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- spydirweb, on 08/17/2009, -3/+147Personally, I own a TomTom One and I love it. They're $100 or less these days. I also own an iPhone, and I love it. It has pretty much all the crap my $100 TomTom has, hardware wise, yet I basically have to buy another one if I want this software on my phone.
It's software. $100 is WAY, WAY to much considering the hardware, with the software, costs the same amount. I understand it'll be pushed as a "shift in the market" or whatever, but that's just stupid. I'd easily pay $30 for this, maybe even up to $50 if I could see some fully featured walkthru's of all the features up front, but $100 is ***** stupid. - abbathdoom, on 08/17/2009, -0/+83More people should contribute to the amazing OpenStreetMap.org project, then apps like this would cost a fraction of what they do today. Because even if the likes of Tomtom never switch to openstreetmap data, simply having it exist will allow them to get much cheaper deals on the mapping data they licence.
If you have a GPS device then please consider contributing data to openstreetmap! - Shawn4168, on 08/17/2009, -1/+76$100 for US and Canada maps? I just bought a refurbished TomTom One 130 from Newegg for $50 after rebate (comes with brand new US/Canada maps)...how can they justify charging twice as much for software alone, than they do for an entire portable device with the software included?
- woodyex1, on 08/17/2009, -1/+30I WAS looking forward to making this purchase. However, I just can't justify replacing my year old $110 garmin at these high prices. Thanks but no thanks. $200 dollars for a gps software and power cable, when I already own the hardware, is absurd.
- schnikies79, on 08/17/2009, -2/+29http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 ...
There you go.
My roommate bought a 130S at best buy last christmas for $99 - NRay7882, on 08/17/2009, -1/+26Agreed. It looks like a great piece of software, but I'm not paying $100 for it. $50 or less. If you want to see this price drop, A) voice your opinion on the cost, and B) Don't buy the app.
- RyanOC, on 08/17/2009, -3/+27"Our advice: wait for the reviews before dedicating your non multi-tasking iPhone". This makes it useless for me and many people. Come on Apple, give us multitasking!
- xenodata, on 08/17/2009, -2/+24You can already have turn by turn directions on your IPhone for free...
Jailbreak your phone and then install xGPS. It's free, works pretty good, and now with your shiny new jailbroken phone you can install backgrounder too and play music and have GPS going on all at the same time.
Oh, and on EBay you can buy a car mount holder for the IPhone for about $5. - AgmLauncher, on 08/17/2009, -2/+21Since they seem to think it's OK to charge $100 for software alone, I wouldn't count on them passing any savings from openstreetmap data onto consumers ;)
$100 is an amazing rip off. I *MIGHT* consider paying $10 for this app considering I can essentially get the same thing with google maps for free as long as I can live without voice guided turn-by-turn navigation.
I haven't gotten lost yet using the iPhone's native capabilities. - lex0429, on 08/17/2009, -2/+19How badass is that scotch tape iphone holder for the car? I bet TomTom sells that for an extra $29.99.
- schnikies79, on 08/17/2009, -3/+18Who sits 4 to 5 ft away from their windshield?
- Mightbiteyou, on 08/17/2009, -1/+14at that price it should at least have a red ruby in the middle of the screen
- associateone, on 08/17/2009, -1/+13Good points Shawn, I withdraw the stupid remark. I have used an atlas (not while driving), and I do have mapping software on a laptop. But if I am lost then I will stop somewhere to use it, or ask directions if I'm close to destination.
I live in a remote area of southeast Kansas, so I don't see the importance like I probably would if I were in a more populated area.
I drove a big truck for some years, and those systems can get you into trouble if you rely on them too much, so I made do with atlas most of the time.
Anyway, thanks for straightening me out on my attitude. - Shawn4168, on 08/17/2009, -8/+19They're too busy working on revolutionary concepts like cut and paste.
- Shawn4168, on 08/17/2009, -3/+14This comment brought to you by TomTom.
- selfdisplaced, on 08/17/2009, -2/+12I hope it has instructions on how to drive me to the poor house.
- Shawn4168, on 08/17/2009, -2/+11Why would anybody reply to a post that has absolutely nothing to do with their own post?
