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UPDATE: The metrics Fair Pay Insurance measures have been added to the article. We’ve looked at TomTom’s new business models in the face of free competitors before, and today it’s announcing another new one. In conjunction with Motaquote, it’s launching a new type of car insurance, which includes a free satnav and uses a gizmo that logs how you drive, and assesses how much you’ll pay off the back of that. Read more
January 25th, 2012
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Bosch has decided it wants some of the juicy mobile satnav pie. Today, the company has launched a competitively-priced 3D iPhone satnav app with a raft of top-drawer features, including one that acts as your personal rally driving navigator. Read more
November 22nd, 2011
NavFree
Navfree, the gratis GPS mapping service for iPhone, has now arrived on Android. The app brings turn-by-turn guidance for Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, India, South Africa and Latin America. We know what you’re thinking: Android already has turn-by-turn sat nav guidance in the form of Google Maps Navigation. Luckily, Navfree has an extra trick up its sleeve. Read more
October 14th, 2011
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The BBC has pulled a U-turn on the TomTom Go Live Top Gear edition with Jeremy Clarkson's dulcet tones acting as your guide. Stock has only just shipped, but already the device has had to be pulled, after it became clear it went against Auntie's editorial guidelines. Read more
June 27th, 2011
CoPilot Live Premium Android app drops to £15 for one week only
Android owners who find that Google Maps' navigation skills aren't quite up to snuff have no choice but to shell out for an expensive commercial GPS app. CoPilot Premium is one such - usually retailing for about £30 on the Android Market. As special offer, developer ALK Technologies is dropping the price to just £15. Grab it quick, though - this is valid for one week only. Read more
May 10th, 2011
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[gallery] Your car dashboard probably doesn't look much different to how it would've 20 years ago – a radio, a speedometer and a clock all nestled together – but Pioneer wants to change that. It's presented a new augmented reality dashboard that puts a camera on the front of your car and scans the view to identify cars, traffic lights and local shops… Read more
April 7th, 2011
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Microsoft and Toyota have outed a big new plan to make future cars a lot smarter. Microsoft tech already powers the Ford Sync system but it seems the Redmond mob want to go even further with Toyota. But are we set to get our very own versions of KITT or set for a (Michael) Knightmare? Read more
March 8th, 2011
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The TomTom Via Live 120 is the latest midrange satnav from navigational superstars TomTom, slotting into the firm’s range a notch below the flagship TomTom Go Live 1000 model. Despite its reasonably lofty status in the lineup, it can be snaffled up for a piffling £160 (for the UK and Ireland version). But it is any cop as a satnav or will it have you plunging your motor into the nearest ford? We’ve scoured the first online reviews to see what the experts make of it.

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