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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:35 pm    Post subject: TomTom goes social Reply with quote

Twitter, Yelp and Expedia added to existing Go 1000 series come October

...but not for UK yet

See video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFOnfiYwCU4

and Press Release

http://corporate.tomtom.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=601445
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Twitter on a car navigation device, just imagine the idiots tweeting as they are driving and the accidents that could cause.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shame they don't get the stuff to do with navigation right before they start to introduce something that will probably have a more negative effect on road safety than talking on a phone Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Twitter on a car navigation device, just imagine the idiots tweeting as they are driving and the accidents that could cause.

Whilst I'm not condoning the features, you won't be able to Tweet whilst driving. But you can configure it with your Twitter account details so you can press a button to have your location sent as a Tweet or to announce your arrival. So not quite as bad as you are assuming.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice to see innovation in the PND market would be my reaction, after all we can all drink and drive, txt or phone whilst driving, enter destinations, etc... which is no difference to tweeting or booking a table at a restaurant - we just have to make sensible decisions, and just because of the minority of fools, we shouldn't choose not to introduce new features
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darren wrote:
MrT wrote:
Twitter on a car navigation device, just imagine the idiots tweeting as they are driving and the accidents that could cause.

Whilst I'm not condoning the features, you won't be able to Tweet whilst driving. But you can configure it with your Twitter account details so you can press a button to have your location sent as a Tweet or to announce your arrival. So not quite as bad as you are assuming.


Let me get this right, TomTom are so concerned about network traffic that they hobbled HD Traffic by reducing the effective range but now they want us to Tweet our locations which will, I assume, increase network traffic Shocked
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:42 pm    Post subject: Re: TomTom goes social Reply with quote

xtraseller wrote:
Twitter, Yelp and Expedia added to existing Go 1000 series come October

...but not for UK yet

See video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFOnfiYwCU4

and Press Release

http://corporate.tomtom.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=601445
Thank God I've got a 720 Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:49 pm    Post subject: Re: TomTom goes social Reply with quote

Calomax wrote:
Thank God I've got a 720 Very Happy

I echo that sentiment! Very Happy

My 720's so reliable, and if something should go wrong I know I can reinstall a backup. It does everything I require of a satnav, and I really have no desire for a later model with new "features" that just seem to cause problems.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't see much point in adding this sort of capability to a Nav unit, lets face it its got nothing to do with Navigation.

It has been quite some time now since TomTom dropped a number of features from their product range due to thm being non Nav related such as the mp3 player, document viewer, picture viewer etc, now they start to add crap back in to devices that are currently worse off in terms of features than the older x20/ x30 & 940.

Even with the system locked down so it can't be used while driving "other than to send a tweet of your present position" well that very action will require interaction with the device taking the drivers eye off the road, remember no remote control these days. I simply don't see the point, they should be looking at enhancing the on road specific capabilities rather then turning the nav unit in to a smart phone with no call related capability built in, whats next a Go-1000 derivative you can use as a mobile phone - Mike
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

While these services won't be of interest to me, I think for maybe my parents who don't and won't use smartphones, but will get out the satnav when visiting less known parts, it would be handy to find a decent restaurant, etc. nearby their destination or location - and read reviews of it

Never know, they may end up tweeting to let me know they've arrived safely!

So while I agree it is not for everyone, it does have its advantages and ultimately if it sells some more PNDs that can only be a good thing, as companies will continue to invest in the software platform as a whole, rather than switch to smartphone apps, which for me just don't cut it
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And addding a simple pin number to protect the newer devices cant even be done.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It seems these are replacements for other services, Twitter replacing Buddies and Yelp/Expedia to replace Google search?
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:48 am    Post subject: Twitter on TomTom Reply with quote

Yes great - yet another way to tell a number of complete strangers you are away from home - why not give them your bank details while you're at it!
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a great idea Shocked Twisted Evil
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