TomTom Western Europe
By TomTom International BV
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Description
Get the TomTom navigation app and have smart, easy-to-use, turn-by-turn navigation on your iPhone or iPod touch, whenever and wherever you need it.
And, now, never miss a turn. The new TomTom app guides you even while you're on a call or running a different app on your iPhone.
***WHAT'S NEW***
- SEAMLESS NAVIGATION WHILE CALLING (iPhone 3GS only*): See continuous visual instructions, even when you are on a call, so you still find your way. Now making and answering calls safely won't slow you down.
- NEW, UPDATED MAPS: Because on average 15% of roads change every year, your TomTom app comes with the latest and most up-to-date map, ready to navigate. No mobile signal or data plan is required to browse your map and navigate to your destination.
- BACKGROUND NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS (iPhone 3GS & iPod touch 3rd Gen. only*): Lets you see other apps on your screen while still receiving spoken turn-by-turn instructions.
- ROUTE SHARING: Share your route details with your contacts via email. Keep friends and family up to date with your plans.
- DEPARTURE REMINDER: Added to your calendar, departure reminders make you aware of when you need to get on the road.
- ECO ROUTES: Save money and reduce your impact on the environment by driving with these more fuel-efficient Eco Routes.
- CAR SYMBOLS: Personalize the car symbol on your driving screen. Choose from a range of car icons and symbols.
***KEY FEATURES***
- IQ ROUTES™ TECHNOLOGY: TomTom's exclusive technology evaluates routes based on actual traffic speeds, rather than static posted speed limits, and will recommend the fastest route for the time of day.
- ANNOUNCES STREET NAMES**
- ADVANCED LANE GUIDANCE: Enhanced graphics show you exactly which lane to take in complex multi-lane situations.
- HELP ME! EMERGENCY MENU: Easily access local emergency providers such as police, fire stations, and hospitals.
- HD TRAFFIC™: The best traffic information for the fastest way through the jams and the most accurate arrival time. Available via in-app purchase.***
- LOCAL SEARCH POWERED BY GOOGLE: Find shops & businesses wherever you are, and navigate directly there.
- AUTOMATIC DAY & NIGHT MODE: Adjusts screen brightness based on time of day.
- FAST ROUTE RE-CALCULATION
- LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT ORIENTATION OPTION
- DESIGNED & OPTIMIZED FOR IPHONE & IPOD TOUCH: The app responds to the same familiar, multi-touch capabilities you’re used to. Easily scroll through menus or pinch to zoom in and out of the map.
- IPOD PLAYER SUPPORT: Control your iPod easily from within the TomTom app.
- AUTOMATIC MUSIC FADING: Ensures that you will never miss a navigation instruction.
- DESTINATION DIALING (iPhone only): Call Points of Interest from directly within your app.
- NAVIGATE TO CONTACTS (iPhone only): Navigate directly to people and places in your address book.
- SAFETY CAMERAS****
***MAPS ON BOARD***
- Fast and reliable mapping that does not require a cellular signal or data plan usage
- COVERAGE: Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Monaco, Italy, Malta, San Marino, the Vatican City, Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and the Canary Islands
***MORE INFORMATION***
** Announces street names comes in the following languages: English UK, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish
*** Traffic information is available in the UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal. Compatible with iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS.
**** Check http://iphone.tomtom.com for availability per country
***COMPATIBILITY***
iPhone original & iPod touch: requires the TomTom car kit with its built-in GPS receiver.
* This feature requires iOS 4 multitasking, which Apple only offers on selected models. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
What's New In Version 1.4.1
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY UPGRADED TO APPLE IOS 4:
- And have not yet installed Version 1.4, YOU MUST INSTALL THIS LATEST TOMTOM UPDATE (VERSION 1.4.1) IN ORDER TO CONTINUE USING THE APP, or
- Have recently installed Version 1.4, this update restores the customized settings you may have entered (e.g. favorite addresses, recent destinations, preferences) in previous versions of the TomTom app.
THIS VERSION OF THE TOMTOM APP COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING NEW FEATURES:
- SEAMLESS NAVIGATION WHILE CALLING (iPhone 3GS only): See continuous visual instructions, even when you are on a call, so you still find your way. Now making and answering calls safely won't slow you down.
- NEW, UPDATED MAPS: Because on average 15% of roads change every year, your TomTom app comes with the latest and most up-to-date map, ready to navigate. No mobile signal or data plan is required to browse your map and navigate to your destination.
- BACKGROUND NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS (iPhone 3GS & iPod touch 3rd Gen. only): Lets you see other apps on your screen while still receiving spoken turn-by-turn instructions.
- ROUTE SHARING: Share your route details with your contacts via email. Keep friends and family up to date with your plans.
- DEPARTURE REMINDER: Added to your calendar, departure reminders make you aware of when you need to get on the road.
- ECO ROUTES: Save money and reduce your impact on the environment by driving with these more fuel-efficient Eco Routes.
- CAR SYMBOLS: Personalize the car symbol on your driving screen. Choose from a range of car icons and symbols.
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.
Why does traffic cost so much
I travel a lot and have been delighted with the TomTom App. I have both US and Europe. I have just downloaded the updates and found that Europe traffic costs $64.99 and US traffic $19.95! One BIG question for me is WHY pay over 3 times the cost for Europe? I would pay $19.95 but at $64.99 compared with $0 for Google maps WITH traffic, you have to ask who would pay this? Come on TomTom, get this right please.
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.
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$89.99
- Category: Navigation
- Updated:Jun 30, 2010
- Current Version:1.4.1
- 1.4.1 (iOS 4.0 Tested)
- 1.85 GB
- Languages:English, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Seller:TomTom
- © 2010 TomTom International B.V. All rights reserved.
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
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