TomTom renews contract with BlackBerry to remain the default mapping engine for BlackBerry 10

In a move that should surprise no one, TomTom has announced that their agreement with BlackBerry has been renewed, thus maintaining their mapping engine as the defacto for the BlackBerry 10 OS (Z10 and Q10 respectively in North America). 

“Having accurate and up-to-date traffic information integrated in BlackBerry Maps is an important feature for customers, and TomTom is a recognized leader that provides traffic data to many companies in the market,” said Adrian Gould, VP of Handheld Software Product Management at BlackBerry. “We are pleased to expand our relationship with TomTom in support of BlackBerry 10 customers.”

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Parrot ASTEROID gets three new navigation apps

If you use an ASTEROID Smart or ASTEROID Tablet in your car or are planning on getting one, Parrot gives you three more reasons with the three new navigation apps up for download on the ASTEROID Market.

Now, you’ll have access to navigation expert TomTom for $47.99; the community-based traffic and navigation app Waze for free; and the open-source map application Navfree that is also free for download.

TomTom updates its navigation app for iPhone, iPad and iPad mini

TomTom launched the latest version of its navigation app for iPhone, iPad and iPad mini. With the update, customers can now save their personal app data – such as recent destinations and favourite POIs – in the cloud. This means that when they update their TomTom app in the future, they won’t lose any of their settings.

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TomTom updates Android app to include more handsets

TomTom releases a new update to the app that makes it available to more Android owners. The latest version is optimized for use with the latest and most popular smartphone handsets, including the Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X and Google Nexus 4.

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