TomTom - Third party POI alerts are no more

mikeprytherch · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 04, 2005 Posts: 28

This is yet another clear move by the market leader, they feel they are dominant and can do whatever they like, just like Apple I guess.

However TT are playing a very strange game, paid for Sat Nav systems market will decrease, instead of removing functionality they need to be adding functionality to differeniate themselves from the freebies, unless they change this approach this will be the death of TT as market leader.

willis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 52

We have three tomtom's - one in each car (me and the mrs) and one on my motorbike - all using PGPSW speed camera database.

Personally all I want in a satnav is A-B directions and (accurate = PGPSW database) speedcamera warnings.

If tomtom insist on removing this functionality from their units I will not be buying their units again.

richkent · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 30, 2008 Posts: 1

"TomTom has stopped supporting 3rd party POI proximity warning sounds in speed camera products."

I thought I'd bought a satellite navigation device, not a speed camera product. Rolling Eyes

UKSNAPPER · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:46 am Post subject: Tom Tom

Tom Tom are clearly modelling their policies an Apples with strict terms of use and excluding third party software unless its bought through apple so they get a share of the dosh.
Unless there is a good technical reason I suspect they are just getting Greedy and anyone wanting to use third party add ons will simply buy alternative products
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Cerocker · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 15, 2006 Posts: 5

Just as I can get a pirated copy of TT's maps if I wanted one, I'm sure somebody will write a software patch to enable non-TT POIs to be used on the new models and software upgraded older ones, so don't be dumping your TTs just yet.

speare · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 15, 2007 Posts: 2

TomTom is at the end of its life. This company will go the way as the Dodo. They are making a big mistake in the board room and are scared of competition. Especially with Google offering GPS Navigation for FREE. Sorry TomTom but that is business. You do it your way and watch your customers do it their way. Never underestimate the Customer. He pays your salary and will show loyalty as much as you are loyal to them. Check out their stock market report. TOMTOM (Amsterdam: TOM2.AS / ISIN NL0000387058).
GPS world has done its best to communicate with this company. TomTom has not listened or given a satisfactory answer. They have underestimated the market and have no new innovations or solutions. Now we have a bad flavour about them. Remember Bad news travels like lightening.

Ross-the-Rhodesian · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 02, 2010 Posts: 1

I noted from an Institute of Advanced Motorist's article - I would recommend it to anyone, particularly the 20% insurance discount - that many European countries require you to turn off your POI for their country, as getting speed camera alerts is illegal. Is TomTom taking this into account, if they provide an automatic switch for European travel they will score in the end? Not sure where you get a list of countries where speed camera alerts / speed warnings are illegal but I'll do it before my next trip.

Can someone find out where current POI rules for Europe is posted?

Regards, Ross-the-Rhodesian

Larok · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 08, 2006 Posts: 79

Well, you still have your apple customers. Perhaps you will have to charge them the same your charging your tomtom customers now.

Darren · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:33 am Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:35 am Post subject: Re: POI and TomTom

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Andy_d · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 10, 2006 Posts: 5

Tom tom have lost yet another long term customer.
been using it for the last too many years on various WM platforms, the last one it appears is the one i have now, i certainly will not purchase there product with the removal of this saftey feature.

To have a Audio warning that theres a accident blackspot ahead when driving ,be that a red light camera or speed camera , is a Lot safer than having to look at a screen to see some small tiny icon.

Way to go tomtom, shoot saftey in the foot for the sake of ??what being as short sighted and stupid as apple.

and if the "I" in iphone Does stand for idiot, ,,guess the "T"'s in tomtom must stand for "TwiTs" as thats Certainly one of the dumbest corporate moves ive seen in years.

CDK · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:59 am Post subject:

I never liked TT anyway.

I prefer Garmin and am on my fourth one....

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MrGumby · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject: No more TomTom for me then

That's the final nail in the coffin for my relationship with TomTom. I've tried other products but never wavered from TT since my first purchase in the early days of satnav. Currently have a TT One as well as TT Nav 7 on an XDA Guide.

I'm about to buy an iPhone and was planning to put TomTom on it but will switch to an equivalent - Sygix probably, having been very impressed with their support in recent weeks in response to my pre-purchase enquiries.

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