Friday, October 5, 2012

TomTom Navigator hits (some) Android devices, we go hands-on

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[TomTom](http://www.engadget.com/tag/tomtom/) just released it's [Android navigation app](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/04/tomtom-finally-hits-android/) on Google Play to the robot-toting hordes, some three years after its [iOS version](http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/tomtom-navigation-for-iphone-3g-and-3gs-arrives/) debuted. Unfortunately, quite a number of newer smartphones, like the [Galaxy S III](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/06/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-20-million/), aren't yet compatible, due to a current resolution limitation of 800 or 854 x 480 (WVGA or FWVGA). That didn't deter us from wanting to take it for a spin anyway, so we took our old Galaxy S out of mothballs -- and there's no place better to sample a GPS maker's wares than rural France, which has endless tiny tracks criss-crossing the countryside. To see how we made out, head past the break for the rest of the story.

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