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For the second time in as many months, Navigon has released an update to its MobileNavigator GPS app. The big news this time? Text-to-speech.
Since MobileNavigator debuted in late July, the App Store has grown crowded with competitors, including CoPilot Live, iGo My Way, and TomTom.
But not one of them offers the coveted text-to-speech feature (yet), which announces actual street names instead of just saying "turn right ahead." ... more details at link
"A hundred-dollar makeover can turn your iPhone into a GPS device.
GPS specialist TomTom announced Monday that its new $99.99 iPhone app is now up for sale at the iTunes store.
TomTom for the iPhone comes with features typically found in standard GPS units, including voice directions and full maps of the U.S. and Canada. Maps for Europe, Australia, and New Zealand are available at varying prices." ... details at link
"CoPilot 8 is a turn-by-turn GPS application for the iPhone which has just made its first debut on the Apple App store. And it’s been priced at only $34.99 which is cheaper than other turn-by-turn GPS apps (e.g Navigon, Sygic cost more than double the price).
The CoPilot 8 GPS app provides turn-by-turn voice directions, street maps of USA and Canada stored on your iPhone. Some more the app also links to your address book, showing your friends and contacts on the map of your iPhone, thanks to the LiveLink feature of this app.
Similar to other GPS turn-by-turn apps, the CoPilot 8 also comes in a huge size of more than 1GB. So it’ll take you at least few hours for downloading this app." ... details at link
"What happens when a mobile device combines the capabilities of web browsing along with accurate location awareness? It's bound to create a new medium that will completely transform the way consumers find information and the way businesses interact with their customers.
And it's coming sooner, and faster, than you might imagine.
In the 1990s, the introduction of the World Wide Web forever changed the way we create, access and navigate information. It allowed anyone to publish information for little marginal cost and allowed users to easily consume information from anywhere in the world. This spurred an exponential surge in content, and search engines soon enabled rapid navigation of the massive volume of information flooding online. In the process, many consumer activities and large industries were transformed virtually overnight." ... article continues at link
"Pioneer isn't going for subtle here: the company just unleashed a flurry of in-dash navigators, with a considerable amount of accoutrements on display. The units range through the flagship AVIC-Z110BT (pictured), "midrange" AVIC-X710BT and X910BT, and the AVIC-U310BT for rich people on a budget. Seriously, with a starting price of $599, none of this is suited for the cheap-and-simple set, but at least Pioneer backs up those pricetags with serious functionality." ..more details at link.
