Comments on: TomTom iPhone Car Kit Pricing Revealed

By: Willian Grochowski

Willian Grochowski — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:49:44 +0000

Droid x will beat the iphone for sure. Android in the new world revolutionary.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:03:08 +0000

I couldn’t agree more, HAHA, TomTom is a company made up of idiots. There TomTom app for iPhone cost $99, then there car kit tat goes with it is $119.95. Thats a total of $218.95, and they don’t even provide the basic part, The iPhone does that. Who would buy that? especially since google announced free navigation.

By: bigballs

bigballs — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:34:12 +0000

AT&T wireless coverage sucks, I wish somebody would make a car mount that would boost the darn AT&T signal and charge the phone. An external antenna would really help. I love the new XM Skydock design that plugs into the car lighter, keeps the iphone away from the hot sun and positions the iphone at half an arms length.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:53:49 +0000

Not really too sure what everyone is complaining about, $119.95 translates to $135 AUD. So even if they charge $149.95 it's still the same price as the belkin car mount kit that only does fm transmission and charging. And everyone knows music over fm transmitters is rubbish. And the belkin doesn't have a built in speaker or gps chip, or hands free dialling.

I've bought the app and will be glad to not be using up my data plan thru 3G whilst navigating.

I do have to add tho that if most people are complaining about pricing it usually means they haven't jail broken their iphone and are supporting developers, so if you're legit i tip my hat to you.

Have already told my wife to add it to the xmas wishlist (along with uncharted 2) haha i'm such a geek.

Bails.

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:01:16 +0000

Initially I was really excited about the car kit. Now, I think Ill just stick to having 2 devices. Not worth the cost in my opinion. I’d like to see the car kit priced around 59.99-69.99 and I want it to be able to hold iphones in cases. I never have my iphone out of the house without a case.

By: Levertis brock

Levertis brock — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:54:33 +0000

Dam but i will be paying for it they will have my 119.95 cause that thing is the best car kit period for the iPhone it has a gps enhancer and it charges it but i won’t be buying the Tom Tom app i like google and i will stick with them there good enough. But i am one of the people that r buying it for show

By: Lars

Lars — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:36:56 +0000

Ha! I was wondering what it was gonna cost. I was hoping something like 120-130$ for a bundle.

Now I'll probably buy MobileNavigator europe.

By: Jk

Jk — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:12:33 +0000

Rip F%*^#NG OFF!!

By: iPhone 3ggggssss

iPhone 3ggggssss — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:05:08 +0000

I think they are targetting people that has money and don’t care or don’t know. RIP OFF #6

By: FormCode

FormCode — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:04:20 +0000

Rip off would never pay that EVER for the app or car kit

By: Freddy

Freddy — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:48:43 +0000

Tomtom is great and iPhone is excellent! The combination of the two is even better, but with this ridiculous price I rather upgrade my phone or buy another iPhone for my kid instead of giving away my money for something that definetely should be cheaper.

By: jtz5

jtz5 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:33:56 +0000

@Chris Vitek-

Has Navigon shared with you their idea for their carkit?

By: Chris Vitek

Chris Vitek — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:09:02 +0000

For that money (combined price), the app better be killer. I haven’t reviewed it yet (waiting for TomTom to get back to me!) but I have heard people say it isn’t anything special – plus there are rumors that updates won’t be free, even things like updates for services that should be included.

By: fastlane

fastlane — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:41:02 +0000

@klmsu19:

everyone boycott this Tomtom **** until they lower the price.

Why not boycott it even AFTER the price is lowered? That's their plan — to get the wealthier peoples' money first, while making YOU WAIT. Why would you all want to suddenly jump at it when it's lowered to $80 or $90 next February? So they can laugh at all of you for thinking you're finally getting a great deal?

If you can't get it RIGHT NOW for a price you think is fair, move on to something else.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:32:04 +0000

Agree with everyone here… It is a rip off!!! I can just go out an buy a really nice GPS for that price. I am for the boycott b/c TomTom needs to know they are not going to get away with this crap. We are already getting ripped off by AT&T every month. (Zing!) I will be curious to see what Navigon’s mount will cost…..

By: klmsu19

klmsu19 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:14:51 +0000

everyone boycott this Tomtom crap until they lower the price.

