TomTom is set to sell a GPS Kit for the iPod Touch, further closing the gap between Apple’s top-end iPod and the iPhone. The unit will have a built-in GPS receiver which “turns your iPod touch into a mobile navigation device.”
Many people choose the iPod Touch over the iPhone because you don’t have to sell your life to a cellphone carrier for two years to get it. But there are omissions from the hardware which are much more painful than losing the ability to make phone calls. Along with the lack of GPS, you lose always-on internet access, the camera and the compass. TomTom goes partway to fixing this, although the fact that it is a cradle instead of a case (like the add-on from Dual Electronics) means that utility is severely limited outside of a car.
The $100 kit is otherwise the same as the iPhone kit, with a line out for audio, iPod charging and a spinning (landscape or portrait) windshield mount. Best of all, it will work with any iPod Touch, back to the first generation model. Like the iPhone kit, you’ll also have to spring for the $100 TomTom satnav application. As you can really only use this when driving, you might wonder why you don’t just spring for a standalone in-car GPS box for less money than the kit and software combined. Supposedly available now from Apple.
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