TomTom iPhone Cradle has appeared in the Apple Store

-=Vect0r=- · 8 Oct 2009 at 23:17

Very disappointing. Lost sale here...

No-One · 8 Oct 2009 at 23:40

Another no here

RobH · 9 Oct 2009 at 12:06

Better off getting a standalone device at that price, you can get a £50 Navigo that runs Windows CE 5 .NET and install whatever satnav software you want on it and it's still cheaper than this.

Valo · 9 Oct 2009 at 12:32

Nope not a chance! That’s ridiculous pricing from TomTom, talk about pricing yourself out of the market!

Irish_Tom · 9 Oct 2009 at 23:56

I can't believe they've done this - another sale lost from me.

Hopefully enough people will hold out on them and they'll have to drop the price.

Panzer

OllyM · 10 Oct 2009 at 09:23

Is... anybody going to buy this?

Yaka · 11 Oct 2009 at 16:41

this is just silly, id love to have the kit but the cost is stupid is there we can get a refund over this? tbh they should have announced the priced of the car kti when the app got released. i totally feel robbed

gumbald · 11 Oct 2009 at 17:44

Crazy. I must say I did originally think they'd try and rinse people with this, then changed my mind with the £60 app, expected about £100 all in. I'm still on my original iPhone, this is another reason why I'm not in any rush to change from it, still does everything I want it to do. As it is now, if I want a sat nav, I'll get a standalone TomTom or such...

iMacMart · 12 Oct 2009 at 14:49

Brought co-pilot that other day, very pleased with it

Pulsedriver · 13 Oct 2009 at 00:04

I bought Co-Pilot it's £26 and as good if not better than the TomTom app, so I don't get why they think they can charge £100 for a glorified car mount!

Copilot update just released

CoPilot Live 8.0.0.417 Europe for the iPhone has been released as an update in the App Store.

New features and improvements include:

•iPhone keyboard
•Improved contacts destination entry
•Improved GPS performance in walking mode
•Update button for in-app safety camera database downloads
•Additional stability and performance improvements
•Ability to switch-off menu beeps and mute voice instructions
•Smart call handling remembers your destination after a phone call
•Fixed landscape freeze after phone call issue
•GPS reliability improvements

Feek · 2 Jan 2010 at 11:23

A bit of a bump but I've just noticed that the price of the cradle has dropped by twenty quid, it's now £79.95. Still expensive though.

Cavallino · 2 Jan 2010 at 13:12

Feek said:
A bit of a bump but I've just noticed that the price of the cradle has dropped by twenty quid, it's now £79.95. Still expensive though.

Good find. But as you said, still 'spensive.

arcamalpha · 2 Jan 2010 at 15:30

But the £80 one says it's for the Touch whilst the £100 one is still listed for the iphone - I'm very confused!!

Do a search for Tom Tom to see both...

Feek · 2 Jan 2010 at 15:39

Oh well spotted, I didn't notice that. Boooo.

lolism · 5 Jan 2010 at 08:13

I'm thinking of getting CoPilot rather than TomTom. Would anyone be able to recommend decent iPhone craddles that won't drop my phone as I drive?

mosfet · 5 Jan 2010 at 12:50

Can anyone confirm whether GPS nav apps like Tomtom and CoPilot suffer from the same movement lag that the built in maps application does? The number of times I've missed turnings because google maps only updates once I've pass the junction is ridiculous :/

MacRS4 · 6 Jan 2010 at 01:42

No, I don't get any lag. Saying that, I only ever use it with the cradle - in the cradle it's just as good as the portable TomTom I used to use.

In fact here you can see my full thoughts on it, should you be interested: http://www.markc.me.uk/MarkC/Blog/Entries/2010/1/5_TomTom_SatNav_on_the_iPhone.html

arcamalpha · 8 Jan 2010 at 08:46

I use Tom Tom on mine without any cradle (it just sits on the passenger seat) and I've never found the delay an issue. I'd say on average it's 1-2 seconds behind when driving at 5-10mph in the road where I live, but absolutely fine when driving above 20mph.

A cradle would be good just so that I can see the screen and not have to rely on voice only.

Type_R · 8 Jan 2010 at 10:58

I got myself a Tomtom cradle last week. Superb piece of kit, well made, fixes on GPS straight away and updates Tomtom (and co-pilot which is even better!) straight away. The speaker is loud enough and handsfree works well. I know its expensive but at least it is very good at what it does!