It doesnt even fit a phone with a case, and they want $120 for it! Theyre nuts!

The thing prob costs $10-15 to make. Charge $50 for it and people would buy it, thats a fair price for a powered mount with a gps chip.

Most regular window mounts without the powered part go for $15-20 or so.

By: The 67 Beast

The 67 Beast — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:46:26 +0000

anyone know of a site/article/website that compares navigon and tomtom app. I am ready to buy one but need more input.

By: Killer

Killer — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:09:51 +0000

SCAM!!! Don’t fall for this people. RIP OFF!!!!!

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:56:47 +0000

Rip off #5 !!!!!

By: jtz5

jtz5 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:33:55 +0000

@Joe H-

I agree. I mean the aux in is just a cable that can go from iPhone jack anyway, so that's not really a "feature" of TomTom app. Only features are increased GPS (if that is really one), enhanced speaker (if it really is enhanced) and charging. Pretty weak.

By: Joe H

Joe H — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:21:50 +0000

@jtz5

I thought I read an article on Engadget about the FCC's "RF Exposure Report" mentioned an FM transmitter, but looking again it seems I'm wrong.

I guess I also assumed that a cost of $120 without an FM transmitter would be JUST PLAIN CRAZY.

Yeah ... nowhere near enough here to justify $120. I'll get a cheaper mount that does FM and just rely on my bluetooth for car calling.

By: Rjak

Rjak — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:09:14 +0000

Ok after looking around I seriously can’t find anything that matches all the features of the TomTom mount. I really only give a crap about three of them but since I can’t find anything else that does all three I guess I’m forking out $120.

By: jtz5

jtz5 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:59:22 +0000

@Rjak-

I don't think TomTom kit does FM transmission. Where did you read that?

By: Rjak

Rjak — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:53:17 +0000

Wellp … I need a mount that does charging, handsfree and FM transmission and it looks like the TomTom mount is the only one that does all three. Can anyone recommend another mount that does it all and will cost around $50-$70?

By: Rjak

Rjak — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:41:33 +0000

The mount does FM transmission on top of the aux audio input, charging, handfree dialing, GPS boost.

Stil, I think I'd pay $50-$70 at most.

I'm gonna check around for other mounts that do all of the above and see what they run..

By: fastlane

fastlane — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:15:04 +0000

This is no different than any other pricey app in the App Store. They’re going to start out sellling as many as they can to all of those with money to burn, then when sales drop, they’ll lower the prices on both by thirty to forty percent for the average consumer.

By: John

John — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:10:42 +0000

I’ll wait for Navigons mount, they seem to be a little wiser

By: rusty

rusty — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:42:39 +0000

This is a great example from Tomtom on how to release a product. Show in off months ago to get everyone excited. Then delay it several times even though it looks to be about a $10 hunk of plastic. then price said $10 hunk of plastic for $120.

Genius. Pure and simple.

By: brucerm01

brucerm01 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:34:44 +0000

haha, i cant buy a stand alone gps unit for 99 bucks

By: Sal

Sal — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:17:20 +0000

Tomtom No one is that stupid to pay £100 for car kit. I’ve got a Navigator on my phone and it works perfectly with normal car mount which cost me a £5. I don’t see a point waste of money..

By: Paddy Clark

Paddy Clark — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:03:44 +0000

TomTom this is pathetic. Your app was excessively priced and now the delayed kit follows suit. £150 or more for the combined offering. I bought copilot £26 which works very well and I note that it is top of the Grossingtable for the UK which means that it is selling at more than double tom tom volumes and probably more. An epic fail tom tom why would Iphone owners want to pay more than the cost of a stand alone unit? Are you insane

By: Wonderwebb

Wonderwebb — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:30:55 +0000

Was thinking about getting one but then I saw and bought the motorolla a2dp Bluetooth handsfree car kit for around £40 this works great with tom tom and has built in fm transmitter or if you don’t want to use radio as speaker the internal speaker is great . It allows iPod and tom tom app to run together . Call qaulity is excellent highly reccommended motorolla t505 check it out on YouTube

By: A purple-ish Colour

A purple-ish Colour — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:18:42 +0000

Haha what a joke! TomTom is stupid.

