Posts Tagged ‘Safety’

TomTom makes unique offer to English Football Fans for World Cup

Friday, April 16, 2010 7:33 No Comments

TomTom is offering a free satellite navigation system to customers if England win the World Cup Final. It might seem like a long shot but the offer is open to anyone who purchases a GO550, GO750 and GO950 in the run-up to the tournament. The football promotion is running for an eight-week period from April [...]

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TomTom WORK launches in South Africa

Thursday, April 15, 2010 16:12 No Comments

~ TomTom WORK offers the all-in-one business solution to keep you connected with your people on the road ~ Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 April 2010 – TomTom WORK, a division of the leading provider of navigation solutions TomTom NV, is a business solution for fleet management combined with navigation and is now providing communication products [...]

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Voices for Mahala from Africa on your TomTom

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 11:31 No Comments

Even Choice has a Voice! Tom Tom has done it again, you spoke and we heard. Available as a FREE download from TomTom Home (our user-friendly software) down load six of your favorite local celebrity voices. DJ Fresh – Awarded radio personality of the year Sasha – Formula 1 Fanatic Mel Miller – Golden Oldie [...]

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TomTom Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates Now Available in North America

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 19:14 No Comments

Mar 29, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, today announces the availability of a wide range of TomTom devices offering Lifetime Map Updates and Lifetime Traffic Updates. These new features empower users with the accuracy of TomTom’s most up-to-date maps, as well as real-time traffic information that [...]

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Tele Atlas Maps for South Africa are World Cup Soccer-Ready

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 13:09 1 Comment

Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, 16 February 2010 The most complete map of South Africa now has the features World Cup Soccer fans want; free APIs to help application developers deliver the best mobile and web applications Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, and Irene, South-Africa, 16 February 2010— With World Cup Soccer on the horizon, digital maps [...]

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TomTom helps spectators navigate to the Winter Olympics

Sunday, February 14, 2010 15:42 No Comments

Can GPS navigation devices help sport spectators to arrive alive at sports stadiums in foreign countries? I have come across an interesting story on SPORTStechy about the Winter Olympics and how the mapping software of TomTom is assisting thousands of spectators. I would like to qioute from this story: “For those of us who live [...]

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TomTom and GPS to help spectators arrive safely at World Cup 2010 stadiums!

Monday, January 25, 2010 10:43 1 Comment

There has been much discussion about the safety of football spectators coming to the World Cup hosted in South Africa. There have been ridiculous claims made about the need for safety vests and bodyguards etc. None of these were required for the 2009 Confederations Cup, the Lions Rugby Tour or the IPL20 in South Africa [...]

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GPS devices should enhance safety and not be blamed for causing driver distraction!

Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:51 No Comments

I have come across an interesting story of a Charlotte woman who claims to have been distracted by her talking GPS when she ran a stop sign and injured 9 members of a Midland family in Isabella county. The story, appearing in the Saginaw News reveals that the motorist, distracted by her talking global positioning [...]

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TomTom GPS now shows the way in Mexico

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:47 No Comments

In a few months from now the South African Football Team will play the opening match of the 2010 Football World Cup against Mexico. These countries now also have something in common –both can enjoy the ease of GPS navigation provided by leading GPS Provider TomTom. We would like to share the media release on [...]

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GPS leads couple astray and helps in recue later

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 15:58 1 Comment

An American couple letting their sport utility vehicle’s navigation system guide them through the high desert of the state of Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road. On Sunday, atmospheric conditions apparently changed enough for their GPS-enabled cellphone to get a weak signal [...]

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