Staying safe in today’s world isn’t always easy, and GPS tracking is a tool well suited for keeping tabs on your loved ones. Family by Sygic is an app that utilizes the wonders of GPS to help ease your mind when your family is scattered around town, so you can rest easy and receive word if they wander a little too far from home.
Back at the IFA conference which took place at the end of August, TomTom announced that they were finally going to jump aboard the Android bandwagon and release their own navigation Android app for Android powered devices. At that time, the release date was estimated at a couple of months but, it’s only been just over a month and now TomTom are happy to announce the release of their app onto the Google Play Store.
There may already be a plethora of navigation apps available for use on Android devices such as Co-Pilot, Garmin and of course Google’s own map and navigation system, for example. TomTom, one of the leaders in navigational equipment generally however, are now at last also ready to jump aboard the Android bandwagon and will be releasing their own Android App in a couple of months time.
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Route 66 and TomTom joined together last year to utilize their collective talent to bring us Android apps like this new GPS app. It uses TomTom’s excellent mapping system and is packed with features. The best features include 3d navigation, maps of over 100 countries, spoken directions in 57 languages, and a new “follow me” feature.
Perhaps one of the most useful app that we all could use on our Android device is an app that will help us during emergency while in the middle of the road and our cars suddenly go bonker. RepairPal, a new Android app just graced that Android marketplace offering such kind of services. The app would be a great help for finding repair shops, estimating repair costs and of course getting that much needed roadside assistance whenever you need one.
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