GPS maker Navigon has announced it will release an iPhone version of its MobileNavigator software later this month after the iPhone 3.0 operating system is released. Like TomTom’s newly announced navigation app, Navigon’s paid iPhone app provides turn-by-turn directions, but will also provide some of its proprietary features such as Reality View, Lane Assist and speed camera notifications.
Users will be able to simultaneously navigate and listen to music in their iPhone’s library, plot routes to contact addresses and automatically resume navigation after taking a phone call.
Navigon hasn’t announced how much its paid app will cost, but it will also offer a free Lite version that simply provides map and POI search without real-time navigation. The company also hasn’t given any indication as to if it’ll release a dash or windshield mounting accessory like TomTom, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
