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is TomTom for Android coming after all
Article by: Darren Griffin
Date: 6 Jun 2012
In news that is sure to please Android users, TomTom, who have consistently said they had no plans for an Android version of their navigation app, appear to have changed their minds.
Pocket-Lint are quoting TomTom co-founder Peter-Frans Pauwels as saying, "I can confirm it is real" and that it will launch "fairly soon".
No details on what the app will offer and how it will differ from the iOS version which has been available for some years but it's good news for Android.
Source: Pocket-Lint
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 Posted by Privateer on Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:42 am |
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| News Team Wrote: | | In news that is sure to please Android users |
Not this Android user! 
I think that TomTom have missed the boat!
As TomTom said that there wouldn't be a TomTom version for Android I bought CoPilot for Android, which was OK but the App was memory hungry, so I had to delete it from my phone as I had other Apps that i wished to run.
The problem with the Android system (I don't know whether this is the same for iPhones or not) is that the Apps all seem to use the phone's internal storage whether the Apps are running or not and regardless of whether you place the App on phone memory or SD card. Adding a huge SD card makes no difference! At least with an under-powered Windows PC you can decide the few programs that you want to run - with Android it's everything.
As I said above, I think that TomTom have done to little too late - those Android users will probably have found an App that they like (and have paid for).
If I'm in the car then I use my TomTom 950. If I'm walking, taking the bus, or the tube, then I use the free Google maps.
Finally, will TomTom Android be able to use third party POIs, will it be able to use the PocketGPSWorld camera database, if so will it display 22 x 22 pixel icons correctly?
You may think that I hate TomTom, that's not the case I started with TomTom Navigator 2 on an iPAQ and have had several TomTom PNDs since. The trouble is that I have a long memory and whilst TomTom has shown some great innovations in the past - what TomTom gives in one version, TomTom unfortunately sometimes takes away in a later release.
Regards,
Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
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| Posted by xtraseller on Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:46 pm |
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I run Navigon, CoPilot and Sygic on my Galaxy Note (Android) and probably would be tempted to buy a decent TomTom Android App as a back-up sat nav to my dedicated PND - which outperforms anything currently on Android, Apple or Windows Phone in terms of reliability, ease of use, clarity, etc.
And that won't change for a while
I love the lane guidance on Navigon, I link the live services at a low cost because they are using some of my dataplan
I don't like calls, notifications and a whole lot more annoying me along me route
So while it would be great to see TomTom come to the game in the Android Market for those who want it, I don't agree it's too late - people what new maps, new features, more reliable routing, etc. and if it is priced right, we buy multiple apps
The bigger problem is for regular users, I think that Sat Nav on phones isn't ready for the apps... yet!
TomTom Go Live 6100, 600
Garmin DriveLux 50, D-Smart 70, NuviCam, 3598, 2699, 2798
Mio Navman 695
Nexus 6p, Apple iPhone 6sPlus and Microsoft Lumia 950xl running TomTom, Garmin, CoPilot, Navigon, Sygic, Here Drive, Google, Waze, MS Maps |
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| Posted by Wazza_G on Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:57 pm |
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Sorry I like my Garmin too much now, despite its foibles, like it did the other day taking me from Gatwick to Guildford via Crawley, Horsham & A281! 
I suppose it could be useful as a backup to the Garmin, provided you can install it to a SDXC card, it wouldn't make much of a difference to me with a 64Gb card on board.
I wonder how well it would work with a 64Gb SGS3?
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| Posted by tomtom_shareholder on Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:37 am |
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To be honest I'd expect a different pricing strategy on the Android platform. Firstly because there's already Google nav, and secondly because TomTom wants 'recurring revenue'.
So I expected them to come up with a free app, with a basic set of features, and allow people to buy extra features and maps as in-app purchases. And make the revenue recurring (for instance: $5 per map update per quarter).
I think with lower entry pricing, they can get a larger installed base.
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| Posted by IanS100 on Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:15 pm |
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| tomtom_shareholder Wrote: | To be honest I'd expect a different pricing strategy on the Android platform. Firstly because there's already Google nav, and secondly because TomTom wants 'recurring revenue'.
So I expected them to come up with a free app, with a basic set of features, and allow people to buy extra features and maps as in-app purchases. And make the revenue recurring (for instance: $5 per map update per quarter).
I think with lower entry pricing, they can get a larger installed base. |
I really can't see that happening, TomTom want their cake & eat it!!
Galaxy Note 4 / TomTom GO : CamerAlert : CoPilot |
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| Posted by Philip on Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:00 pm |
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color=darkblue]It was piracy that killed TomTom on Windows Mobile, and I'm afraid that I don't see anything stopping the same from happening on Android, unless they go for a VERY different business model.
Also, people are no longer willing to pay a lot of money for a sat nav application. I'm actually a big TomTom fan, but I already have Google Maps, Waze, Route 66, MapFactor Navigator (all free) and NDrive (bought when it was something like a tenner) on my Samsung Galaxy Note, so I wouldn't be prepared to pay a price premium for TomTom.[/color]
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| Posted by avdl1999 on Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:20 am |
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I have just read the pocket-lint gumpf.
The bloke reckons it's going to be a similar price point to iOS.
Itunes sell it at 57.99 for uk & Irl mapping. I don't think that's very good.
Also, I'm not interested when one of the latest updates is about sharing your location on Facebook! FFS!!! Apparently the integration of this feature is very prominent!
I only want to get from A to B safely with traffic updates. Do I really want to share my route with numpties! No!
As has been said before. To little too late. Besides, I bet it's also based around the limited Nav3 software. Pants!
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| Posted by PaulB2005 on Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:59 am |
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| Quote: | | Also, I'm not interested when one of the latest updates is about sharing your location on Facebook! FFS!!! Apparently the integration of this feature is very prominent! |
Cancel the hysterics. Just switch the feature OFF and there's nothing to worry about!!!
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| Posted by navtrav on Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:50 pm |
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Yet another round of speculation?
In 2009, senior VP for TomTom onboard mobile Benoit Simery was quoted as saying "We cannot ignore such a successful platform as Android."
Queue flurry of excited articles
In the spring of 2011, another TomTom executive, Corinne Vigreux made a public statement that "(they) are currently working on an Android version."
Queue flurry of excited articles
June 2012: Pocket-Lint are quoting TomTom cofounder Peter-Frans Pauwels as saying, "I can confirm it is real" and that it will launch "fairly soon".
Queue flurry of excited articles.
Tim
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Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy Tablet S, TomTom. Osmand+ and Sygic. Ex-TomTom Go 1000 Live, ex-TomTom Go 700, ex-TomTom truck, ex Navman/Ipaq |
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| Posted by Stand-Offish on Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:58 am |
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The word is cue, not queue!!!
Get an education!
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| Posted by Oldboy on Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:28 am |
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| Stand-Offish Wrote: | | Get an education! |
Please don't be offensive.
I knew what was meant. I'm sure most other readers did also, as apparently you did.
The comment was neither constructive, helpful or necessary.
Richard
TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120 |
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