The TomTom navigation app for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS [iTunes link] has landed on the App Store. Available in five versions --including the US and Canada, UK and Ireland, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand-- its prices range from around $74 to $132. Of course, that doesn’t include the announced car kit with bundled mapping software (rumored to cost $168 in the UK).
The prices of the five versions as follows:
- TomTom Australia – $74
- TomTom New Zealand – $90
- TomTom UK & Ireland – $99
- TomTom US & Canada – $99
- TomTom Western Europe – $132
[via SlashGear]
This app is trash. DO NOT BUY YOU ARE WASTING YOUR MONEY. Very very very pre-mature GPS.
I’m using the Australian version. Not as bad as what BigD says, but it is a little clumsy.. eg. I cannot search by street name to find a location, I must give the suburb 1st.. I am often unclear about the suburb name.. Sydney has a lot of small suburbs that are not clearly divided..
I think the Car Kit is almost essential, as using the GPS drains the battery a LOT. A two hour drive would chew up almost all the battery..
It’s not perfect, but it’s better than google maps! As iPhone GPS options go, it’s the best I have seen so far. Still room to improve it though..