HTC has revealed that its new alternative to Google Maps (and Bing and Yahoo and Ovi and all the other maps, we suppose) HTC Locations has a secret ingredient – TomTom.
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Thursday is here, and with it, plenty more juicy gadget stories to come. But before they do, catch up with what you might have missed overnight with our roundup of all the latest stories, here in techie breakie.
TomTom is rolling out version 4.0 of TomTom HD Traffic. It now reports 200% more traffic jams in rush hour, and delivers information to the TomTom device two minutes after a problem is reported on the roads. There’ll be no extra cost for existing TomTom users either. TomTom says: “Existing HD Traffic customers will experience the benefits immediately, without the need for any software upgrade.”
Out now | Free | TomTom
The week ahead at Electricpig towers brings reviews, news and titbits, with new products on the way from Bose, LG and TomTom, plus reviews of the Sony Touch e-reader, the Nokia X2, and Samsung Galaxy Europa, with a live Q&A on the Nokia N8 in the middle of the week. As always, if you’ve got anything you’re hankering to hear about, drop us a line in the comments.
Start your engines: we’ve got the best TomTom satnav models rounded up for you right here, so if you’re after a new GPS for your motor, you owe it to yourself to read on and check out the shortlist, to the right of the full post.
Sony satnav stereos just got a TomTom makeover, with the two firms partnering to launch Sony Xplod navigators: Slick satnav units built into car stereos, with TomTom navigation inside to boot.
iPhone 4 lands in one week and Apple is gearing up for its arrival. We had iTunes 9.2 this morning, now the first iOS 4 multitasking apps are hitting the iTunes App Store. The most obvious of the batch is an updated version of our favourite file sharing and syncing app Dropbox. But multitasking on iPhone 4 isn’t a free-for-all, apps will only be able to do certain things. Here’s a quick reminder of what iOS 4 multitasking will enable…
