Yesterday hot on the heels of the iPhone OS 3.0 roll out was the introduction to the AppStore of a number of OS 3.0 specific applications. One of the first of these is Gokivo from Networks In Motion in the US AppStore. The main points of interest in this app are: Turn by Turn Navigation, [...]
Gokivo subscription navigation for the iPhone
Yesterday hot on the heels of the iPhone OS 3.0 roll out was the introduction to the AppStore of a number of OS 3.0 specific applications. One of the first of these is Gokivo from Networks In Motion in the US AppStore.
The main points of interest in this app are: Turn by Turn Navigation, and a subscription pricing model.
Turn by Turn voice navigation has been banned by Apple up until the release of OS 3.0 when we heard from a number of the mainstream navigation brands saying they would have an app for the iPhone. Well Networks in Motion seem to have the first one.
With the subscription pricing it costs $0.99 to buy which is quite reasonable, but then to actually use it you need to pay $9.99 a month. Not good if you want to use it every day, but not too bad if you are going on vacation and want it for a couple of weeks.
Networks In Motion is a well respected provider of Navigation solutions, particularly on mobile phones in the USA where they power the Verizon VZNavigator and a number of other white label navigation applications.
With integrated contact navigation and live traffic services this looks like an excellent start to navigation on the iPhone. There are a few things that need to be found out about how the app works, are the maps downloaded or delivered over the air… More details will follow.
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