TomTom GO - 5 Years Ago.....
The TomTom GO is five years old this week, marking TomTom's entry into the stand alone GPS/PND business. The go was a big departure from the old Magellan Never Lost design with push buttons and rocker panels, because it had a touchscreen and started down the ultra simple interface pathway.
The original TomTom GO was not flat, and had a triangular back panel that quickly set the tone in the marketplace as the Garmin StreetPilot line came out about the same time with this style. The two titans battled about design and who copied whom, but the navigation business was never the same. Flat units came next, and we've never looked back.
TomTom continues to turn out excellent products, and is one of the easiest user interfaces on the market. Happy Birthday TomTom GO.
In other news......
TomTom Countersues Microsoft - MS sued TomTom over patent infringement, and now TomTom is countersuing.
TomTom has officially launched their map update service - we talked about it this past week. Quarterly Map updates for $39 a year.
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Posted by Scott Martin at March 20, 2009 6:23 AM
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