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Free update: version 1.4 of Navigon GPS for iPhone
Fabien Pionneau
December 2, 2009 8:58 PM
December 2, 2009 8:58 PM
After the TomTom version 1.2 of GPS for iPhone, it’s over to Navigon for an update. Everyone wants a piece when it comes to the GPS for iPhone market!
Released on the iPhone before the TomTom solution, Navigon’s MobileNavigator GPS is now available in version 1.4. It comes with 13 welcome innovations.
Among them, the simplified search using Google Local Search, that allows you to find a place by name, even if you don’t know the address. Practical and rapid for finding a particular restaurant or shop.
You can also enter GPS co-ordinates straight in, instead of typing the address. That said, this is only really any use in precise cases as we generally remember addresses much more easily than geographical co-ordinates. Navigon says you can, for example, send your co-ordinates by mail for a friend to find you. Why not?!
Lastly, the pedestrian navigation function uses the iPhone 3G S built-in compass to help you find where you’re going on the map more easily (by default, north is normally at the top!).
So then, nothing truly revolutionary. That said, it is interesting to see that updates to GPS navigation software are now becoming available free of charge. Given the predominance of the mobile phone as the most popular mobile device out there, it’s not surprising that makers of GPS mobile solutions are doing their best to get their slice. Navigation using mobiles could indeed soon make up a significant share of the GPS market.
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Among them, the simplified search using Google Local Search, that allows you to find a place by name, even if you don’t know the address. Practical and rapid for finding a particular restaurant or shop.
You can also enter GPS co-ordinates straight in, instead of typing the address. That said, this is only really any use in precise cases as we generally remember addresses much more easily than geographical co-ordinates. Navigon says you can, for example, send your co-ordinates by mail for a friend to find you. Why not?!
Lastly, the pedestrian navigation function uses the iPhone 3G S built-in compass to help you find where you’re going on the map more easily (by default, north is normally at the top!).
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So then, nothing truly revolutionary. That said, it is interesting to see that updates to GPS navigation software are now becoming available free of charge. Given the predominance of the mobile phone as the most popular mobile device out there, it’s not surprising that makers of GPS mobile solutions are doing their best to get their slice. Navigation using mobiles could indeed soon make up a significant share of the GPS market.
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