Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal let it be known that TomTom was going to open up an API for third-party developers. Yesterday, Pocket-Lint gave us more details, including the news that TomTom would develop its own app store, possibly by years end.
This is all made possible by the WebKit-based operating system powering the new TomTom GO LIVE 1000, which was announced for Europe the other day. The WebKit foundation should make it easier for developers to port apps to multiple platforms.
has a whopping 5.1” display, voice recognition, Bluetooth, lifetime traffic, text-to-speech, lane guidance, and pre-loaded maps of the US and Canada. I’ll get into the details of many aspects of this feature-laden unit shortly, but first let’s look at how the TN765t differs from other models in the current MOTONAV product line…
There were a couple of major announcements made yesterday by TomTom and Garmin-Asus; unfortunately they didn’t involve products for the US, at least not yet. I do expect that all will be making it to our shores eventually. The Garmin-Asus team will need to romance a carrier first, while TomTom just seems to have a Europe-first attitude. Here’s what 
adds lifetime map updates to the 
Okay, I’ve got to admit that I was a bigger fan of MotionBased than its successor, 
just 1 day before my big summer 2009 vacation to Minnesota last August. I had been eagerly awaiting this unit after reading the specs and preordering the unit in Late May. The many delays in shipping were frustrating but I was interested in seeing what this offering could do. After opening the package and briefly reading through the included guide , I was almost immediately disappointed with several aspects of the unit. Dim screen, a bit awkward in size and quirky behavior loading up a few PQs. I dumped it my caching bag with my Oregon 200 and Colorado 300 and took it with me to give it a good workout anyway.
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