Comments on: TomTom Debuts for Android, $50 and Good Luck Finding a Device It’s Compatible With

By: Franz

Franz — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:31:00 +0000

Their maps do come from TomTom, but as TomTom stated, they give their maps to multiple companies, it’s up to what they do with them in the end that matters.

Apple Maps and Sygic are completely different even though their core is the same. Shows that it’s up to the 3rd party software developers to take advantage of the maps given to them and do the best to interpret the data.

But there’s no fancy top view crap on Sygic, at least not in driving mode.

PS: Are you the same infamous PC_Tool from BetaNews? Is that site still alive?

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:34:00 +0000

OK now I’m curious. Clearly you’re interested in this app and now I’m interested in why. What feature(s) does this TomTom app give you that Google Maps doesn’t, and do said feature(s) make it worth $50 to you?

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:33:00 +0000

By: Galaxy S3 Apps

Galaxy S3 Apps — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:48:00 +0000

Wow $49.999 for a Tom-Tom app ? Head over to http://galaxys3apps.org and get a free GPS app

By: Kevin Zebroski

Kevin Zebroski — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:28:00 +0000

Ha! Compatible with my DroidX, but not the Razr or Xoom. Funny! Not that I’d spend $50 on an App…

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:19:00 +0000

^ this right here, and i have padi for 40 of my 120 apps.

And Also Google doesn’t ask for my money either

By: Tyler Chappell

Tyler Chappell — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:20:00 +0000

Lol, this has to be one of the biggest scams to ever hit the Play Store.

By: bobbif

bobbif — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:17:00 +0000

Will not be buying. Not sure why anyone would

By: pete rip

pete rip — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:51:00 +0000

OG Droid Compatible, Gnex Not….well i’ll be damned…never thought i’d see that

By: Miguel Angel Portela

Miguel Angel Portela — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:32:00 +0000

Fab. I’ll try it. Thank you, much appreciated.

By: digitalicecream

digitalicecream — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:12:00 +0000

TomTom powers Apples Maps. F F TomTom

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:00:00 +0000

“For a limited time, drive off at this introductory price”

I’m sorry, but $50 is the INTRODUCTORY price? I can’t even imagine how much more expensive it will be in the future!

By: Rena

Rena — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:16:00 +0000

I’ll start buying apps from developers who…
1) …don’t kid themselves. Some of the things they expect me to pay for is just ridiculous. $2 to change colour. $5 for a simple calculator. $8 for a port of something they didn’t even make.
2) …don’t use the “pay me to not annoy you” model.
3) …don’t call purchases “donations”. If the free version is less functional than the “donate” version, or has ads, it’s not a donation, it’s just another demo version of a paid app.
4) …appear trustworthy. When your app wants a ton of permissions it shouldn’t need to do its job, and/or the description looks like it was written by a scam artist, chances are I’m not installing it even for free.
5) …actually test their product before releasing it and keep up on fixing bugs.

As soon as Google…
1) …stops rejecting every bank/credit card I try to use, with no place to even try to ask why. Or at very least starts selling gift cards in stores that I could use instead. (i.e. I can’t buy apps even if I wanted to.)
2) …restores the refund period to one long enough to actually verify that the app works.
3) …does something about the huge number of spam/scam/malware apps, apps that are literally just hacked copies of other apps, and apps that are greedier than a bad regular expression, so that I can have some confidence that I’m not going to be ripped off.

Basically I argue the reverse of your statement: iOS has better apps because the Android app store sucks.

By: TheAndroid1

TheAndroid1 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:41:00 +0000

Rule #2 of capitalism economics. When dealing the a very specific target market with specific needs where very few apps exist that meet those needs, the supply is low and the relative demand is high, leading to a higher price.

By: TheDrunkenClam

TheDrunkenClam — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:34:00 +0000

Offline Searchable POS