By: K

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:50:26 +0000

Not gunna do it!!!!

By: SoLo

SoLo — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:29:21 +0000

Too bad TomTom does not read/care about this page… It shows 30 negitive points and 0 postive. I too, all not purchase this POS.

By: Yanni

Yanni — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:29:15 +0000

Let’s meet half way.. I really think both app and mount should be 100-120 total.. I’d consider buying both combined at 150. Maybe a holiday sale coming in the near future?

By: Microcosmos

Microcosmos — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:52:35 +0000

Yes. It is a rip off. Shame on them for making us quiver with anticipation only to reveal a ridiculous price point. And…shame on me for still wanting to buy it as soon as I can save up the clams! :p

By: rijc99

rijc99 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:46:45 +0000

Ok, so the purpose of buying the TomTom app is so I only have to carry one thing instead of two.

IF I have to get a cradle in order for the GPS to get proper reception am I really doing any consolidation?

By: Mobile Virgin

Mobile Virgin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:44:28 +0000

You have got to be kidding me?! Who in tgeir rite mind would spend 99$ for the app and then 120$ for a mount?! First of all if att has great 3g signal everywhere like thet claim then the phone signal alone should suffice. Secondly you could get a bluetooth speak that is compatable with the iphone for less than 70$ and last but not least a giod mount from ebay for less than 5$. If anyone actually goes for whats being advertised, its no wonder why att and apple steadily raise prices on everything becuz nowadays ppl will buy anything.

By: sting7k

sting7k — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:38:16 +0000

Pass.

By: skyngai

skyngai — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:21:48 +0000

I wonder if the cost is $40 or something like that. You can get a car charger for about $5, let say speaker cost $5, GPS chips cost another $20, add a few dollar for the plastic mount and add some wiring for another few bucks. Let see if a China brand start ripping off this rip off. lol

By: Dman

Dman — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:10:26 +0000

@Nchelix: Yes at one point tomtom said other gps apps would work with it. They said it at the same time they said the mount would come with the app which turned out to be wrong… I wouldn’t want to spend $120 to find out if it works with other apps. I heard navigon is working on their own similar mount anyway.

By: RADEN

RADEN — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:03:34 +0000

Garbage. I really don’t think this kit is necessary. I’ve used both TomTom and Navigon (which is far better, IMO) with a simple cradle and it works just fine. The GPS signal is good and accurate. Sure, the audio isn’t crystal clear from the iPhone speaker but it’s not terrible either.

By: striatic

striatic — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:01:41 +0000

my wife and i recently purchased navigon mobilenavigator, and it works just fine with the iPhone's existing GPS, so 120 dollars for a car mount seems ridiculous.

i'm guessing that this device isn't really aimed at iPhone owners, but at iPod touch owners.

maybe tomtom will put out a heavily discounted version that only works with the iPod touch + car mount but if you have an iPhone i can tell you right now that this device/mount isn't really worth it.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:00:58 +0000

Rip off#100000000000000000000

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:57:14 +0000

Makes sense. Corporate idiots trying to make a buck off of “this new app thing all the kinds are into.” Morons. BTW: RIP OFF #4

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:57:14 +0000

This would be nice if it were cheaper and added a fm transmitter. Does anyone know can you actualy listen to music and use navigation the same time?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:56:18 +0000

and people will buy it for the convince of one less device and the tomtom brand.

but meh what do i care. im not a fan of navigation systems.

By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:49:54 +0000

So I can buy a SOLO unit for my car for less. This is an epic fail

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:42:35 +0000

Too much

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:27:02 +0000

Over 200.00 for a GPS? Give me a break, that’s ridiculous with today’s GPS Prices. Who’d be dumb enough to by that?

By: Nchelix

Nchelix — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:25:47 +0000

I believe tomtom at some point stated that other gps apps would work with the kit so that is what I will do

By: Luis

Luis — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:18:36 +0000

RIP OFF # 3

By: Rip off

Rip off — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:12:19 +0000

Rip off 2

By: mike

mike — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:11:19 +0000

I wonder if getting the TomTom Car Kit and using another (cheaper) turn-by-turn app would work. Can other apps use the built in (car kit) GPS chip? I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t.

By: rpv

rpv — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:08:08 +0000

Rip Off !!!