Do Standalone GPS Devices Need an App Store?
If phones, printers, and pens can have app stores, why not a stand alone GPS? That’s what TomTom thinks too in its effort to compete with increasingly turn-by-turn navigation strength coming from smartphones.
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But, if we accept that most stand alone GPS devices from manufacturers like TomTom, Garmin and Magellen are very good at what they do (and they are in my opinion), what kind of “apps” are actually needed for GPSes?
The one thing that comes to mind is, perhaps, the kind of augmented reality features found in apps like Layar.
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