CONCORD, Mass. -- TomTom Inc., a portable navigation solutions provider, has unveiled TomTom Fuel Prices, a new service that finds the lowest gasoline prices. It will be available for TomTom 920 and 920T users in the US starting in first-quarter 2008.
TomTom Fuel Prices sends real-time pricing updates for U.S. gas stations directly to the TomTom device "over the air" (accessible via a compatible Bluetooth phone and a wireless data plan). Subscribers can also receive real-time prices through TomTom HOME, software for personal computers that gives access [image-nocss] to a variety of content and services, allows customers to further personalize their navigation devices and keeps devices "future proof."
From their device, users can select whether to list stations by location or price, and can request the lowest fuel prices on their route, nearby or within a user-selected mile radius.
Travelers can also choose which type of gasoline they would like tracked, regular, mid-grade, premium or diesel. Updated prices for that specific type of fuel will be downloaded automatically over-the-air through a Bluetooth phone or when connected to TomTom HOME on a PC or Mac.
TomTom receives its fuel data from OPIS via INRIX Inc., leading provider of traffic information. These companies receive daily feeds through credit card transactions and directly from station owners at nearly 120,000 locations.
TomTom's Fuel Prices service will be available through TomTom HOME for $14.95 per year for TomTom GO 920 and GO 920T users. These users must connect to TomTom HOME to purchase.
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