Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 2124 Location: Surrounded by A1, M1 & M25
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:34 am Post subject:
Twitter on a car navigation device, just imagine the idiots tweeting as they are driving and the accidents that could cause. _________________ TT6 on PDA, Go940, Go530T
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 4829 Location: East Sussex, UK
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:27 am Post subject:
Shame they don't get the stuff to do with navigation right before they start to introduce something that will probably have a more negative effect on road safety than talking on a phone
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23699 Location: Hampshire, UK
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:33 am Post subject:
MrT wrote:
Twitter on a car navigation device, just imagine the idiots tweeting as they are driving and the accidents that could cause.
Whilst I'm not condoning the features, you won't be able to Tweet whilst driving. But you can configure it with your Twitter account details so you can press a button to have your location sent as a Tweet or to announce your arrival. So not quite as bad as you are assuming. _________________ Darren Griffin - Editor I ran the 2013 London Marathon in support of the National Autistic Society see here.
Joined: 15/07/2003 22:59:27 Posts: 880 Location: United Kingdom
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:09 am Post subject:
Nice to see innovation in the PND market would be my reaction, after all we can all drink and drive, txt or phone whilst driving, enter destinations, etc... which is no difference to tweeting or booking a table at a restaurant - we just have to make sensible decisions, and just because of the minority of fools, we shouldn't choose not to introduce new features _________________ Navigon 92 Premium Live, TomTom 60 & 1000, Garmin 2545, 3790 & 2310, Mio Navman 689 & M610, Samsung Galaxy Note CoPilot Live, Route 66 & Sygic, Apple iPhone4 & iPad2 Navigon & Mio GPS Cradle
Joined: May 05, 2008 Posts: 587 Location: Southport
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:08 pm Post subject:
Darren wrote:
MrT wrote:
Twitter on a car navigation device, just imagine the idiots tweeting as they are driving and the accidents that could cause.
Whilst I'm not condoning the features, you won't be able to Tweet whilst driving. But you can configure it with your Twitter account details so you can press a button to have your location sent as a Tweet or to announce your arrival. So not quite as bad as you are assuming.
Let me get this right, TomTom are so concerned about network traffic that they hobbled HD Traffic by reducing the effective range but now they want us to Tweet our locations which will, I assume, increase network traffic _________________ SGS3 : Nexus 7 : Go 550 Live (expired) : TomTom Android : CamerAlert : CoPilot Android (retired)
Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 2913 Location: East Sussex, UK
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: TomTom goes social
Calomax wrote:
Thank God I've got a 720
I echo that sentiment!
My 720's so reliable, and if something should go wrong I know I can reinstall a backup. It does everything I require of a satnav, and I really have no desire for a later model with new "features" that just seem to cause problems. _________________ Anita
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Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19636 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:15 pm Post subject:
I don't see much point in adding this sort of capability to a Nav unit, lets face it its got nothing to do with Navigation.
It has been quite some time now since TomTom dropped a number of features from their product range due to thm being non Nav related such as the mp3 player, document viewer, picture viewer etc, now they start to add crap back in to devices that are currently worse off in terms of features than the older x20/ x30 & 940.
Even with the system locked down so it can't be used while driving "other than to send a tweet of your present position" well that very action will require interaction with the device taking the drivers eye off the road, remember no remote control these days. I simply don't see the point, they should be looking at enhancing the on road specific capabilities rather then turning the nav unit in to a smart phone with no call related capability built in, whats next a Go-1000 derivative you can use as a mobile phone - Mike
EDIT - My Original Post removed, AliOnHols _________________ TomTom GO 730, GO 930, GO 940 & Rider2.
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Joined: 15/07/2003 22:59:27 Posts: 880 Location: United Kingdom
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:09 pm Post subject:
While these services won't be of interest to me, I think for maybe my parents who don't and won't use smartphones, but will get out the satnav when visiting less known parts, it would be handy to find a decent restaurant, etc. nearby their destination or location - and read reviews of it
Never know, they may end up tweeting to let me know they've arrived safely!
So while I agree it is not for everyone, it does have its advantages and ultimately if it sells some more PNDs that can only be a good thing, as companies will continue to invest in the software platform as a whole, rather than switch to smartphone apps, which for me just don't cut it _________________ Navigon 92 Premium Live, TomTom 60 & 1000, Garmin 2545, 3790 & 2310, Mio Navman 689 & M610, Samsung Galaxy Note CoPilot Live, Route 66 & Sygic, Apple iPhone4 & iPad2 Navigon & Mio GPS Cradle
Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 2124 Location: Surrounded by A1, M1 & M25
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:03 am Post subject:
It seems these are replacements for other services, Twitter replacing Buddies and Yelp/Expedia to replace Google search? _________________ TT6 on PDA, Go940, Go530T
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