TomTom Car Kit Not Compatible with iPod touch and First-Gen iPhone
AppleInsider is reporting that the car kit will not be compatible with the iPod touch and first-generation iPhone 2G. This is a complete turn around from early reports from TomTom claiming since the car kit contained it’s own GPS, you could indeed use the TomTom App Store software/car kit combo with an iPod Touch and first-generation iPhone.
TomTom’s car kit for iPhone has been in the news countless times the past few months and here it is once again. This news should sadden many iPod touch/First-generation iPhone 2G owners who have been waiting for this often delayed accessory to be released. It was first slated to come out this past summer, which was then pushed back to October and now will not be shipped until November.
[Via AppleInsider]
October 29th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
How funny is this??? What’s the difference between 3g and the 2g?? Just 3g device. Apple is a ripoff and should get sued!!!
October 29th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
My reading on this said it contained its own GPS Antenna (really just an antenna booster), NOT its own GPS. You still needed a GPS chipset to receive these boosted signals.
Was everybody else just glossing over the specs in their rush to an overpriced product?
October 29th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
“That’s a shame.”
October 29th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
2g iPhone does NOT have built in gps go away troll
October 29th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Well if you read engadgets review, they say that it has it’s own complete gps receiver which communicates with the iPhone via Bluetooth. Either way, too expensive, and a year too late.
October 29th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
@Joe McG
“Either way, too expensive, and a year too late.”
Nuff said.
October 29th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
LOL… These companies… thank god we have companies like GOOGLE!!!! hopefully they wont turn to the darker side
October 29th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
@pato, ur ghey. and also this is just another reason I won’t be buying it.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Who cares anyway?? Whoever buys this is an idiot …
October 30th, 2009 at 1:54 am
It has its own GPS Chip and is compatible with the First Gen! The Carkit is already available here in Germany and there are a lots of youtube Videos Proofing it with the first Gen and even other Software than TT. I think the Kit is too expensive, but it works.
greets from Germany, Mike
October 30th, 2009 at 3:21 am
People are soooooo dumb. The first gen iphone and the ipod touch do not I repeat do not have GPS. The car kit has a GPS signal enhancer. Which makes the GPS in the iphone 3g or 3gs stronger. I dont have this car kit. But unlike most of the people that comment on this site I READ REVEIWS.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:36 am
@macboy15 the carkit has a fully featured GPS Chip and not only a enhancer, so it works with the first Gen!!! With the Touch i cant tell, there might be other probs. With the rest of your Post you are absolutely right!
Mike
October 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Specs say it has a full receiver and will feed gps thru the dock to the phone.
http://www.tomtom.com/products/section.php?ID=1019&Section=766&Lid=4&Category=2
So I stand corrected…
October 30th, 2009 at 8:23 am
There are many YouTube videos showing otherwise.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:58 am
My car kit has just been delivered by UPS Looks good quality, not too bulky and keeps with the iPhone asthetics.
Now going to spend some time in my car finding the optimum position.
Peace
October 30th, 2009 at 11:31 am
@Mike If the touch or the 1st gen iphone dont have gps how would it work on one and not the other. They both have the same maps app. The only thing thats different is there no wireless signal on the touch. Which you dont need.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:38 am
his is right from apple’s website….Overview The TomTom app on your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 3G puts award-winning technology at your fingertips, like IQ Routes which gives you the smartest, most efficient route any time of day. That’s just the beginning. Combine it with the TomTom Car Kit to experience enhanced GPS performance for the ultimate in-car navigation.
TomTom Car Kit features Secure docking TomTom’s specially designed, award-winning EasyPort mount attaches your iPhone securely to your windscreen or dashboard – perfectly within reach. It lets you rotate the screen for widescreen route display. And it folds flat for easy moves from car to car.
Enhanced GPS performance The TomTom car kit’s built-in receiver increases the GPS performance of your iPhone to give you a truly reliable signal – even in high-rise urban areas.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Accordingly to this article, it works on 2G iPhones:
http://www.macrumors.com/2009/10/28/no-tomtom-car-kit-compatibility-for-ipod-touch/
October 30th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Why on earth would anyone have a 2g anyway?how about you take the $120 and get a 3gs, and If you don’t have the money to upgrade, than you need to stop reading these sites and get a job.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Oh, and full rss posts please
October 30th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
TomTom car kit tool kit app now in the app store. (and working!)
October 30th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
@pierluigi lol Ok that first video with the foreign talk is bs. Its a 1st gen iphone he is using the google maps and there is a blue blinking dot like you see on a 3g or 3gs. But the 1st gen iphone does not have a gps chip in it or software to do this. And just connecting it to the tom tom unit does not just give it gps. If this was true than it would work with the ipod touch. fishy very fishy
October 30th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
LeaF: LOL… These companies… thank god we have companies like GOOGLE!!!! hopefully they wont turn to the darker side
LOL, you’ve obviously never had to deal with google. They are some of the worst around. Google only cares about one thing, google, and they will crush anyone who stands in their way. I don’t care for apple in the least but google is hardly any better.
October 30th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
For $120 why not just but a tom tom? At least you won’t have to worry about your expensive iPhone falling off the window like that stupid Tom Tom always does.
November 7th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Really sad! I own the first Iphone generation…shame
November 20th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
It seems that it works:
http://www.iphonetunes.net/index.php/fullarticle/comments/iphone1g2gedgetomtomappturn-by-turngpsnavigationyes._unpacking/