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TomTom car kit doesn't work with iPhone 4: here's the fix.

Date: June 24, 2010 - 10:41am (Last updated: June 24, 2010 - 11:57am)
Author: Mark Trapp

 Never underestimate the the internet's ability to solve problems.

Yesterday, I received my new iPhone 4, and quickly found out that the TomTom iPhone car kit does not recognize the phone at all: no GPS fix, no "Docked" recognition, nothing. So, I Googled around, and found a few people having the same issue: the iPhone 4 simply doesn't work with the car kit. The consensus when I went to bed last night was that TomTom would have to release a software fix.

But when I woke up, I checked again: someone had figured out the problem and a workaround: stick something behind the base of the iPhone so the connector hits the port at the right angle. So, I tried it, and it totally worked. 

I did some testing, and was able to find a pretty good minimum thickness: 0.07 inches, 1.778 mm, or seven 10pt/80lb business cards.

Great Moments

Steve Jobs on the new AT&T data plans.

Date: June 2, 2010 - 5:07pm (Last updated: June 2, 2010 - 5:29pm)
Author: Mark Trapp

This morning, I checked TechMeme and saw the big news: AT&T decided to restructure its data plans to remove the option for unlimited data. This disappoints me greatly: I, like I'm sure thousands of other customers, bought the iPad WiFi + 3G based on the deal Apple struck with AT&T to offer a no-contract, $30/month, cancel-and-activate any time you need it plan. Like Gizmodo said, the purchase was insurance in case I ever needed to be on 3G exclusively for a while.

The new plans, I believe, are a total bait-and-switch. I don't begrudge AT&T's right to change their prices, but I do find it disappointing that they did it no more than a month after the iPad WiFi + 3G launched, and a couple weeks after the return window ended. So, I decided to write to Steve Jobs in what I thought would be a vain release of my frustration:

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