Find friends with TomTom Buddies

To go with TomTom’s latest product range, the mobile navigation gurus have also unveiled a range of services to help users get the most out of their sat nav devices. This includes “TomTom Buddies”, a service that lets you track your other TomTom-using-mates, and in turn be tracked by them…so go on, sell it to me TomTom:

“TomTom Buddies allows drivers to invite other TomTom users to become their authorised ‘buddy’, meaning users can see where their friends and family are and navigate to their location quickly and safely.” And it gets better:

“Acting like an exclusive club, users can send each other text messages, as well as interesting locations. The service also provides the option of privacy, meaning users can hide their location and delete ‘buddies’ as and when required.”

Well, at least you can hide from them when you need to. As well as the ‘Buddies’, TomTom’s new services include Audio books, safety camera alerts, and updated weather and traffic services.

The services are available on a pick-and-mix system so you can just choose the ones that suit you rather than subscribing to the lot. Check out the full press release for more details.