iPhone to host new TomTom GPS navigation software
17 Aug 2009
iPhone users will be able to use a new GPS car navigation iPhone application released by TomTom today, with four different maps for consumers in the US, New Zealand, Canada and Australia.
TomTom, the Amsterdam-based digital mapping and routing company said that the new GPS car navigation system developed for iPhones will be available in the Apple iTunes App Store starting today.
''With TomTom for iPhone, millions of iPhone users can now benefit from the same easy-to-use and intuitive interface, turn-by-turn spoken navigation and unique routing technology that our 30 million portable navigation device users rely on every day,'' said Corinne Vigreux, managing director of TomTom. ''As the world's leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, TomTom is the most natural fit for an advanced navigation application on the iPhone.''
The TomTom app for iPhone 3G and 3GS users includes a continental map of Europe or a map of a region from Tele Atlas.
TomTom app for iPhone includes the exclusive IQ Routes technology of using travel time assumptions, IQ Routes bases its routes on the actual experience of millions of TomTom drivers to calculate the fastest route and generate the most accurate arrival times in the industry, said TomTom.
According to TomTom, its IQ Routes empowers drivers to reach their destination faster up to 35 per cent of the time.
