Tom Tom GPS Navigation comes to iPhone
August 18th, 2009 by Kunal
When the mobile phones are replacing the PDF readers, Internet devices, Electronic Business diaries and others; then why not the GPS devices too. Talking of GPS and mobile phones, what better to think of then iPhone and Tom Tom. TomTom, the company known for its user-friendly portable GPS devices, has come up with an iPhone application.
The turn-by-turn navigation tool launched by Tom Tom is now available for sale on iTunes. The mobile application is compatible with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS and is currently available for Europe, UK and Ireland maps only. The application costs around £60 / $99.
“With TomTom for iPhone, millions of iPhone users can now benefit from the same easy-to-use and intuitive interface, turn-by-turn spoken navigation and unique routing technology that our 30 million portable navigation device users rely on every day,” said Corinne Vigreux, Managing Director of TomTom.
“As the world’s leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, TomTom is the most natural fit for an advanced navigation application on the iPhone.”
The application would also include some popular Tom Tom tools like IQ Routes and safety camera position. The application would soon be available for iPod Touch and other iPhone models.
via [TechRadar]
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