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, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
- 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 Western Europe with IQ Routes™ data for faster routing
- Countries fully covered (99.9%): Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Monaco, Italy, San Marino, the Vatican City, Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and the Canary Islands
- Roads covered (mi): over 4.65 million
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, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
- 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
Lovely piece of digital convergence, [+]nice reliability [-]needs latest maps
I find the TomTom app for iPhone fantastic, and this is speaking as an owner of a dedicated navigation unit. The interface has the usual TomTom ease of use, configurability of map color schemes and voices, and good reliability. The spoken instructions are timed just right. Also a big positive for me; traffic camera warnings. Driving through the UK where traffic cameras are everywhere, and the fines are big, the traffic camera warnings saved me the purchase price many times over.
For reference, I used the phone without the TomTom car kit, but with the phone mounted on the dash (using cable ties!). I found the GPS reception too poor if the phone was down inside the car; this poor reception is the cause of the problems others have reported with the map jumping around. Also, one strange quirk (of the iPhone audio system actually, not the app) is that you have to adjust the app volume using the volume control in-app, not using the volume buttons on the side of the phone. If you use the buttons on the phone, you only change the ringer volume. This took me by suprise at first, but once you use the in-app volume slider, you'll get plenty loud enough spoken instructions even without an external speaker.
The biggest negative for me is that the map database is not the very latest release. One of my destinations in a 1-year old subdivision did not appear on the TomTom Western Europe map, although it is in Google Maps. That's the reason I took off one star. I have a few other small negatives: The 3D map view does not show a compass point, and after many hours of driving you can end up with no idea whether you're going west or east (you can choose to have the 2D map always show north at the top however). Another negative is that to search for a point of interest while you're navigating (e.g. to find the next gas station on your route) you have to exit to the "browse map" screen and use the search button from there. This is clumsy; search should be accessible right from the main menu while navigating. My final gripe is that in the "browse map" display, scrolling gestures are frequently mistaken for zooming. This can be really annoying and makes using the browse map feature much less nice than browsing the Google Maps app on the phone, for example.
Overall, I really like the app, I have high hopes for some great feature additions in future realeases, and I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
Best Turn-By-Turn Navigation for iPhone with lots of room for improvement
I was super excited for this app to come out and I have to say that even though it does what it advertises to do just fine, which is giving accurate turn-by-turn-directions, it falls short when it comes to integrating popular TomTom Plus subscription services like traffic and mobile traffic cameras. In-App purchasing of custom voices like Homer Simpson's for example would've been kind of cool. Also because of the lack of integrating google, I actually found myself switching to the iphones standard google maps application just to find out the address of a place I want to navigate to. I then had to remember it and switch back to TomTom which is also quite a bit slow to load and at least on the iPhone 3G doesn't operate too smoothly.
I wonder how many more options will show up though once TomTom releases the actual car mount. So while this app is the first great turn-by-turn navigation for the iPhone, it still leaves lots of room for improvement which TomTom's software engineers should see as both a challenge and a chance.
Terrible
The maps are conprehensive and up to date but my praise ends there.
I tried the TT in pedestrian mode using on the voice directions. First of all, it was off by 1-2 blocks. It kept telling me to turn right or left and then turn around. I played its game for a few minutes hoping that it would get more accurate but it never did. Even on the major roads it wanted me to turn around. Eventually, I resorted to the trusted paper maps and plotted my route.
Second, it never said turn right in x number of meters. That would have been helpful since I was not sure which street for turn on to.
Third, it does not re-route. I kept the TT going to see what it would say and it always wanted me to turn around. I don't thinkt think it auto re-routes or else it would have figured out the my direction.
The UI to to set the route is pretty good. However, there are times when you need to see more or less of the map. This is often because of its poor accuracy. If you want to pinch-and-zoom or move around the map you have to exit navigation and which to browse map. Why can't you do that in the same navigation map?
If it requires the currently unavailable car kit to work accurately then they should not offer a pedestrian or cycle mode.
I would like my money back and I will be trying the Navigon instead.
- Category: Navigation
- Updated Nov 18, 2009
- Current Version: 1.2
- 1.60 GB
- 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.