- troyallen069, on 08/17/2009, -0/+9Give it a break, Alot of ***** appears on the front page and no one whines until it says Apple
- cyssero, on 08/17/2009, -0/+9I agree, for $100 you might as well go and buy a standalone GPS, at least you actually get another device with car-mount and charger too. Then just use Google Maps on the iPhone..
Another company, iGO have released maps too - http://www.igomyway.com/en/ they're $20 cheaper than the TomTom maps and they are regarded as one of the best mapping companies out there. They're a solid $40 cheaper for Western European maps compared to TomTom.
EDIT: Also looks like iGO will give you free quarterly map upgrades til' December 2010, you can be sure that TomTom will charge you for that privilege year after year. - ibeetle, on 08/17/2009, -1/+9Yes, Multasking. Because everybody knows without it you cannot follow GPS directions, and check your Facebook account and text message at the same time.
All of this while the iPhone is suction cupped to your windshield too. - SRSco, on 08/17/2009, -8/+16I also heard you had copy and paste for years too. I wonder why people like me still prefer iPhones.
- absoluteczech, on 08/17/2009, -2/+10looks like i'll pass on this. $100 is waaayy too much
- Shawn4168, on 08/17/2009, -0/+8Are you claiming that you've never used Google Maps/Mapquest/an atlas to find directions before?
GPS is just like those things, except they're more convenient and they save paper. Plus they're much safer to use when you're in a car alone. - EtherGnat, on 08/17/2009, -1/+8Don't want recertified?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001N2NPJM/ref=ox ... - scruffeh, on 08/17/2009, -0/+7Hopefully no one will buy it and they will have to drop the price to a sensible level. It's a shame, I always liked TomTom products.
- HurricaneDC, on 08/17/2009, -2/+8I would have been willing to pay up to $120 for the hardware/software combo. But now that apparently the damn thing won't multitask (I thought Apple would have made a special exception for this app since it's so high profile and you NEED multitasking for a GPS app), I think I'll just get a super snazzy Garmin or TomTom standalone. That doesn't stop navigating when it receives a phone call.
- xero9, on 08/17/2009, -0/+6Wow doesn't even have my subdivision, which was built 7 years ago
- bipolar, on 08/17/2009, -1/+6If you don't mind jailbreaking your iPhone, check out xGPS. It does turn by turn, although it's not nearly as polished as TomTom. I've been using it for almost a year now.
http://xgps.xwaves.net/index.php/Main_Page - selfdisplaced, on 08/17/2009, -1/+6umm..it's a joke on that it's set at a too expensive price point. relax. MacParrot, jsut go back to Parroting everything that is said to be good about Mac/Apple.
- MacParrot, on 08/17/2009, -4/+9If it was $100 for the App AND the supporting hardware that would make it worth it for me but to charge that plus whatever the cost for the hardware will be smacks of robbery. You can already "sort of" do this with the map app built-in (though it doesn't give you turn-by-turn on the fly) but you have to rely on being updated through either 3G or EDGE towers nearby. Basically your location will be static and then suddenly jump to a new one. If you miss a turn, you then have to have it recalculate based on your current position. Plus unless you have your phone set to not go to sleep (thereby killing your battery time) you have to keep waking it up. The rumored hardware set will connect via sattelite giving more accurate location monitoring AND keep your phone charged connected to the 12Vdc outputs in most cars.
The convienance of having one less device to carry is nice, but not worth twice what you'd have to pay for a stand-alone GPS unit.
I did enjoy that crazy mounting system though. Is there anything that tape CAN'T do? - rblancarte, on 08/17/2009, -1/+6I was about to ask the exact same question. I saw those refurbs on newegg while the price of this, once you get a full get up for dash/window mount and a charger, will run you nearly $200. When in car navigation can be had for much less than that, this doesn't make sense. Sure, you have a single device instead of many, HOWEVER:
-Because you would be using your phone, you would have to set it up every time you get in your car
-Navigation does cut out when using the phone
-It is hard/impossible to use the phone for other features (web surfing) while street navigating w/ it
In the end, it isn't bad, BUT I would rather have a dedicated system for that. - xenodata, on 08/17/2009, -0/+4xGPS is a pretty elegant program actually. I thought it was going to be a piece of crap too until I used it and found out that it actually works pretty good.
