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 [...]

TomTom and Sony revealed today a collaboration that will bring TomTom’s expertise in the field of navigation and services technology to Sony’s new Xplod AV Navigation Systems. This device comes fully connected* providing unprecedented live knowledge of the road ahead.
“We are delighted that Sony has selected TomTom as their navigation services supplier in Europe”, [...]

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 [...]

The Washington Post has named the TomTom iPhone app as one of the Top 18 iPhone Apps. We would like to quote briefly from this story on The Washington Post
“Utilities and Timesavers
The TomTom app turns your phone into a GPS navigation device with turn-by-turn directions. Maps and routes are stored in your phone’s memory, so [...]

You can now be guided by all your Star Wars voices on your TomTom GPS device!!
View the behind the scenes footage from the recording of the voice of Yoda!!

TomTom said Tuesday that the company has signed Localeze, a business-listings identity management company, to provide local business information as points of interest for future TomTom GPS devices.
Localeze will provide over 14 million points of interest to TomTom GPSes, beginning in 2011, of which nearly 600,000 have been verified and managed by local businesses themselves.
The [...]

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, Jul 05, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — TomTom today announces the appointment of Charles Davies as Group Chief Technology Officer.
Charles will join the company from Nokia, where he was VP, Technology Adviser and then interim Head of Technology and Architecture in Nokia Devices R&D. Prior to the Nokia acquisition, Charles was Symbian’s CTO for six [...]

HAMILTON — The state’s highest court yesterday upheld the revocation of a Hamilton man’s probation in a 2004 domestic assault, a revocation based in part on GPS computer records showing that he had entered areas near his wife’s home.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruling in the case against John Thissell makes clear that probation officers and [...]