The eagerly anticipated car kit to for TomTom’s GPS iPhone app (iTunes link) has been given a price, a rather substantial $120. While earlier rumors leaned toward the GPS bundle including the $100 application, the official announcement says otherwise. This brings the overall cost to $220, beyond the cost of many dedicated GPS units.
TomTom Car Kit
The kit provides a suction cup to allow you to attach the iPhone on the car windscreen, and also a power adapter that plugs into the car’s cigarette lighter. That said, you can get kits similar kits from Amazon for less than $30 (although TomTom claims their kit provides “enhanced GPS performance”).
#1 by Gene on September 28th, 2009
Quote
The entire TomTom iPhone experience is a joke. First, the app itself is nothing to fall in love with. And, it is priced too high. It seems as if they want to be snobbish by putting the price where it is and saying “well, it HAS to be the best because it costs the MOST.” Yeah, right. Now they release this wonderful addition. $120? Are they kidding me? And I especially like how they designed it so only “naked” iPhones can fit in it. What moron doesn’t have some kind of case on their iPhone? They really expect me to remove my case every single time I need to use their car kit? Wow. Just… wow.
Pingback: TomTom Car Kit Lands in Apple’s Online Store « Art of the iPhone