom on the iPhone is amazing, as good as a top end solo unit, it's been a great life saver on numerous occasions

One of the top apps out there, have used co-pilot very breifly ...but it's not a tomtom

Skyboat · 4 Oct 2011 at 14:10

TomTom for iPhone has been the most reliable Sat Nav I've ever used. Yes, it's expensive, but nothing else comes close IMO.

Alpherah · 4 Oct 2011 at 14:22

Kol said:
I had CoPilot on my work phone. No disrespect but it's cheaper for a reason, it's nowhere near as good.

Was it the newest version? (not copilot 8).

GJ02 · 4 Oct 2011 at 14:24

skobbler is by far better than anything ive ever used including sat navs
they even have an offline version for europe that just uses gps with no 3g when there is no / little 3g coverage
very very good apps

Kol · 4 Oct 2011 at 20:47

Alpherah said:
Was it the newest version? (not copilot 8).

That I cannot tell you, as I no longer have it, it would have been kept up to date, though. We had it around June.

Robbo · 4 Oct 2011 at 20:50

Well, I bought it, and I like it.

Feek · 4 Oct 2011 at 20:54

It's worth paying for the traffic, I've never seen traffic that accurate on any other device. When the queue ends on the display is when I speed up! It's as though there's a helicopter following me and sending traffic updates direct to my screen.

Robbo · 4 Oct 2011 at 20:56

You need a data connection for the traffic though don't you Feek? So that may be a bit awkward when in various different countries, especially as O2 like to charge £6 per MB.

Feek · 4 Oct 2011 at 20:58

True, I wasn't thinking of overseas.

Robbo · 4 Oct 2011 at 21:00

I wonder if O2 do a Europe data bundle or something, probably not.

Glaucus · 4 Oct 2011 at 21:02

Price is insane, but I am getting a little fed up of navfree picking stupid routes and then trying to figure out a way of changing the route to a sensible one.

Irish_Tom · 4 Oct 2011 at 21:25

I've got it and I love it.

The menu is a bit slow on my 3G but once you're in 'nav' mode it's excellent.

Alpherah · 4 Oct 2011 at 23:47

Robbo said:
You need a data connection for the traffic though don't you Feek? So that may be a bit awkward when in various different countries, especially as O2 like to charge £6 per MB.

All you can eat data on Three, you know it makes sense!

Robbo · 5 Oct 2011 at 00:01

Alpherah said:
All you can eat data on Three, you know it makes sense!

In another country?

Alpherah · 5 Oct 2011 at 00:32

God damn

my eyes missed that part! Too much in the other thread making my eyes hurt heh

Tummy · 5 Oct 2011 at 00:33

Meh, I always use the built in Map on my iPhone when I'm lost and it figures out a route for me pretty well