- MaxIsBored, on 08/17/2009, -4/+8Indeed, apple themselves can't multitask.
- thespace2, on 08/17/2009, -2/+6Hey TomTom, I think its quite obvious that you all made a really really BIG mistake. Instead of charging $30 which looks like the max amount most people would have paid for the app, you decided to charge $100 to milk whatever you could from your dying business. But what you completely missed as you were drunk on your $100 software price was the fact that your competition is burying you as the price of their software just went up $20 but is still a third cheaper than your price. So instead of making a one day killing since most people were waiting for your app to come out they've choosen to purchase from the more affordable competition. Go straight to business school, don't collect $100.
- ohreilly, on 08/17/2009, -6/+10I'm surprised Apple even bothered to put in the cellular hardware, wifi, bluetooth (although that's crippled) and GPS. Because you know, they just suck battery life.
That's the reason why they won't do multitasking, after all. - RyanOC, on 08/17/2009, -1/+5I dont need to update my fb status, but turn by turn directions and talking on the phone should be an ability.
- IronChef75, on 08/17/2009, -6/+10And all TomTom had to do to get past the app approval process was to prevent providing directions to Apple's competitors.
- P5ycHo, on 08/17/2009, -0/+4It runs great here.
- chester, on 08/17/2009, -1/+5I've been waiting for this since father's day...it's supposed to be my gift. But with this ridiculous pricing I'm going to have to keep waiting until they realize their mistake. If you're reading this TomTom, $100 is too high for software only (as everyone seems to agree). Pricing should be $50 for software or $75 to $100 for hardware/software combo (at the upper end of the scale). Price it right and it could be a knockout...wrong and it'll be a flop.
- ehaugan, on 08/17/2009, -3/+7Gweedo, you actually think Windows Mobile is a viable option compared to the iPhone? No thanks!
- Philbert, on 08/17/2009, -0/+4Car charger
- sebconn, on 08/17/2009, -1/+5The majority of the cost in most GPS devices s the map data, TomTom needs to buy the license for the map data in each country, they don't collect it themselves. EG a lot of Australian releases are using Whereis for their data.
Hence the software's inflated cost. You buy tomtom for Windows Mobile or Symbian you pay the same price, if not more. - EtherGnat, on 08/17/2009, -0/+4My first GPS unit (a Garmin StreetPilot i5) had a 2.1" screen. While it was a bit of a hassle to program the screen size was fine for navigation.
I'm not the biggest iPhone fan, but it has a 3.5" display which is comparable to many dedicated GPS devices. If you want to complain about something complain about the fact it shuts down when you're on a call. That's totally lame. - mrsonicblue, on 08/17/2009, -0/+4The app is $100. Or are you including the *estimated* cost of the car kit?
- greggerm, on 08/17/2009, -0/+4Yes - the Google maps implementation (as well as the AT&T nav app) are completely reliant on you having a data signal so they can pull in the maps themselves. The Navigon app and TomTom both use self-contained map data, meaning you can use them anywhere and everywhere without a worry.
- vault, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3haha Canadian fail.
- fantasticjon, on 08/17/2009, -0/+3That's it! There are how many iphones out there with a GPS receiver? 5 million? 10 Million?
If it were a $9.99 app or even a $19.99 app it would be a no brainer for half those users. At 99.99?: forget it. It makes more sense to get a stand-alone model or just use google maps.
Companies need to look at more than the bottom line. They need to realize that when they treat their customers like idiots or try to rip them off, people remember. (blockbuster, comcast, tomtom?) - spookyttws, on 08/17/2009, -0/+3Installous. The pirate App Store.
- Jrr6415sun, on 08/17/2009, -0/+3there's already 20 reviews.. that means they've made atleast $2,000 so far.. and who knows how many people bought it and didn't review it.
- inactive, on 08/17/2009, -5/+8$100? LOL.
The internal GPS & Google maps works just fine, this is only a SLIGHT upgrade. Worth $5 at most.
In an era where companies think they can rip you off by nickel and diming, it's a good thing we have Installous as an option! Let the free market speak. -
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