Posts Tagged ‘TomTom’
GPS-Derived Traffic Data from TeleAtlas Reveals Seattle the Most Congested U.S. City
In the past I’ve had New York City friends pooh-pooh me when I would contend that traffic on the West Coast — the San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles, take your pick — was worse than it was in New York City. They would contend that even traffic congestion was superior in the Big Apple, just like everything else (‘cept sushi and weather; I had them there). But now data from TomTom’s mapping company, Tele Atlas has data to back me up. In fact, NYC only ranks sixth on its list of most congested U.S. cities, behind both San Francisco and L.A.
“Keep Left, and You’ll Be Bona Fide!” TomTom Turns to Snoop Dogg, the Original GPS Gangsta
If there was ever a reason to buy a TomTom portable navigation device, this is it. Even if you have the latest greatest smartphone — say, the Motorola Droid on Verizon, with Android 2.0 and Google Maps Navigation — you still may want to buy a TomTom. Even if you have the TomTom iPhone app and car kit, you may want to buy a TomTom PND. Heck I may even buy one myself now. Why? Because Cordazar Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, the recording artist that brought us such timeless classics as “Gin and Juice” and “The Shiznit” has loaned — dare I say, pimped out — his voice to TomTom.
TomTom Adds Text-to-Speech, iPod Controller and Other Goodies to Its iPhone App
TomTom has released a free upgrade to its iPhone app for North American and European users — as well as the Kiwis and their neighbors Down Under — apparently adding a bunch of things that users had expected from it in the first place, such as text-to-speech functionality with spoken street names and places. Other new features include lane guidance, TomTom’s Help Me, iPod player control, and updated maps – but notably no traffic data feature.
TomTom Unveils Latest XL PND for the North America; iPhone Car Kit Finally Available in Europe
TomTom today unveiled the latest member of its mid-range XL line of portable navigation devices (PND) for the North American market, the 335S — the S ostensibly standing for speech. Text-to-speech with spoken street names is the key difference between the TomTom models with the S designation and those that do not — such as the 330 and 330S, for example.
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