{"id":550962,"date":"2006-11-29T22:52:51","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T22:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/550962-finding-your-way.html"},"modified":"2006-11-29T22:52:51","modified_gmt":"2006-11-29T22:52:51","slug":"finding-your-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/550962-finding-your-way.html","title":{"rendered":"Finding your way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">The Tomtom One &#8211; the entry-level product &#8211; is set to hit SA early next year. However, its big brother &#8211; the Tomtom Go &#8211; will be on shelves here in time for Christmas. The Tomtom One (pictured) is a slim unit that would fit into your pocket. It comes with a small suction cup to attach it to the windscreen of your car and the screen is well backlit and stays on, ensuring that it&#8217;s continuously legible. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">The maps indicate upcoming points of interest, such as petrol stations and other items of your choosing. The device either charges from your car or over a supplied USB connector to your computer, which also allows it to update maps and install extras, such as new voices. If you want, Darth Vader can give you directions. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Directions were quick and accurate, and the system recalculated the best route in a matter of seconds when I stepped off the beaten path, often finding a new route to my destination rather than just getting me back on the straight and narrow. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Tomtom will have to take on Garmin and a number of other players in the SA market, but for an entry level offering the Tomtom One is a strong competitor. It will sell for about R3 700. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><em>Finweek<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOMTOM IS A NAME that most South Africans won&#8217;t be familiar with. However, in Britain and Europe, Tomtom is almost synonymous with satellite navigation devices, where it has acquired more than 50% of the market, according to market research house GfK. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}