Popular dedicated navigation software arrives on Android, but many devices are incompatible
TomTom has launched its popular navigation service for Android on Google Play, bringing stand-alone offline navigation for many territories around toe world to the platform. Unlike Google Maps navigation, the app doesn't require a data connection to work, instead storing all the relevant data on your device. Maps are priced at around $50 per territory (between 31 and 50 in the UK), and come with host of features, which naturally includes turn-by-turn directions in multiple languages. There's alsoTomTom's "HD traffic" o verlay, a 3D driving view and "fast" on-device route calculation.
However, a wide range of popular Android devices aren't compatible with TomTom's apps, including the HTC One X and One S, Google's Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus, Samsung's Galaxy S3 and Sony's Xperia S. Bizarrely, the just-launched Galaxy Note 2 is compatible. And we can also confirm that the Sony EricssonXperia Arc S, HTC One V, Samsung Galaxy S Advance, Sony Xperia P and Xperia U are marked as compatible, which makes for a rather haphazard selection of phones.
To see if you phone is supported, check the Google Play link above to view the U.S. and Canada version. Other territories are linked on that same page.
We went hands-on with the TomTom app for Android at IFA 2012 in August. Be sure to check out our hands-on report and videoto learn more about what to expect form the app.
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