Comments on: FAIL – TomTom iPhone App + Car Kit Will Cost More Than Most GPS Units http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/09/28/fail-tomtom-iphone-app-car-kit-will-cost-more-than-most-gps-units/ Deliciously Geeky... Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:38:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: blairf_felgenheimer http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/09/28/fail-tomtom-iphone-app-car-kit-will-cost-more-than-most-gps-units/comment-page-1/#comment-397614 blairf_felgenheimer Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:52:51 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=30129#comment-397614 Why is anyone shocked at TomTom for basically copying the Apple pricing model of selling something for three times its worth? Maybe TomTom should have hired some d-bag in jeans and a black turtleneck to hype the product for 12 months prior to the release. Why is anyone shocked at TomTom for basically copying the Apple pricing model of selling something for three times its worth? Maybe TomTom should have hired some d-bag in jeans and a black turtleneck to hype the product for 12 months prior to the release.

]]> By: Eddie Sarphie http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/09/28/fail-tomtom-iphone-app-car-kit-will-cost-more-than-most-gps-units/comment-page-1/#comment-397611 Eddie Sarphie Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:10:01 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=30129#comment-397611 You know, this is the first tech review blog to address the absurd Tom Tom pricing that struck me the very first time they mentioned what it was going to be. <br><br>You'd logically think that you'd use your own processing hardware for a product in order to save money. I guess the folks at Tom Tom see it differently. I suppose it's as if Viewsonic or Samsung decided to market a $300 converter box that lets you use your computer with any television instead of a monitor! You know, this is the first tech review blog to address the absurd Tom Tom pricing that struck me the very first time they mentioned what it was going to be.

You'd logically think that you'd use your own processing hardware for a product in order to save money. I guess the folks at Tom Tom see it differently. I suppose it's as if Viewsonic or Samsung decided to market a $300 converter box that lets you use your computer with any television instead of a monitor!

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