14 DAY TRIAL // Navigon, one of the major SatNav suppliers, has recently added a version of its Mobile Navigator on the Apple App Store. According to the company, the new application is meant to transform the iPhone into a full-fledged SatNav solution. For the time being, the fresh Mobile Navigator can be seen at the App Stores in Europe, yet it should soon come to North America in the near future, with Australia following shortly after.
The features list of the application includes excellent user control, as well as a great design, offering customers easy usage. In addition, the software solution comes with the latest maps from the market leader NAVTEQ, and also offers functionality when no Internet connection is available. Those that travel abroad will find this feature of great help, as they won't have to pay extra for connectivity.
Other capabilities of the new Mobile Navigator for iPhone include 2D and 3D map displays, allowing usage both in portrait and landscape format, Reality View Pro (realistic display of motorway interchanges and exits), Lane Assistant Pro and Real signpost display, as well as Speed Assistant with adjustable audio-visual warning.
Other features of the application include: - Precise voice announcements - Intelligent address entry - Day and night mode for map display - Direct access and navigation to contacts saved in the iPhone's address book - The latest NAVTEQ map material including more than two million (EU version) places of interest (POIs) - Navigation is automatically resumed after an incoming phone call - Quick access to user-defined POIs in the area and along the route - Take Me Home function with a single click - Automatic language selection to match the iPhone's user language. Navigon's Mobile Navigator is priced 74.99 euro until the end of June, and comes with a full map of 40 European countries. The regular price for the application will be 99.99 euro starting with July. Even so, it seems that the company plans to release regional versions, which will be priced at 49.99 euro until the end of June, expected to cost 69.99 euro afterwards.
Moreover, there is also a LITE version, which comes for free and does not include an active route navigation, though it will come with updated maps and with POIs (Points of Interest). Mobile Navigator on the iPhone requires the iPhone OS 3.0 to be installed on the device, although the LITE version can be used on iPod touch devices as well.