Many visitors to the Arrive Alive website have enquired about GPS devices and where they can purchase these in South Africa.
We have approached the Arrive Alive website road safety Partner TomTom and were provided with detail on some of the TomTom sattelite navigation devices and where we might be able to buy them.
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Latest features include navigate-to-photo and optimisation
for iPhone 4
South Africa, Johannesburg
– 02 September, 2010 –
TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, announces that a new update to the TomTom App for iPhone is coming soon. The new update demonstrates TomTom’s commitment to provide continued innovations and an enhanced navigation experience.
Now, TomTom users will [...]

Satellite navigation company Garmin is recalling approximately 1.25 million nüvi personal navigation devices, due to a potential fire hazard.
The company says about 796 000 of the 1.25 million units were sold in the US, but the company has not yet commented on the effect of the recall on the South African market.
It explains [...]

There are many different providers of GPS services - and it is often difficult for consumers to compare these products. Not all sales people have the knowledge to compare products with one another - and it is difficult to find an independent view from a knowledgeable person without a vested interest in any of these [...]

TomTom has combined its sub-Saharan Africa and Benelux operations and hopes to increase local market share to 50% in the next two years.
TomTom regional manager of sub-Saharan Africa Joost Jetten has been named VP of sales for Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) and sub-Saharan Africa.
Jetten says the position has been newly created and another country [...]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Vehicle navigation system maker TomTom NV reported a 69 per cent rise in second quarter net profit Wednesday thanks largely to increased sales of maps and content to car manufacturers.
TomTom said its net profit for the quarter was €34 million (US$43.7 million), up from €20 million a year earlier while revenues [...]

AMSTERDAM, Jun 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, announces the availability of its latest digital map products, including Tele Atlas MultiNet(R) 2010.06.
With this release, the company’s navigable map products now cover more than 32 million kilometers (20 million miles) across 102 countries and territories globally. The [...]

A 24-year-old British man was fined an effective R8 000 or one year in jail by a special World Cup FIFA court in Bloemfontein on Thursday after a car crash on the N1 in which a man died.
The Bloemfontein District Court fined James Haywood R24 000, or three years imprisonment, of which R16 000 or [...]

The World Cup has shown South Africans how important traffic information on heavily congested roads near Sports Stadiums could be! But where do we find this important information that is ‘Real Time” and not the delayed reports from many radio stations?
TomTom, the world’s leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, has recently announced the [...]

Traveling through Italy is much easier with mobile access to key tourist accommodations
Amsterdam - TomTom, the world’s leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, today announces an agreement with Studio Scivoletto, owner of www.bed-and-breakfast.it and www.agriturismo-on-line.com that feature more than 15,000 tourist accommodations. Through this partnership Studio Scivoletto’s accommodations databases will be available for [...]