TomTom for Android lands in Google Play store

dhn · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:54 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I guess ................. Embarassed

Thanks.
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Darren · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:00 pm Post subject:

It does seem absolutely barmy if it is the case that all the current creme of the crop handsets are not compatible.
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JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:21 pm Post subject:

Lifetime maps included, but

peterc10 · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:36 pm Post subject:

FrequentFlyer · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:11 pm Post subject: !

'Finally released but looks like it's not compatible with your phone or
all the most recent high end phones. I really don't think they get
it!'

As my son says...they just don't get it....watch a bunch of plebs

Philip · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:14 pm Post subject:

Tommy3090 · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:43 pm Post subject:

Purchased and downloaded with no major problems.
Traffic subscription purchased £26.99 for 12 months.

I do like the interface and menus much better than Copilot.
And the ability to interogate the traffic information.

Custom POI all work as well, just wish you could edit / add them within the app.

Lets see how it copes with Friday morning rush hour Wink

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TT Ver 1.0 (1072278)
Western Europe map version v895.4453
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Eugene7 · Lifetime Member Joined: Sep 24, 2007 Posts: 72

Are Itineraries included???

Somehow I doubt it, and that makes it useless for many users - me included Sad

zort70 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 6

I've just checked and the app is currently incompatible with the Nexus 7 tablet which is a shame.

I would really love a version for the 7" tablet sized screen.

K13ehr · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 12, 2008 Posts: 286

marc_holmes · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 02, 2007 Posts: 49

I've seen it reported elsewhere that support for larger screens will be available before the end of the year (but they don't say which year...)

It currently works well on my HTC Desire HD but it looks like I may have to revert to Co-Pilot temporarily when the Note 2 arrives.

Lui-G · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 22, 2006 Posts: 17

This lack of HD support seems quite suspicious to me...

Let's think about this for a minute:
Apple has been driving TomTom sales on iOS, and it's been very lucrative to both companies.

Apple has purchased TomTom data for their frankenmap creations (see what I did there?).
I wouldn't think it far-fetched to suggest that Apple may have perhaps "suggested" to TomTom that delay the high res support, so as not to loose out on iPhone5 sales - especially in the midst of this snafu iOS mapping.

Don't forget that loosing an iPhone5 sale also means loosing the 30% income from future App sales within the iOS ecosystem, as well as all the possible media sales. I remember reading somewhere that although Apple has less users than Android, the Apple users spend more - so they should be more valuable as individual customers to Apple.

For what it's worth, TomTom has stated that they will support the likes of the S3 by year-end.

Me, I'm in a bit of a pickle, as I was hoping to sell or pass on my TT750 and rely fully on the S3.
My TT750 LIVE services run out this month and I don't want to pay for another year of LIVE updates - especially if the map updates cost more than the full Android version of TT which has free perpetual maps...

Noony · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 13, 2003 Posts: 135

Tomtom come late to the party and don't even bring anything worth drinking!

Lui-G · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 22, 2006 Posts: 17

To further add to my suspicions, I just read this in a comment on a cnet review:

spmorriss · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:52 am Post subject:

From the TomTom FAQ page...

The TomTom Navigation app for Android is compatible with Android smartphones (Android version 2.2 or higher) with the following screen resolutions:

WVGA (800 x 480)
FWVGA (854 x 480)
We are committed to supporting higher resolutions on an ongoing basis.

The app requires 215 MB to 3,7 GB of free space, depending on the app and the associated map.

So basically, older phones... I've been waiting for TomTom so guess I'm stuck with CoPilot for the time being as my S3 is higher resolution (along with several colleagues who have them and the HTC One X etc... and the one person currently running copilot on his tablet mounted in the car who was looking forward to TomTom...)

Personally, I think TomTom have goofed big time with this as the current high end phones with higher screen resolutions are proving popular and should have been supported in the first release

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