Kevin, Scott's talking about the fact that TomTom has just released a car kit for their GPS app that lets you plug an iPod Touch or older generation iPhone into a holder. The holder is like slipping on a case for the device, and adds GPS functionality that allows you to use that device with their GPS navigation app. In principle, this GPS interface could be used by any app for the device. The problem is that TomTom's own GPS navigation app is not accessible. They also make a car kit for the iPhone 3GS (which is different and more expensive), where they use the car kit to boost GPS signal strength. Unfortunately, the viphone list hasn't set up Mailing List archiving, so it's a pain to try to point people to posts and discussions there. There's a November 20 ilounge article describing the TomTom car kit release (the separate one for the iPod Touch), and much earlier this summer there were articles at sites like Gizmodo about the fact that these add-ons gave older iPod Touch models the ability to use GPS navigation.
Cheers, Esther Kevin Gibbs wrote: > What are you talking about concerning a Tomtom package? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Howell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 8:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: iPhone or iTouch? > > Donal, > > Navigon's MobileNavigator, which is available for several areas, is > quite accessible as is. A umber of us on the VI Phone list have > compiled some suggestions we have shared with Navigon to perhaps > tweak things a bit that will be useful both for sighted and non- > sighted users alike. This is the most affordable and accessible > solution for the iPhone currently. It does not work on the iPod > Touch yet, but certainly is possible I would imagine with the > release of the Tom Tom GPS package. Now of course this is purely > speculation on my part based on something someone had said, but hey > anything is possible. THe point is if there is enough interest, it > is possible Navigon might consider addressing this in the future. > > On Nov 25, 2009, at 7:40 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> Very interesting Scott thanks. I'm particularly interested in your >> comments regarding the GPS app. How accessible is it? >> >> Donal >> On 26 Nov 2009, at 00:30, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> You know it comes down to whether you want a phone as well and the >>> possibility of using a GPS solution or not. The Touch could >>> possibly have a GPS solution added as an external item, but of >>> course the other consideration is the data plan. I personally >>> decided to just get the iPhone for my wife and I and I do get my >>> use out of the data plan. >>> I hope that gives you some things to consider. The interface is >>> the same with a few differences do to the fact one is the iPhone >>> and one is the iPod Touch, but the experience is the same. >>> On Nov 25, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: >>> >>>> I am faced with something of a dilemma. It's a nice one, but a >>>> dilemma none the less. >>>> >>>> The phone carrier (O2) in Ireland who offers the iPhone is >>>> offering me a very good upgrade price. So my dilemma is whether >>>> to buy the iPhone now, or wait till the States to get the touch. >>>> I presume the interaction on both devices is the same? I'd be >>>> very interested to hear the thoughts and experiences of people on >>>> the list who have tried both. >>>> >>>> In light of the ludicrous over-pricing by Intel on their new >>>> reader, isn't it truly fantastic to have the choice between two >>>> off-the-shelf devices? >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Donal >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>> Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>> . >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >> . >> >> > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en > . > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en > . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
