TomTom iPhone Cradle has appeared in the Apple Store

OllyM · 24 Sep 2009 at 14:27

They've removed it from the Apple Store for now, maybe to correct an error in the description.

Rooky007 · 24 Sep 2009 at 15:27

Wonder what happens to who have already ordered this before it was removed

Burned_Alive · 24 Sep 2009 at 15:34

To me it still seems expensive for the cradle and app for £99, you can buy a stand alone tomtom for that much and having the app for iphone doesnt really make it any more practical if you still need the cradle to get the best out of it? Maybe I'm missing something?

b0rn2sk8 · 24 Sep 2009 at 15:47

Mac Rumors now says its £99 for just the cradle. That makes it £160. You can almost get a Tom Tom One XL V3 with more featues for that kind of cash. Way too expensive!

EDIT: You can get the XL V3 for £156 shipped. Its a no brainer comparing the two really.

Rooky007 · 24 Sep 2009 at 15:48

Who need a tom tom

when the car got a built in Sat Nav

Caged · 24 Sep 2009 at 15:56

Depends what the built in sat nav is doesn't it? The vast majority are lessons in how not to build a UI.

Also it's not even relevant to the discussion. Your car has it built in, congratulations on being charged through the nose for map updates.

Rooky007 · 24 Sep 2009 at 16:00

But I still love a portable for when going abroad to use in cars over there. Hence the reason I am following this thread....

Maccy · 24 Sep 2009 at 16:25

*awaits product to show on the Apple store*

OllyM · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:18

Apparently Tomtom have released a statement saying it will be £99.95 for just the mount. Absolutely disgraceful in my opinion, they won't sell any!

Nick1881 · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:54

That is way too expensive, my TomTom XL Traffic was only £145.

Memphis · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:59

OllyM said:
Apparently Tomtom have released a statement saying it will be £99.95 for just the mount. Absolutely disgraceful in my opinion, they won't sell any!

They will, and they know it.

Rooky007 · 24 Sep 2009 at 18:20

Memphis said:
They will, and they know it.

As he say they will sell..

Just like Apple they know they sell their products such Macbook pro etc and they are twice as much as high specs window laptops. But Apple know they will sell.

J1234 · 24 Sep 2009 at 19:56

Bloody hell, expensive.

Doonhamer · 24 Sep 2009 at 20:00

Too expensive for me.

Kol · 24 Sep 2009 at 20:23

Burned_Alive said:
To me it still seems expensive for the cradle and app for £99, you can buy a stand alone tomtom for that much and having the app for iphone doesnt really make it any more practical if you still need the cradle to get the best out of it? Maybe I'm missing something?

For someone who doesn't own a tomtom or for someone who would like it all in one package I think it's fine. I wouldn't want an array of items on my windscreen - so to have it all in one is great (assuming it is £100 all in).

arty · 24 Sep 2009 at 20:32

My copy of CoPilot was about £26.
My car cradle and charger together was about £20.

Total cost: £46.

I have had absolutely zero problems getting a good GPS fix quickly - in fact, it's much quicker than my old dedicated unit - and I can hear the directions perfectly. Why would anyone pay £160 for something you can have for so much less?

arty

Ol!ver · 24 Sep 2009 at 21:47

arty said:
My copy of CoPilot was about £26.
My car cradle and charger together was about £20.

Total cost: £46.

I have had absolutely zero problems getting a good GPS fix quickly - in fact, it's much quicker than my old dedicated unit - and I can hear the directions perfectly. Why would anyone pay £160 for something you can have for so much less?

arty

I agree. CoPilot has worked well for me, alongside the Ped3 Auto: www.ojhaslam.co.uk/ped3-auto-arrives-sticks-to-things

Cavallino · 24 Sep 2009 at 21:54

Tomtom must have real thick marketing teams. Cant they price up one of the most sought after products after people have been waiting for such a long time.

I mean how much more wrong can Tomtom and Apple get this...

They have software that costs nearly £80 (spend another 60 odd and you can get the full real, hardware AND software.

Here you have to buy a cradle which looks massive in comparison to Tomtom standalone cradles. Furthermore, it contains a SiRFstar chip inside it which kind of defeats the objective of having integrated GPS in the iphone and to top it off, you have to shell out 100 for the cradle and a separate 80 quid for the full euro software. I mean you cannot get it more wrong than that.

pumaz · 24 Sep 2009 at 22:33

Just buy a £50 Navigo and put your own software on (TomTom, Igo etc.)

Burned_Alive · 24 Sep 2009 at 22:52

Kol said:
For someone who doesn't own a tomtom or for someone who would like it all in one package I think it's fine. I wouldn't want an array of items on my windscreen - so to have it all in one is great (assuming it is £100 all in).

Well, what's an array of items? You either have the Tom Tom iphone cradle or you have a standalone unit. It's no more cluttered to have a standalone unit and it's probably more practical. Not to mention it's more expensive to have the iphone than a standalone!