TomTom updates its Android app to make it, you know, work

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We've journeyed with the [TomTom Navigator](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/05/tomtom-navigator-for-android-hands-on/) app for Android and it's been great -- except for one brake-punching problem. Version 1.0 was only compatible with phones that happened to have a display width of 480 pixels (WVGA or FWVGA), which meant that our [Galaxy S IIIs](http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/25/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-review/), [Nexus 4s](http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/02/nexus-4-review/) and other [favorite handsets](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/19/engadgets-smartphone-buyers-guide-fall-2012-edition/) all had to be left at home. That issue has now been fixed in v1.1, along with some other, less fundamental niggles. In particular, you can now download the large offline maps to microSD rather than filling up internal storage, and TomTom also says map downloads can be completed with the app running in the background -- although there's no mention of downloads being resumable. One thing that certainly hasn't improved is the price -- if you want to travel across the USA and Canada, for example, you'll find that Navigator for Android is precisely $50 more costly than [Google's offline offering](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/android-4-1-jelly-bean-review-a-look-at-whats-changed-in-googl/) or [Nokia Drive](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/01/nokia-drive-offline-navigation-review-taking-the-lumia-900-for/) for Windows Phones.

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