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Picazzo
10-29-2009, 10:37 AM
Check this out in their online store here (http://www.iphonetunes.net/index.php/full_article/comments/navigon_car_kit_just_released/)
juls1585
10-29-2009, 10:44 AM
And go figure its reasonable priced. TomTom is basically a fail I see
Picazzo
10-29-2009, 10:55 AM
And go figure its reasonable priced. TomTom is basically a fail I see Yes, this kit is very fair in price! As I'm the happy owner of Navigon Europe, I'll properly going to buy this kit...
iNinja
10-29-2009, 04:17 PM
After getting that message from Chris re the blogs, my 1st blog was about this. ha.
djwindsor
10-31-2009, 10:18 AM
Of course it's cheaper. It doesn't have a GPS or line-in. If anything, it's overpriced. Granted Tom Tom's is overpriced but at least it has a GPS chip to augment/enhance the one built in.
Picazzo
10-31-2009, 12:21 PM
Of course it's cheaper. It doesn't have a GPS or line-in. If anything, it's overpriced. Granted Tom Tom's is overpriced but at least it has a GPS chip to augment/enhance the one built in. Have you tried the TomTom kit? How much do you think it will gain the GPS signal?
ronnie123
10-31-2009, 01:49 PM
Have you tried the TomTom kit? How much do you think it will gain the GPS signal?
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/tomtom-car-kit-for-iphone-review/
"We had a feeling that the car kit would make a bigger impact on the smaller streets, so to prove this we ran a torture test in Central London: we left the route planner on and drove around small streets randomly to test the GPS' accuracy and speed. The result? Again, the car kit proved to be quicker -- even with the slower phone -- and more accurate most of the time. Depending on the complexity of the route the iPhone 3GS' faster processor may even save a further two or three seconds when used with the car kit."
Check out the video that goes with it...I'm leaning more towards the tomtom car kit...still have not purchased a gps app though.
GADeputy
10-31-2009, 04:21 PM
Even though Navigon's is a lot cheaper than TomTom's it's still almost $60 US and that's a lot to pay for a basic phone holder. I could see if it had bluetooth or even a speaker but all it comes with is a cable.
I bought this one on ebay for less than $7 US and use the cable that my phone came with.

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/happyniuniu/iphoneholder-1.jpghttp://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/happyniuniu/iphoneholder-3.jpg
iNinja
10-31-2009, 04:56 PM
I've used my native 3gs with a standard holder in central London with no problem. Interestingly, navigon performed much better than tomtom
GADeputy
10-31-2009, 05:09 PM
I've used my native 3gs with a standard holder in central London with no problem. Interestingly, navigon performed much better than tomtom

We recently took a 2 week vacation in Europe and I also used both Navigon and TomTom. Navigon was outstanding. I ended up completely removing TomTom from my phone.
iNinja
11-05-2009, 05:27 PM
We recently took a 2 week vacation in Europe and I also used both Navigon and TomTom. Navigon was outstanding. I ended up completely removing TomTom from my phone.

Ditto, Tomtom seems to loose the road your on when roads are close together or cross over each other like when you go under a bridge etc.

I really like the Navigon app
iphone novice
11-11-2009, 09:13 PM
Does anybody know how/where to buy the Navigon car kit in the US? Picazzo's link above only ships to Germany, Austria and Switzerland...
dread
11-20-2009, 01:54 PM
Does anybody know how/where to buy the Navigon car kit in the US? Picazzo's link above only ships to Germany, Austria and Switzerland...

your better off buying this
http://us.kensington.com/html/17546.html
ronnie123
11-21-2009, 12:26 AM
I've got the tomtom car kit on order from

http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/shop/shop.cgi?action=enter&thispage=00000TOMTOMU01_BCA2728P.shtml&order_id=!ORDERID!

$89 seems reasonable compared to retail. It is on backorder though until Dec 1.