accessdenied wrote:
車機那麼貴的，回原廠...(恕刪)
所以我說在台灣.
台灣三大導航品牌. Garmin跟Mio更新圖資是確定免費的.
TOMTOM圖資如果要收費, 更新速度又慢, 你覺得會有競爭力嗎?
再說, 現在國際上PND市場, 圖資更新方面. 方案各有不同.
Garmin是119美金終身更新.
Mio是免費更新2009年度圖資 (由於Mio在美國弱勢, 沒什麼能力要求收費)
而TOMTOM來說, 就比較摳門了.
TomTom's new "Map Update Service", due out later this month, will deliver updated maps to subscribers on a quarterly basis. Subscriptions will cost about $55 per year per country of mapping data for the entry-level TomTom ONE and ONE XL models. Pricing is expected to be slightly higher for the more expensive GO models (the GO models include more mapping detail, such as IQ Routes, speed limit information, etc.).
A subscription-based update model allows customers to receive updated maps more frequently than annual software update purchases, and positions TomTom more as an online subscription service than a retail hardware company. Profit margins on GPS hardware have declined sharply over the past year, and TomTom is wisely predicting that there's more money to be made in software than hardware.
Given the recent pricing trends in GPS navigation, TomTom's subscription service isn't much cheaper than buying a new device every 2 years, so it will be interesting to see if consumers respond to the new subscription model.
TomTom's website says the Map Update Service isn't yet available in North America. No official word yet on subscription pricing for the GO models, or when it will be available here in the US.
裡面有些話蠻耐人尋味的. 簡單講. 買TOMTOM的機子就要有準備多花點錢在軟體支援上面了.
所以台灣TOMTOM看來也只會走一樣的路.
