Wednesday, July 15, 2009

TomTom: New information on the iPhone navigation

Since software version 3.0 now supports the iPhone and turn-by-Turn Navigation. The AppStore is also the first official application by Navigon with Europe maps. TomTom had already announced a long time ago, a finished version for the iPhone in the hindquarters to have - so far is of a release but still nothing to see. Given that, according to the manufacturer of the GPS reception with the iPhone tend to be bad, you want to mount the Keynote presented to coincide with the release software. This has a speaker, a microphone, a GPS chip, output jack and a Aufladekabel and can be affixed to the windscreen to be. But not only with the GPS receivers, there are problems, including a gyroscope would the iPhone lacks, is a full navigation system to replace, so TomTom.

This enables reliable navigation through the long tunnel, even without GPS reception. As with rival Navigon is the application direct access to the address book, and thus a navigation to addresses already stored possible. Multi Touch comes when zooming of maps to use. "IQ Routes" - a TomTom exclusive feature for the high-end devices - is also in the iPhone application can be found. By comparison with a database, so intelligently routes are calculated. Is e.g. a main road experience in a certain time period clogged, is the navigation system on the basis of the set time and see an alternative. One gigabyte of memory, the application consumes, the release date was again postponed to autumn 2009. So far still unknown is the price of the application or the windshield mount.

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