Archive for category iPhone GPS

Navigon GPS iPhone Apps Half Off for Limited Time (iPhone Bargains)

Aug 12

Posted by Alan in iPhone GPS, iPhone GPS Navigation Apps | No Comments

Navigon MobileNavigator North America (link) is currently half off in the App Store thanks to Navigon celebrating its one-year App Store anniversary. The current $39.99 price tag is the cheapest the app has ever been (was $79.99). The turn-by-turn GPS app has been well-reviewed by both professional critics and iPhone users alike, averaging 4 stars in the App Store. If it’s not the best iPhone GPS app, it’s in the top two.

Navigon MobileNavigator Norther America is a $39.99 download for a limited time.

Official app description:
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Review: NDrive USA, $2.99 GPS Nav App With Offline Maps

Jun 7

Posted by Alan in GPS navigation, iPhone App Reviews, iPhone GPS, iPhone GPS Navigation Apps | No Comments

NDrive USA (link) is a surprisingly good and full-featured GPS app that gives you 2.5 GB of offline maps for only $2.99. The catch? There isn’t one other than a below average user interface. It’s quite a bargain, we think.

NDrive USA is a not a slick or polished app. Its biggest flaw is probably its clunky interface. Those who own a Garmin might find the menu system and method for entering addresses familiar: you don’t simply enter in the entire address on one screen, you narrow it down from big to small, going from state, to city, to street name, to house number—all with separate screens. I’m sure there’s a logic to doing it this way, but I found it quit the chore until I had some practice.

The maps are clear, detailed, and easy to read, and are comparable to those in much more expensive apps. The maps can be viewed in both portrait and landscape (landscape being our preference).

One of the app’s missing features is that the voice navigation does not say street names. Instead of saying “Turn left onto Lake Shore Drive,” it only says “Turn left.” This invites more glances at the maps than we’d like for safety reasons, but better than having no voice instructions at all.

Supports both portrait and landscape modes.

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DreamWalk Turns the iPhone Into a Mobile Treasure Hunter

Mar 7

Posted by Alan in Free iPhone and iPod Touch Apps, iPhone GPS | No Comments

DreamWalk (free, link) is a cool idea: win free prizes by traveling to locations on a map; when the iPhone’s GPS confirms you’re there, you get a coupon code for the item emailed to you. Prizes range from small like free Quizno subs to semi-big like 19″ LCDs TVs. Are the prizes real? It looks like it. Trevor Sheridan over at AppAdvice.com has a post about using the app to win one of the TVs in Los Angeles.

The problem with the app? Only a few cities have prizes. I live in Chicago, the third largest city in the US, and only 4 prizes were listed for the entire city. But apparently Los Angeles has dozens of prizes listed.

The reality: Chicago is almost prizeless

Cool in concept, DreamWalk needs more businesses to support it to truly be worth using. And it’s just one of a long list of GPS games and social networking apps that are popping up all over the place. But it’s worth checking out if your city has prizes.

DreamWalk is a free download from the iTunes App Store.

Navigon’s MobileNavigator $20 Off Until Monday

Feb 11

Posted by Tanya Menoni in GPS navigation, iPhone GPS, iPhone GPS Navigation Apps | No Comments

Navigon’s MobileNavigator (iTunes link) is one of the best GPS navigation apps available for the iPhone. The app normally costs $89.99, but it’s on sale for $69.99 until Monday, February 15th.

We recently took a look at MobileNavigator in our comprehensive guide to iPhone GPS navigation apps, and as we noted then, the app continues to be polished and updated since its original release. It has all the features you need in a GPS app — voice directions, iPod controls, landscape mode, etc. The app currently has a four-star rating at the iTunes store, and it’s been reviewed by Walt Mossberg, MacWorld and many others. From the app description:

With the NAVIGON MobileNavigator you can transform your iPhone into a fully functional mobile navigation system that is every bit as good as the multi-award-winning personal navigation devices from NAVIGON in terms of its user-friendliness and features. Thanks to a faithful adaptation of the menu functions, the NAVIGON MobileNavigator fits in seamlessly with the operating concept of the iPhone. The application includes the latest map material from the market leader NAVTEQ.

The Navigon MobileNavigator is a $69.99 download at the iTunes store until February 15th.

Navigon GPS App Updated, Goes On Sale for $59.99

Dec 17

Posted by Alan in GPS navigation, Turn-by-turn Directions, iPhone GPS, iPhone GPS Navigation Apps | No Comments

Navigon’s MobileNavigator (iTunes Link) has been seen a significant update as well as a price drop to $59.99 until January 11, 2010 (was $89.99).

