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TomTom goes upwardly mobile review
Reviews It has been a busy few months for TomTom, the company behind a range of standalone and handheld- or smartphone-based navigation solutions. Late in May TomTom changed from being privately owned to publicly quoted, an exercise that raised €125...
[June 14, 2005, 10:45]
TomTom goes upwardly mobile
Talkback Can i get a tomtom mobile on my sony ericcson W810i. If so can u send me the deatail on it.
[October 18, 2006, 18:43]
TomTom MOBILE review
Reviews Despite these niggles, TomTom MOBILE performed well on test and is competitively priced. TomTom is targeting Symbian/Series 60v2 and Windows Mobile for Smartphone 2003. TomTom MOBILE does what you would expect it to in that it can provide...
[December 10, 2004, 8:20]
TomTom GO 910 review
Reviews This is listed at the TomTom Web site as becoming available in the third quarter of 2006. Thanks to its wide screen and built-in battery, the TomTom GO 910 is a relatively large device: it measures 112mm wide by 81mm deep by 66mm high and weighs a...
[July 31, 2006, 16:05]
TomTom MOBILE 5 review
Reviews These features all appear in competing navigation software, so TomTom is playing catch-up here. In our first review of TomTom MOBILE we were impressed by the fact that you could run navigation software adequately on a smartphone.
[August 23, 2005, 10:50]
TomTom branches into business
News In-car navigation firm TomTom is expected to demonstrate a fleet management product at CeBIT technology show this week. TomTom Work was announced last week, and includes TomTom Webfleet, a service that allows Web-based vehicle management.
[March 6, 2006, 14:05]
TomTom ships malware on sat-nav
News Satellite navigation company TomTom has admitted that it has shipped two viruses on a number of its devices. According to the company, a "small number" of TomTom GO 910 satellite navigation devices were shipped last year with malware pre-installed.
[January 29, 2007, 12:49]
TomTom agrees to pay MS for patents, settles suit
Blog CNET US reporter Ina Fried has just reported that MS and TomTom have come to terms on their suit-countersuit. It looks like TomTom caved: Microsoft and TomTom announced on Monday that they have reached a settlement in their respective patent suits.
[March 30, 2009, 17:17]
TomTom joins Linux protection group
Blog TomTom has joined the Open Invention Network, a company that was formed to protect Linux, as a licensee. As we look to enable the Linux Ecosystem, we are pleased to have TomTom become a licensee," said OIN chief executive Keith Bergelt in a statement.
[March 23, 2009, 16:45]
TomTom posts loss after Tele Atlas writedown
Blog Satnav-maker TomTom has posted a loss of €989m (£875m) for the fourth quarter of 2008, largely because it wrote down the value of Tele Atlas by around a billion euros. TomTom's pretax profits for the quarter were already down by 46 percent compared...
[February 24, 2009, 16:25]
TomTom rises on Microsoft takeover talk
News Shares in GPS navigation firm TomTom rose sharply on Tuesday amid speculation that the company could be a takeover target for Microsoft. By the close of trading on Tuesday afternoon in Amsterdam, TomTom's share price had risen by 6.3 percent to...
[July 5, 2006, 14:25]
TomTom Navigator 2 review
Reviews TomTom 2 truly transforms your Pocket PC into an in-car navigation system that talks you clearly and precisely through to your destination. They are, however, useful in verifying that TomTom 2 has identified the correct address from the details you...
[April 17, 2003, 16:52]
TomTom Navigator review
Reviews To transform your Pocket PC into an in-car navigation system, TomTom provides a 12-channel GPS unit on the end of a metre-long connecting lead. When you deviate onto your preferred route, the problem can be further compounded by TomTom stubbornly...
[November 29, 2002, 9:57]
TomTom countersues Microsoft with patent claim
News TomTom has responded to Microsoft's patent suit by filing a patent claim of its own against the software maker. TomTom says Microsoft's Streets and Trips products infringe on four patents it owns related to vehicle-navigation software.
[March 20, 2009, 7:31]
Microsoft, TomTom reach patent settlement
News Microsoft and TomTom have reached a settlement in their respective patent suits, the companies said on Monday. As part of the deal, TomTom will pay Microsoft for patent protection related to mapping patents and file-management patents that...
[March 31, 2009, 8:23]
TomTom RoutePlanner Europe
Downloads TomTom RoutePlanner Europe is the perfect route planner when you're "on the road". TomTom RoutePlanner will calculate the quickest or the shortest route for you. It's easy to use and tells you very clearly how to travel from A to B.
[January 18, 2002, 7:00]
TomTom goes upwardly mobile
Talkback TomTom may be "upwardly mobile", but it isn't upwardly compatible! Tom Tom navigator 5 is not compatible with the new Windows Mobile 5, which means that unless TomTom get their act together quickly they will lose out on a whole new generation of...
[October 24, 2005, 10:14]
Microsoft sues TomTom over Linux patents
News Microsoft has filed two separate patent-infringement actions against TomTom, including claims relating to the GPS navigation company's use of the Linux kernel. It is the "TomTom implementation of the Linux kernel that infringes these claims...
[February 26, 2009, 11:26]
Microsoft's secret plan behind the TomTom suit?
Blog A very interesting analysis of the Microsoft versus TomTom suit has appeared on veteran journo Glyn Moody's blog. Having established that Microsoft's "it's not about Linux" schtick is transparently wrong - the area covered by the FAT patents is...
[March 5, 2009, 15:43]
Microsoft-TomTom suit puts open source on guard
News Despite Microsoft assurances that a patent lawsuit against GPS navigation company TomTom is not targeting the overall Linux community, open-source leaders said on Thursday that the legal action is antagonistic towards the movement.
[February 27, 2009, 10:00]
