We got our hands on the new TomTom Go 2405 that launched earlier this month. The device comes with a capacitive displays, which is the standard in smartphones, but not so much in the GPS world. This is much nice to use for touch devices as the screen is more responsive. However, the really interesting features are in the software, namely: Continuous Routing and map crowd sourcing. Continous Routing is the idea that while you're driving, and even if you are still on the right path, the TomTom Go 2405 will seek a better route based on real-time and statistical data gathered from the TomTom Community. If the GPS finds a faster itinerary, it will propose it to you.
What's the TomTom Community? It's all the users who voluntarily submit their GPS data to TomTom. The company can then gather anonymous data and figure out which roads then to be less congested, or spot mapping discrepancies (if a bunch of cars go outside the road, the map might be wrong) and so on. Users can also add new roads - this is "crowdsourcing" (outsourcing to the crowd) in action.
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