iPhone users seem to be a lucky lot with numerous apps launched for them every now and then. Navigon declared the release of a vital update for MobileNavigator iPhone app.
Lengthening the inclusive functionality, the upgrade includes three eye-catching attributes namely in-app connection to Facebook and Twitter, Panorama View 3D with 3D terrain views operated by NASA data, and personalized route delivery by means of Navigon MyRoutes, claimed to be a clever direction supplier.
“Navigon, an industry first to launch an on-board navigation app on the iPhone platform, remains ahead of the competition by consistently delivering first to market, full-feature updates. Apple’s App Store is ideal for delivering our latest innovations to our users. The upcoming fifth version not only redefines routing capabilities on the iPhone platform but also integrates social media connectivity, and outstanding, reliable 3D environment views,” commented, Gerhard Mayr, vice-president worldwide mobile phones & new markets, Navigon.
Additionally improving the capable iPhone connectivity facilities, MobileNavigator enables users to publish their present place, destination and ETA i.e. Estimated Time of Arrival to their preferred social media outlets, Twitter and Facebook, devoid of steering pause. The effortless access in-app icons impeccably launch and the Twitter attribute mechanically restricts input to a maximum of 140, and delivers a character countdown.
Well-matching the stylish iPhone UI, Panorama View 3D appears to offer 3D map views via digitized cartography delivered from NASA’s altitude and topography records. The complete 3D view can supply a precise representation of nearby surroundings with digital landscapes that embrace elevations, shadows, and geographic photos. Panorama View 3D is said to be an incorporated in-map, independent from the phone’s data connection.
Navigon MyRoutes appears to take tailored path advocates to a novel level with clever, modified direction planning. The attribute examines individual driving data and plans customized routes. Around three options with distance and ETA are visibly exhibited in-map for each. One chief advice based on the user’s driving habits, the day of week and time of travel is offered and the supplementary two options offer alternatives to select a favored route.
MobileNavigator appears to revamp the iPhone into an all-encompassing navigation device that depends on the GPS receiver, independent from a cell or wireless signal, to present the most feature rich on-board steering app. This app seems to deliver a well-known, yet streamlined user interface that supplies spontaneous visual feedback and easily available connected features. It is alleged to be the only on-board iPhone navigation app obtainable that boasts of Google Local Search, Reality View Pro, eminent in-route POI’s, impeccable in-app iPod controls, improved pedestrian mode, Traffic Live, and soon in-app social media connectivity in one app.
Consumers can purchase the MobileNavigator app from the Apple App Store for $89.99. It comes with maps of North America from NAVTEQ. For marketing purposes, Macworld offers the app for $69.99. Also In App Purchase Traffic Live can be bought for $19.99 from February 5th to 15th. Generally the cost would be $24.99. Panorama View 3D can be obtainable by means of In App Purchase for $9.99. For using the app, extra accessories are needed for GPS navigation on the iPhones.
Navigon is exhibiting the update before its release in spring at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, February 11-13, 2010