TomTom maps get loaded onto HTC Locations, promise ‘zero-wait navigation experience’

Look out, Google Maps Navigation — here comes a little friendly competition from across the pond. While we’d heard the term HTC Locations bandied about a bit during the company’s London launch of the Desire HD , now it looks as if both HTC and TomTom are ready to make their newfound friendship official. TomTom will be partnering with HTC in order to provide maps for phones loaded with HTC Locations, which is hailed as a new mapping system that results in a “zero-wait navigation experience.” Initially, at least, it’ll only be available on the new HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z smartphones in Europe and Asia, but the outfit promises to extend that to a wide variety of future phones and geographies. It should be noted, however, that while map and location content come preloaded on HTC Locations, turn-by-turn by guidance has to be purchased separately. Continue reading TomTom maps get loaded onto HTC Locations, promise ‘zero-wait navigation experience’ TomTom maps get loaded onto HTC Locations, promise ‘zero-wait navigation experience’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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