No Touch, iPhone 2G compatibility coming for TomTom kit
updated 03:50 pm EDT, Wed October 28, 2009
Possibility hinted at in earlier statement
The combination of the TomTom iPhone Car Kit and its corresponding navigation app will not be compatible with the iPod touch or original iPhone, officials from the company now say. The Kit's product page has for a time said that while it can hold all iPhones, the matching app is only compatible with the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Regardless, a spokesman at one point claimed that company had simply not made any "public announcements" regarding the possibility of support through a software update.
The Kit is an unusual car mount in including its own GPS receiver, meant to enhance the reliability of an iPhone's connection. Such technology could, in theory, be used to support turn-by-turn navigation on Apple handhelds without internal GPS systems. Two other companies, GeoLife and PosiMotion, have in fact promised similar support through an external router.
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This could've been a raison d'etre for this product. Otherwise, it's an expensive way to add a speaker and a GPS receiver to the iPhone 3G. Oops, it's already got those!