TomTom has announced plans to incorporate Google Maps into its sat nav hardware.
The idea is to let users plan, say, a long trip to visit the mother-in-law on their PC using Google Maps, building in stops for points of interest or petrol stations along the way.
The result is a route saved in a format TomTom's PC-based Home software understands, allowing it to be sent from there to the sat nav hardware.
Users will be able to view the locations on their TomTom box, provided they�ve bought maps for for the right country, and save it as a favourite location too.
TomTom�s not yet said when or where it will officially launch the service.
That's the next logical step for google w/o having to create their own hardware. Smart move by tomtom as well. Should grab them some more market share.
