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16 From the Forums Friday is making an appearance about 12 hours earlier than usual today as I’m playing catch-up with my schedule. Here are the goodies we dug up from the forums this week, in list form. The traditional format will be back next week. Continue–> From the Forums Friday 2008-05-16
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14 While they were cleared in North America awhile back, the EU has now cleared TomTom to go ahead and purchase Tele Atlas without large restrictions. So what does this mean for ordinary GPS users? This means that all of that cool data TomTom has been collecting from users, such as MapShare changes to the road network and speed data from IQ Routes will probably start flowing back down to Tele Atlas. Currently changes made in MapShare only go out to other MapShare users and not back into the original map. The speed data will make routing decisions and ETA values more accurate. There are also hints that map updates could become even more frequent. TomTom/Tele Atlas are already offering map updates on a quarterly basis, more often than most other GPS companies are spitting them out.
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14 Already one of the most “open” GPS companies around, Dash has announced availability of their API program to allow third party developers to add content to Dash devices. These “DashApps” can take advantage of the internet connectivity built into the Dash Express. Users should be able to start downloading content as soon as tomorrow. So what can these apps do? Check it out from their PR: Continue–> Dash API Opening Up
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13  So everyone is pretty certain a new iPhone is coming along fairly soon. And there is good reason to speculate that the phone will have GPS. So they will need some software, right? Or at least they will want to have software available from somewhere Why not Dash? Remember that big iFund? Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), the pockets behind the iFund is also one of the Dash investors. The Dash device runs linux/OpenMoko which would make it somewhat easier to get the Dash app to run on an iPhone. The Dash Express has internet connected goodness… and of course the iPhone does too… both working with the same network technology too… GPRS/wifi. Dash also seems like a very progressive, forward thinking company with philosophies similar to Apple. Seems like a perfect match to me.
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12 TomTom announced last week that the RIDER GPS designed for motorcycle use, has been upgraded with new features. New TomTom RIDER 2nd Edition devices will ship with the new software. Existing owners of the 2nd Edition or the original TomTom RIDER will also be able to update their software with the new features. So what do you get? Continue–> TomTom RIDER gets Enhanced
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12 Ever since TomTom announced their new IQ Routes feature, existing TomTom owners wondered if they would get access to that data. There are quite a few good arguments pointing to the possibility of it happening, and a few reasons to suspect it might not happen. Here is what we know. Continue–> TomTom IQ Routes for older devices?
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11 A common question (or complaint) about TomTom devices is that they don’t know their left from right when it comes to street addresses. In most cases it isn’t that they don’t know, it is just that the information isn’t where the user expects it to be– and the TomTom devices are not “vocal” about left/right. So here is how to figure out, in most cases at least, what side of the road your destination is on. Continue–> TomTom Destination Left / Right
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9 Probably one of the most discussed threads this week was about the new Tomom 7.20 maps (as well as the corresponding 805 maps for the 730/930 devices). In that thread we talk a bit about how the Latest Map Guarantee button frequently doesn’t seem to work properly but people who call support and fax in a receipt will get the maps added to their account. We’d rather see the button work.  The maps are based on the 2008.01 map release from Tele Atlas and on page 2 of that thread the “release notes” are displayed. Continue–> From the Forums Friday 2008-05-09
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8 TomTom’s new ONE lineup boasts a newly redesigned mount, a louder speaker, optional traffic services, and a focus on safety features. Is the new ONE 130 series for you? We’ve taken the TomTom 130s through our test course to see what this little guy has to offer. Continue–> TomTom ONE 130s
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2 Perhaps one of the best tips we’ve seen in awhile, if you don’t like the volume of the voice on your Nuvi, you can increase the voice volume on some models. It appears to work well on 700 series models, others remain to be seen. Continue–> From the Forums Friday 2008-05-02
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