Comments on: TomTom ONE 140

By: Kieren

Kieren — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:27:00 +0000

Hm… I never got into スードク, so I’m not sure about ケンケン. Regarding the drums analogy, it actually turns out that you’re not far off the mark… ‘Anthropologists claim that drums mark the start of communication technology. Signals and messages were communicated over great distances with drum beats to ensure travelers would find their destination as quickly and accurately as possible. Exactly as TomTom does today.’ (http://www.tomtom.com/howdoesitwork/page.php?ID=36&language=1)

By: Lamb

Lamb — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:49:17 +0000

KenKen is the name of a game similar to Sudoku. I think its in the SMH. Its not made up so you CAN review it… :p

Using TomTom as a name for a direction device makes sense… I guess the sound that the drum makes (and hence how loud you can hear it as you go closer) is similar to someone saying warm, hot, hotter, etc to alert someone they are getting close to something? hehe

By: Kieren

Kieren — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:04:54 +0000

@Jennifer P
Apparently TomTom and Navman are the market leaders in Australia (though TomTom is bigger internationally). I imagine that navigation would be mostly similar between brands, considering they all use either Whereis or Navteq maps anyway (in Australia). The main differentiators are things like EasyPort, TTS, Map Share, etc.

@Lamb
You MUST be bored. =) And I have no idea why they named their company after a type of drum…

By: Lamb

Lamb — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:11:13 +0000

Now that you’ve reviewed TomTom, can you review KenKen please? Sorry I’m just bored and having a brain freeze in between editing paragraphs…

By: Jennifer P

Jennifer P — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:31:53 +0000

GPSes are awesome, although sometimes they take you on a strange route… but at least you know somehow you will get there, yes.

Dunno about brands of GPSes… they should be all similar, right?