PocketGPSWorld.com CamerAlert
The CamerAlert 1.1 release has been tested with the latest iOS4 iPhone software, but does not implement multitasking yet. There are some major features added including camera management, HUD display, and numerous bugfixes.
One of the main bugbears with the iPhone is the lack of multitasking functionality. The new iPhone OS iOS 4 introduces multitasking, but it is not inherent. The developers need to code specifically to allow multitasking. TomTom have announced that the next version of thier software will support both iOS 4 and multitasking.
This means that you will be able to run your Turn by Turn navigation app alongside your favorite Speed Camera Warning app (assuming that supports multitasking too).
Press release from TomTom follows:
Destinator 9 for iPhone
Back in January we saw a demonstration of Destinator 9 on the iPhone at CES. It has taken a few months but now it is available in the Apple AppStore for Western Europe. With a price tag of £30 ($50) it represents great value compared to Navigon at £70 and TomTom at £53, but is more comparable with ALK’s CoPilot at £36.
Destinator 9 is a fully featured Turn by Turn navigation system with voice guidance and featuring Navteq mapping. It also has iPod controls, easy to use POIs including creation of your own ‘StickyPOIs’ but seems to lack importing of custom POIs, and does not have support for Speed Cameras.
The full Destinator Press Release follows:
We all know about the crazy sales called “Black Friday” in the USA the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, well ALK have hit the road early with a huge $15 discount on the CoPilot Live GPS Navigation App. Normally sold for $34.99 the price has been reduced to $19.99 from now until midnight on Monday 30th November.
This special offer pricing applies to both the iPhone app in the Apple AppStore and the Android app from Android Market. Happy Holidays!!!
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Magellan Raodmate for the iPhone
A second item on the same Press Release mentions a Premium Car Kit. This is an Active cradle for the iPhone with its own GPS receiver, internal amplifier and bluetooth hands-free. This is an adjustable design to allow the iPhone to be used with skins and cases in place. It is also compatible with the iPhone classic and iPod Touch enabling these devices to be used for navigation. At $129.99 it is slightly more expensive than the TomTom cradle ($119) and is expected to be shipping in December.
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Navigon MobileNavigator
This release adds Text-To-Speech and iPod controls as well as some other minor changes. The Text To Speech allows the road names to be included in the navigation instructions giving the driver more confidence in the manoeuvre they are making. The iPod controls are also a very welcome feature as previously although you could set the iPod playing in the background if the playlist or album ended then you had to exit the Navigation application to change the music.
Also included in this release are: Location sharing, and automatic day/night mode switching.
The full Navigon Press Release follows:
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Since OS3.0 was released at the start of Summer there have been a steady stream of turn-by-turn navigation apps making their way through the AppStore. Starting off with Navigon and then Sygic, iGO, CoPilot and, most recently, TomTom there are a fair few to chose from. The guys over at PocketGPSWorld.com have been keeping on top of it all and have a very helpful iPhone navigation app comparison table available here. They are constantly updating it as new information and updates are announced so if you’ve not quite made up your mind yet then keep checking back until that one killer feature you’re after has arrived!
Navigon have launched their MobileNavigator Europe Turn-by-Turn solution in the AppStore.
Based on their popular navigation solution for Personal Navigation Devices, MobileNavigator offers features such as 2D/3D maps, landscape and portrait support and reality view.
Navigon also mention the auto-resume navigation after call feature which will be essential for anyone who uses their iPhone hands-free in their car.
We hope to be reviewing this solution very soon but for now, full details are available in the AppStore.
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.
The Networks in Motion press release follows:
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Not the best kept secret perhaps but TomTom took centre stage at Apple’s WWDC yesterday with their Satnav for iPhone application.
With Garmin concentrating on their nuvifone product the kudos was all TomTom’s as they got to reveal their new solution to the WWDC attendees.
TomTom CTO Peter-Frans Pauwels demonstrated the new car cradle that will be an option with TomTom’s SatNav app. Interestingly this cradle contains its own GPS receiver which is an admittance at least in part that the receiver in the iPhone 3G is poor.
The cradle also contains a loudspeaker and so as well as providing charge to the iPhone offers a hands-free speakerphone feature.
The app will have TomTom’s IQ Routes functionality but more detailed information has yet to be revealed. Availability expected to coincide with the release of OS 3.0 with the cradle following some time later.
