Navigon Mobile Navigator for iPhone
Posted on August 19, 2009 by admin
Apps for iPhone and iPhone itself is not a main concern of my blog. I deal with iPhone apps only when I found them useful. One of such apps is Navigon Mobile Navigator, Easter Europe edition.
Despite of widely discussed introduction of TomTom to iTunes AppStore, here in Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries TomTom is not available yet. In that circumstances the best app we can find is Navigon Mobile Navigator.
I have been testing this app for a few days now. It works well in the city. I haven’t noticed any latency in positioning my car on the map. Navigon Mobile Navigator informs about suggested maneuvers about time and in some time before. Application is available in local languages – at least in English and Polish, but I am sure it is available in every language used in the country access to iTunes AppStore.
Woman’s voice lead the driver throughout junctions, motorways, from one place to another. The only problem is that iPhone itself is to quite. However, if your car audio has AUX slot you can connect iPhone with onboard car audio using mini-jack cable. In addition, there can be played music in the background, however changing playlist requires turning off Navigon. It is better then to listen to shuffled playlist.
App works very good. If we decide to take another way, not suggested by Navigon it will recalculate it and suggest new route. We can choose preferred types of roads. By default Navigon avoids small streets in residential zones. However two times Navigon suggested me to take a road through residential areas. They were regular streets, but rather small. In my home city I knew which one to take, but it can be a problem in new locations not known to the driver.
Apart of the streets and roads it can show petrol stations, shopping malls, museums, monuments, and garages and other services. It also alert driver if the speed is far to high comparing speed limits.
Mobile Navigator is available in a few editions for each region or continent. Price varies depends on it.
Navigon Mobile Navigator Europe: 79,99 €
Navigon Mobile Navigator Eastern Europe: 49,99 €
Navigon Mobile Navigator Australia: 42,99 €
