TomTom ties up traffic with Top Gear
It had to happen - it's just surprising it has taken this long. Yes, a satnav company - TomTom in this case - has launched a TopGear-branded unit. The Go Live Top Gear Edition features the voice of Clarkson himself, chirped TomTom this morning. TomTom Top Gear satnav Well, they couldn't very well have used the Stig, could …
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At least it wasn't James May
what with his sense of direction and all....
Thats a good excuse
Blame the Sat Nav because James May's voice was on it!
Forget his sense of direction, you will be well past where you were to turn as he went on about some topic.
Desperate
£50 app or £200 device ?
Could anyone realy stand a long journey with him wittering on in the car ?
tomtom - field or into ditch
The pratt (tm) shouts out - ha! should have bought a rangerover like mine.
Joiing presumably thousands of others who have asked the same question...
No Stig option?
The "Stig" Voice is Best!
On my Garmins I most like the Stig voice. You just have to know in translation Garmin interprets the British "Stig" to be American "Mute."
Is it almost christmas?
Oh great, a journey filled with the pontifications of that grate guru Clarkson.
(professional drivers they have on the programme are always amused at his lack of driving ability, "MORE POWER!!" does not solve everything)
One wonders what the robo-Clarkson has to say about speeding.
Pedantry alert: it's just POWER
MORE POWER was, of course, the catchphrase of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor, back in pre-Toy Story days
"Limited edition"?
I wonder if it's limited edition because single function satnav devices are a technological dead-end and gimmicks like this are a desperate attempt at boosting otherwise flat-lining sales figures?
@ "Limited Edition"
Sat Nav sales at halfords down 9% in latest figures (and bicycle sales up 5%). Austerity bites... and I'd still rather have Brian Blessed if O/S map or Philips navigator atlas aren't to hand.
I've always found the standalone satnavs are better than the app based solutions.
But what most people have realised is that the roads of the UK and most of the EU don't change very much in the lifetime of the main unit so instead of buying a new one every year or so they hold onto them until they finally break and then replace them instead of upgrading the maps.
The other choice they make is to recycle their older units down the family line so their kids going off to uni or just starting to drive have dads old satnav instead of buying a new one.
"For the "discerning one-off-the-wrist", more like…"
Clarkson doesn't do it for me, but if El Reg's writers find him arousing, good for them.
Interesting, but there are better voices
Interesting, but I can think of better voices for a GPS:
William Daniels
Roy Skelton (with appropriate use of a ring modulator)
John Leeson
Peter Tuddenham
and sadly, one that is no longer possible:
Majel Barrett
Sadly, Peter Tuddenham died in 2007, and Roy Skelton passed away in June this year. Nick Briggs and his ring modulator would probably be up for it, though.
Haloes for the dear departed.
"better" voices
No, the only appropriate voices are default or none at all. "Comedy" voices are funny for about two seconds, unless you're Colin Hunt (see Fast Show)
I for one would pay good money for a Morgan Freeman satnav, for listening to his voice is to listen to golden, liquefied truth.
While I'm with andy gibson on the novelty aspect, this is probably one voice I would totally not object to.
There comes a time in a man's life when he has to bear left and take the next exit, but that time has, sadly, long passed for you. Son, you better slow down, maybe make a u-turn soon and get back on the road to your destination as soon as you're able. Okay.
Portal game voice... GLaDOS
actually available already for several brands. I prefer my robots to sound like robots. no fleshy voices thanks.
/coat Mine's the one with the turret eye in the pocket.
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