Comments on: TomTom GPS Launches For The iPhone For Outrageous Price http://www.startertech.com/2009/08/17/tomtom-gps-launches-for-the-iphone-for-outrageous-price/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:36:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: PhotoEnforced.com http://www.startertech.com/2009/08/17/tomtom-gps-launches-for-the-iphone-for-outrageous-price/comment-page-1/#comment-3375 PhotoEnforced.com Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:38:24 +0000 http://www.startertech.com/?p=2072#comment-3375 I think their best strategy is to license good data sources and use this as their pricing leverage. They will soon find out that their pricing and data user collection strategies in Europe won’t work in the U.S. I think their best strategy is to license good data sources and use this as their pricing leverage. They will soon find out that their pricing and data user collection strategies in Europe won’t work in the U.S.

]]> By: technosailor http://www.startertech.com/2009/08/17/tomtom-gps-launches-for-the-iphone-for-outrageous-price/comment-page-1/#comment-3318 technosailor Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:44:57 +0000 http://www.startertech.com/?p=2072#comment-3318 I'm a Tour user myself. I pay for Telenav at $10 a month. Which comes out to $120 a year. If I use Telenav for more than a year, I end up paying more than I would for a TomTom straight up with no monthly service charge. I don't even hit the Garmin bottom line until $170. You are correct that there are numerous other turn by turns but none are TomTom with their database, traffic info, etc. So if turn by turn is all you need, maybe TomTom isn't the choice. The whole package, including the name and support, are worth the price when you consider the convenience of convergence, and still paying less than a separate piece of hardware. I'm a Tour user myself. I pay for Telenav at $10 a month. Which comes out to $120 a year. If I use Telenav for more than a year, I end up paying more than I would for a TomTom straight up with no monthly service charge. I don't even hit the Garmin bottom line until $170.

You are correct that there are numerous other turn by turns but none are TomTom with their database, traffic info, etc. So if turn by turn is all you need, maybe TomTom isn't the choice. The whole package, including the name and support, are worth the price when you consider the convenience of convergence, and still paying less than a separate piece of hardware.

]]> By: Sean P. Aune http://www.startertech.com/2009/08/17/tomtom-gps-launches-for-the-iphone-for-outrageous-price/comment-page-1/#comment-3317 Sean P. Aune Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:33:14 +0000 http://www.startertech.com/?p=2072#comment-3317 I actually don't own an iPhone, I am looking at this completely from the outside in this particular situation. Speaking as an outsider, I see someone wanting to charge me nearly as much for a piece of software as they do for the same piece of software with hardware attached to it, and I laugh at them. You also add in the numerous already released turn-by-turn navigation applications for the iPhone and this thing is just completely out of line pricing wise. Again, non-iPhone user here (BlackBerry Tour is my phone of choice), and looking in from the outside, the whole thing just seems silly. I actually don't own an iPhone, I am looking at this completely from the outside in this particular situation. Speaking as an outsider, I see someone wanting to charge me nearly as much for a piece of software as they do for the same piece of software with hardware attached to it, and I laugh at them.

You also add in the numerous already released turn-by-turn navigation applications for the iPhone and this thing is just completely out of line pricing wise.

Again, non-iPhone user here (BlackBerry Tour is my phone of choice), and looking in from the outside, the whole thing just seems silly.

]]> By: technosailor http://www.startertech.com/2009/08/17/tomtom-gps-launches-for-the-iphone-for-outrageous-price/comment-page-1/#comment-3316 technosailor Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:25:29 +0000 http://www.startertech.com/?p=2072#comment-3316 Uh, yeah. That's exactly inline with what I'd expect. Why should TomTom charge less to you because you have an iPhone? Please, get over yourself. You buy an iPhone because you want a convergence device. TomTom is giving you convergence. Yes you have to pay. You're not entitled to cheap software simply because you have an iPhone. What kind of sense of entitlement is that? You pay LESS than if you bought a TomTom unit because you're not getting the mounting hardware. You don't get to have their IP, R&D and convenience simply because you paid AT&T and Apple for an iPhone. Sorry. You're way off base here. WAY off base. Uh, yeah. That's exactly inline with what I'd expect. Why should TomTom charge less to you because you have an iPhone? Please, get over yourself.

You buy an iPhone because you want a convergence device. TomTom is giving you convergence. Yes you have to pay. You're not entitled to cheap software simply because you have an iPhone. What kind of sense of entitlement is that?

You pay LESS than if you bought a TomTom unit because you're not getting the mounting hardware. You don't get to have their IP, R&D and convenience simply because you paid AT&T and Apple for an iPhone.

Sorry. You're way off base here. WAY off base.

]]> By: technosailor http://www.startertech.com/2009/08/17/tomtom-gps-launches-for-the-iphone-for-outrageous-price/comment-page-1/#comment-3315 technosailor Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:25:18 +0000 http://www.startertech.com/?p=2072#comment-3315 Uh, yeah. That's exactly inline with what I'd expect. Why should TomTom charge less to you because you have an iPhone? Please, get over yourself. Uh, yeah. That's exactly inline with what I'd expect. Why should TomTom charge less to you because you have an iPhone? Please, get over yourself.

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