CES 2009: Cars at CES 2009
TomTom Go 740 Live
CES 2009 has given sat nav manufacturer TomTom a chance to show off its revolutionary connected device – the Go 740 Live.
TomTom's Go 740 Live, which aims to provide users with ‘informed routing’, uses historical traffic data and user-provided information to guide drivers around jams.
While it may not know of a specific accident on the route, historic data can account for routine ebbs and flow in traffic, such as the impact of rush hour.
TomTom has recorded 1.8 trillion miles of roads over the past two years to inform these calculations, and historical data is supplemented with real-time traffic data, delivered to the Go 740 Live by a built-in GPRS modem.
As Which? reported in October, TomTom has struck a deal with mobile provider Vodafone so it doesn’t have to rely on Go 740 Live users for accurate updates on traffic flows.
The Go 740 Live has a 4.3-inch screen, and TomTom claims a three-hour battery life. The device features voice recognition, with a large 130-word vocabulary, and is available now.
Check out our sat nav reviews for detailed tests of other TomTom sat navs.
Blaupunkt internet car radio
The world’s first internet radio for your car has been showcased at CES 2009.
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Audio specialists Blaupunkt displayed the New Jersey internet radio and the smaller Hamburg models. Internet radio gives you access to thousands of stations from all over the world.
Both use Bluetooth to connect to the internet through your mobile phone’s internet connection.
So you’ll need a mobile contract with a generous internet-download allowance to use these devices without incurring huge bills.
The radios will cut out automatically if you receive a call.
The New Jersey model, priced at around £365, has a keypad which directly accesses your mobile phone if you wish to make calls from within your car.
The smaller Hamburg radio, priced around £275, doesn’t have a keypad. Both have a USB connection point and high-resolution colour displays.
These Blaupunkt internet car radios will be available in the UK in the second half of 2009.
To see more pics from our time at CES 2009, check out the Which? CES 2009 photo gallery on Flickr.
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