TomTom Car Kit a no-go for iPod touch and early iPhones
- Thursday, 29 October 2009 10:15
The long-promised TomTom Car Kit is now available online via the Apple Store, but it comes with some unexpected limitations. Though the device is "compatible" with all iPhone and iPod touch models, it will only work with the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS—no original iPhones or iPod touches allowed. The problem is not hardware, it turns out, but software.
The $120 TomTom Car Kit is designed to enhance the experience of using TomTom's $99 GPS navigation app for iPhone OS. Not only does it hold the iPhone in place for easy viewing while driving, it also keeps the device charged, has its own built-in speaker to boost the volume of spoken directions, includes a mic for hands-free calling, and has its own GPS receiver that is designed to be more accurate than the iPhone's built-in GPS.
