TomTom’s working on a new GO with SIM card
Feb 21, 2007 gps navigation, tomtom
According to some rumors pocketinfo.nl heard, TomTom is working on a new TomTom GO device that can hold a M2M (Machine 2 Machine) SIM card (like the ones soda machines use to communicate inventory). In addition they picked up that TomTom is talking to various Telecom operators to start a TomTom branded MVNO* in Europe. According to rumors, TomTom wants to cover all of Europe and thus has to make (roaming) deals with operators in all European countries. This is something that has not been done before. Almost every MVNO is only locally (country) based and does not cross the borders of that country.
The new TomTom GO devices with SIM slots will probably not be used for making calls but can be used for navigation and receiving weather and traffic updates and even transmitting your location to your friends on your network. Since the data usage with this kind of traffic is low the costs for the user should stay low.
The new TomTom GO with SIM should, according to the rumor, be available before the summer/holiday season.
*MVNO = Mobile virtual network operator – Companies that resell wireless service under their own brand name, using the network of another mobile phone operator. Helio is an example for the U.S.
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February 23rd, 2007 at 7:08 am
If they do this in the US and use Clear Channel they’ll have a Dash like product. They can add their units to the Inrix database.