If you happen to live in North America and own a TomTom GPS navigation system, then you will be pleased to know that Lifetime Map Updates and Lifetime Traffic Updates are now available, giving users the accuracy of TomTom’s most up-to-date maps, alongside real-time traffic information which ought to help you get to your destination within the shortest time possible while avoiding most gridlocked roads. All of these benefits are available for free, so you will be able to prolong the life of your GPS navigation system by some bit which is good considering there are more and more free navigation software and updates around for a variety of devices, so keeping up with the Joneses is the way to go for TomTom. Currently, selected TomTom devices from the TomTom XL and TomTom XXL product lines are now available with Lifetime Map Updates, Lifetime Traffic Updates or a combination of these features. Depending on the model of choice, prices start from $199.95 upwards. [Press Release]