{"id":61468,"date":"2012-10-04T16:34:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T14:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=61468"},"modified":"2012-10-04T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T14:36:24","slug":"tomtom-android-app-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/61468-tomtom-android-app-in-sa.html","title":{"rendered":"TomTom Android app in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TomTom has announced the availability of its navigation app for Southern Africa on Google\u2019s Android mobile operating system.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Android users got their first glimpse of TomTom\u2019s new app at its preview during the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>TomTom said that the app is available at a special introductory price, and has the following key features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fully off-line and navigable map. With or without signal, high-resolution maps offer fast offline loading and routing. This avoids high data roaming charges when used abroad;<\/li>\n<li>Free lifetime maps. Users will receive four free map updates per year for the life of the app;<\/li>\n<li>IQ Routes;<\/li>\n<li>HD Traffic (in-app purchase). Live traffic updates;<\/li>\n<li>Speed Cameras (in-app purchase);<\/li>\n<li>TomTom Places;<\/li>\n<li>Multitasking support. Turn-by-turn guidance while on the phone;<\/li>\n<li>Android integration. Integrates easily with Android smartphone contacts;<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Lane Guidance;<\/li>\n<li>Spoken Street Names. Spoken instructions now include street names.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TomTom Navigation app for Android is available at a special introductory price of R377.76 from the Google Play store.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing MyBroadband\u2019s testing showed that the Nexus S, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, Sony Xperia Arc S, and HTC Desire were supported.<\/p>\n<p>The Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S3, and HTC Sensation did not appear to be supported.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sj11BKR77wU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Traffic congestion: best and worst cities in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/60719-traffic-congestion-best-and-worst-cities-in-sa.html\"><strong>Traffic congestion: best and worst cities in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"TomTom 6-inch GPS and smartphone mount in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/60363-tomtom-6-inch-gps-and-smartphone-mount-in-sa.html\"><strong>TomTom 6-inch GPS and smartphone mount in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"TomTom defends map data systems following Apple Maps glitches\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/60529-60529.html\"><strong>TomTom defends map data systems following Apple Maps glitches<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Apple Maps voice navigation in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/61316-apple-maps-voice-navigation-in-sa.html\"><strong>Apple Maps voice navigation in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TomTom Android app has been launched and is available in South Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":61470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[36,397,10960,523],"class_list":["post-61468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-active","tag-android","tag-navigation","tag-tomtom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61468"}],"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=61468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61472,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61468\/revisions\/61472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}