List of new features:

Enhanced Pedestrian Navigation
Google Local Search
Coordinate Input
SOS/DirectHelp
Turn-by-Turn RouteList
Manual zooming in 2D and 3D while navigation
Favorites are being displayed in the map
Country Info when crossing borders
Switch between “Music” and “Audiobook” mode for iPod playback
Phonebook contacts can be selected as interim destinations
Using contact groups in the phonebook is now possible
Faster start up time
Traffic messages can be easily browsed by sliding the screens

We recently surveyed all the iPhone GPS apps and found Navigon’s to be the best reviewed. It averages 4 stars in the App Store.

TomTom Introduces Cheaper $50 USA-Only iPhone App

Dec 11

Posted by Alan in GPS navigation, Turn-by-turn Directions, iPhone GPS, iPhone GPS Navigation Apps | No Comments

At its $50 introductory price, TomTom U.S.A (iTunes link) is 50% cheaper than its big brother, TomTom US & Canada ($99). Of course, you lose directions to all that great maple syrup and cheaper pharmaceuticals.

It’s an odd pricing move by TomTom, but maybe all those cheaper alternatives forced their hand.

CoPilot Live GPS App On Sale for $20 for Thanksgiving

Nov 24

Posted by Alan in GPS navigation, Turn-by-turn Directions, iPhone GPS, iPhone GPS Navigation Apps | No Comments

CoPilot Live North America (iTunes link) is going on sale starting Wednesday, November 25, for only $20 (was $35). It is a full GPS turn-by-turn app with voice directions (says street names too). It stores maps locally to your iPhone (the app is 1.8GB is size), so no need for a data connection.

The app averages 3.5 stars in the App Store. There are a lot of complaints that the maps are old (may explain the low price) and in some cases just completely wrong, but the majority of reviews seem satisfied with the product. $20 is way cheap for a maps-included app.

CoPilot Live North America (iTunes link)

Be sure to check out our Guide to iPhone GPS Apps for an overview of what’s available.

(via Gizmodo)

A Guide to iPhone GPS Navigation Apps

Nov 18

Posted by Alan in GPS navigation, Google Maps Navigation, News, Tom-Tom iPhone App, TomTom for iPhone, Turn-by-turn Directions, Voice Navigation, iPhone AGPS, iPhone GPS, iPhone GPS Navigation Apps, iPhone Tips | 35 Comments

*Updated 6-8-2010*

The App Store is cluttered with iPhone GPS apps, and sorting through them is a daunting task. This guide is designed to cut through the clutter, gather all relevant info in one place, and aid you in making the best choice. We also take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of iPhone GPS vs personal navigation devices, and examine the new elephant in the room, Google Maps Navigation.

List of All iPhone GPS Apps

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TomTom Car Kit Lands in Apple’s Online Store

Oct 21

Posted by Tim Barribeau in Car Adapters, GPS navigation, Tom-Tom iPhone App, TomTom for iPhone, Turn-by-turn Directions, iPhone GPS, iPhone GPS Navigation Apps | No Comments

The TomTom iPhone car kit, which we’ve talked about before, has landed in the Apple online store at the hefty price of $120. While it’s not in stock yet, this gives the chance for people to pre-order if they want.

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The kit is designed to attach your iPhone to the car’s windshield and comes with an extra GPS unit built into the kit itself. TomTom claims using the hardware with your iPhone provides a more steady and accurate GPS reading.

The kit doesn’t include the cost of the TomTom iPhone app, which is an extra $99 (iTunes link). What will be interesting to see is if the GPS unit in the kit will work with other, perhaps less expensive GPS apps (ie, provide an enhanced GPS connection to something like MotionX GPS Drive).

iPhone Navigation Wars: G-Map U.S. & Canada App Now Available, Goes On Sale for $39.99

Oct 5

Posted by Alan in GPS navigation, Turn-by-turn Directions, iPhone GPS, iPhone GPS Navigation Apps | No Comments

The G-Map U.S. & Canada (iTunes link) turn-by-turn navigation app quietly slipped into the App Store a few days ago at $69.99. A day later, it has gone on sale for $39.99 for a limited time. The app makes a pretty compelling case for itself, adding voice navigation as well as the most recent maps from NAVTEQ (the maps in the app were created in Q3 of 2009).

Features:

Real-time traffic and text-to-speech now available
Free one-year real-time traffic service for a limited time and free service upgrade
Biggest map data size
Most recent Navteq map data (Q3, 2009)
Instantly converts iPhone’s address book contacts to routing destinations
Music automatically resumes after navigation voice guidance.
Can be used in the Portrait or Landscape mode

Here’s a video of a pre-release version of the app made in August by InsanelyMac (this version of the app was unfortunately still missing text-to-speech):

G-Map US & Canada is currently a $39.99 download on the App Store for a limited time.