Description
For iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch
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IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ORIGINAL iPHONE AND iPOD TOUCH USERS:
- The app alone will not provide turn-by-turn directions for your iPhone and iPod touch model
- In order for the app to work on your device, you’ll need the TomTom car kit with its built-in GPS receiver
- Only the iPhone 3G and 3GS do not require the TomTom car kit for the app to function, as these models have GPS technology embedded
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TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION FOR iPHONE AND iPOD TOUCH IS HERE
- Get the TomTom navigation app and enjoy smart, easy-to-use, turn-by-turn navigation on your iPhone or iPod touch
- Buy now and get upcoming app updates for free
AWARD-WINNING NAVIGATION EXPERIENCE
- Easy A to B navigation
- Intuitive menu means effortless navigation to addresses, points of interest, your favorites, or any point on the map
- User-friendly 2D or 3D driving view
- Clear, spoken, turn-by-turn instructions
- Fast route calculation and re-calculation, should you miss a turn
- Route summary screen clearly shows your route and estimated travel time
DETAILED, UP-TO-DATE MAPS
- A complete up-to-date map is stored on your iPhone or iPod touch
- No cellular signal or data plan is required to browse your map and navigate to your destination
- No data roaming costs are incurred when traveling to other countries
- Additional maps of countries worldwide are available for purchase on the App Store
IQ ROUTES™ TECHNOLOGY
- Get the fastest route any time of day - saving you time, fuel and money
- Provides accurate travel times so you know exactly when you'll arrive
ADVANCED SAFETY FEATURES
- Advanced Lane Guidance brings more clarity to complex multi-lane exits (in portrait and landscape modes)
- Text-to-speech technology for spoken directions, cities and street names
- Text-to-speech comes in the following languages: English UK, English US, English Australia
- Help Me! emergency menu for easy contact or directions to local emergency providers such as police, fire stations and hospitals
- Safety camera and speed limit audio alerts for driving safely and avoiding fines (check http://iphone.tomtom.com for availability per country).
DESIGNED AND OPTIMIZED FOR THE IPHONE AND IPOD TOUCH
- Navigate to your contacts without having to look up the address
- Call points of interest directly from within the app
- Landscape orientation option for a better view of what's ahead
- Multi-Touch display support for scrolling through menus, or pinching to zoom in and out on a map
- iPod player support for convenient control of your music within the app
MAP STATISTICS:
- Detailed map seamlessly covering Australia with IQ Routes™ data for faster routing
- Countries fully covered (99.9%): Australia
- Additional information: with detailed directions through 560 major rural towns
MORE INFORMATION:
- Please visit http://iphone.tomtom.com for more information on the TomTom app and TomTom car kit
NEED HELP?
- Please check our FAQ section on http://iphone.tomtom.com for additional support
What's New in Version 1.2
AWARD-WINNING NAVIGATION EXPERIENCE
- Improved search and route summary screens
DETAILED, UP-TO-DATE MAPS
- FREE updated map from v8.30 to v8.35
- Updated points of interest database
IQ ROUTES™ TECHNOLOGY
- Updated IQ Routes™ database with millions of new measurements
ADVANCED SAFETY FEATURES
- Added Advanced Lane Guidance in both portrait and landscape mode
- Added Text-to-speech in English UK, English US, English Australia
- Added Help Me! emergency menu
- FREE updated Safety Cameras database
- Added customizable audio warnings for Safety Cameras and legal speed limit
DESIGNED AND OPTIMIZED FOR THE IPHONE AND IPOD TOUCH
- Added iPod player support
COMPATIBILITY
- Added support for original iPhone and iPod touch (all models)
Customer Reviews
Best GPS available - but a few bugs...
I've used quite a few of the available GPS apps and I can honestly say that this is the best out there in terms of usability. Some of the other competitor's apps have big usability issues, and seems like clunky ports of their existing software to the iPhone. This TomTom app seems to be written from the ground up to be iPhone friendly.
The issues that I have with this first version, however are:
- The volume control for the voice overs doesn't work when plugged into a dock connector (like the one that you might plug into your car, for example). This makes it really annoying when you're trying to listen to some music at the same time, and then because the audio from the GPS is highly compressed (dynamic range compression), it deafens you. So you're left either listening to the whisper of music, or being deafened by the volume control. The volume control works when the dock connector is not plugged in, however. For reference, I'm using a 32GB iPhone 3GS.
- The font size of the readout down the bottom is too small. On some of the other GPS apps out there, the font size is nice and big and readable.
- The speed limit in particular is too small. They have a a nice 32/60 km/h readout. But trying to focus in on the "60" (which is your current speed limit), is just too small. I much prefer the read out on other GPS's which have a big red speed limit sign posted on the top right of the GPS display, that also gives you a warning when you're over the speed limit.
All in all, this is a great app. And it will be come my GPS of choice.
I really hope they fix up these little niggly bugs. It's a little big annoying given that they've had so many years to produce this software, but, I give them 4/5 stars until then.
App doesn't work in central Sydney!!!
I bought the app on the release date and have been trying to use it in any way possible.
I have full signal and am in Sydney city and only ever get "poor gps signal" in the Tom Tom app which means that it won't work. As a result the app is useless.
Really dissapointing and a huge waste of money. Pay the cash and buy a sat nav for your car from a physical store, but don't go Tom Tom brand!
Great, but volume control through dock connector needs to work.
I'm getting rid of my old GPS unit because this is so good. Just wish it wasn't so loud compared to the music and that the volume control through the dock worked.
Also I'd love to be able to install voices, custom POI sets and other things like the stand-alone TomToms.
I'd recommend it if you can live with the above.
- Category: Navigation
- Updated Nov 18, 2009
- Current Version: 1.2
- 226 MB
- Languages: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Seller: TomTom
- © 2009 TomTom International B.V. All rights reserved.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
