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# TomTom Traffic Plugin For Your GPS

By TechnoGadget | Published 2006-11-11 | Tech
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tomtom-rds-tmc-traffic-receiver
References: [tomtom](http://www.tomtom.com/news/category.php?ID=4&NID=315&Language=1&TT=13b0ldq8h3fkt67dek68j0anv7)

Never be stuck in traffic again! TomTom has a new traffic receiver that plugs into your [GPS](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/handheld-navigation-device), so you can avoid delays! The product page describes, "Always stack up in the middle of traffic, hassle huh!! You definitely need one of this RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver. It ensures seamless integration of RDS-TMC Traffic information with the user-interface of the TomTom GO. By tapping the traffic icon on the user interface, more detailed information about each traffic situation is displayed. Additionally, the TomTom GO will recalculate an [alternative route](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/navigation-solution) if requested. In order to receive RDS-TMC Traffic information via the TomTom GO, customers require TomTom's latest software application, which is easily available through TomTom [HOME](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/invisoutlet-pro)."

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 2.5/10
- Popularity: 28% | Activity: 39% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America, Europe

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## Key Themes

### What Makes This Trend Stand Out

- **Traffic Avoidance:** The TomTom traffic plugin offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for businesses to develop new traffic avoidance technologies.
- **Seamless Integration:** The seamless integration of traffic information with GPS devices presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for companies to enhance user experience.
- **Real-time Updates:** Real-time traffic updates provided by devices like the TomTom traffic plugin open up disruptive innovation opportunities for businesses to create personalized navigation solutions.

### Sectors Adopting This

- **GPS Technology:** The TomTom traffic plugin highlights a disruptive innovation opportunity for the GPS technology industry to improve navigation systems.
- **Traffic Management:** The integration of traffic information into GPS devices presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the traffic management industry to enhance transportation efficiency.
- **Mobile Applications:** The availability of real-time traffic updates through mobile GPS applications creates a disruptive innovation opportunity for the mobile application industry to create smart navigation solutions.

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