TomTom for Iphone

Just thought, my only gripe with it is when someone decides to text you or even worse phone you in the car, especially when you're just coming up to a roundabout :p
 
Tomtom for the iphone is very good indeed, i use it all the time both here and abroad inc the USA and its never let me down, and is very responsive. It also seems to lock instantly every time (maybe it uses the phone masts too).

Would recommend it :)
 
I've tried all the major iphone navigation applications like Sygic/Aura/Navigon/CoPilot/TomTom/Navfree (am I missing any?)

And after a few trips with each of them, I found myself always going back to TomTom for it's clean interface and maps and ease of use, I just can't find the same user experience with any of the others. I did find the traffic feature to be not so reliable, maybe that's just me though. Navigon is good second.
 
cokecan72 said:
My friend has just purchased this for his iPhone 4. He mentioned the fact that if you buy a TomTom out right you generally have to pay for map updates where as with the iPhone version you actually get the updates for free via the app store.

Can anyone confirm this is the case? if so then that's a good reason to buy this over a stand alone solution!
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I want to know this too.

I have a Tomtom but I don't want to pay £40 for map updates...
 
I'm running the TomTom app on my 3GS since I bought it, and have had a number of updates to the app which have included new maps. The latest version is undoubtedly the best - at first it was clunky and didn't work at all well with other phone features (calling, music etc.). Now it's pretty much seamless. The only annoyance for me is its Multitasking, hitting Home doesn't quit the app, the only way to end navigation is to let it time out (20 mins?) or do the press/hold/quit thing. Fortunately there's the option to disable multitasking support for the app in settings though!
 
Raymond Lin said:
I want to know this too.

I have a Tomtom but I don't want to pay £40 for map updates...
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I first wrote about this in Jan 2010, since then I've never had to pay a penny for map updates.

You get warnings now and again that updates are available, and whether you want to download them over 3G or not - I always do, and I've yet to be charged anything extra.
 
use it on my iphone 4 and its great, loads quicker than my tomtom sat nav and has the lane guidance.

i acquired it by other means though.
 
cokecan72 said:
My friend has just purchased this for his iPhone 4. He mentioned the fact that if you buy a TomTom out right you generally have to pay for map updates where as with the iPhone version you actually get the updates for free via the app store.

Can anyone confirm this is the case? if so then that's a good reason to buy this over a stand alone solution!
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Raymond Lin said:
I want to know this too.

I have a Tomtom but I don't want to pay £40 for map updates...
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This is true, it's one of the conditions of entering an app onto the app store, no companies are allowed to charge for updates. Thus we get map updates for free! If i had a stand alone tom-tom unit that would annoy me greatly.
 
On the iPhone 4, I think Co-pilot which is 1/3 of the price is probably 95% as good as Tomtom. I have both, usually Co-pilot is more than enough, just once in a while I resort to using Tomtom.

If you have the money, get Tomtom with the Tomtom cradle (which is superb); if not go with Co-pilot which will do the job just fine.
 
ubersonic said:
Download navfree from the app store and try it (its free if that wasn't obvious) its very good and has regular updates.
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I tried Navfree yesterday, for the first time, off the back of this thread and was pleasantly surprised.

I've never had, used or needed a satnav before but as this one is free I thought I would give it a go for the hell of it and although I've not needed to use it to go anywhere I've never been before, it seemed to do everything I understand a satnav should do.

It's well worth a try before you actually buy anything else.
 
I've never found TomTom to be that great on my 3Gs without the cradle..it's forever dropping signal. Co-Pilot on the other hand works every time and I find it to be just as good as TomTom at all the typical satnav stuff.
 
I have a TomTom Via 120 and also an iPhone so I thought I'd give Navfree a go. The two postcodes that I put in were not found, one was my home and one was my place of work which I thought was disappointing as neither are in the sticks as it were.

Perhaps it will work better with more high profile locations and given that it's free I can' really complain as it's just a backup for the TomTom should I be without it at any time.
 
Right...

If I buy TomTom and the car kit will I still be able to connect the phone via bluetooth to my car to dial and receive calls AND listen to music whilst the phone is in the car kit and navigating...

Edit: Does the TomTom mount need to be powered or is that purely to charge your iphone?
 
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Haven't had experience with the UK version but got the US/Canada one for only £35 on the app store, worked a treat for 2 weeks in the states on an iPhone4 with no cradle either!

Although i think if you have a 3g/s you need the cradle for proper GPS?
 
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