Navigon is looking to compete with TomTom’s $50 iPhone app with a deal of its own that looks better than TomTom’s offering.
Not only is Navigon slashing the price of its MobileNavigator iPhone app from $90 to $60, but the company has also released a version 1.4 update with a whole bunch of new features. The new features include:
- Google Local Search and enhanced pedestrian mode
- turn-by-turn route list that provides a detailed list of directions that automatically updates during navigation
- favorites are displayed as flagged icons on the map
- Traffic Live messages can be browsed with finger swipes
- contacts can be set as interim destinations with one-tap (this can also be accessed directly from the phone book)
- MobileNavigator augments a weak iPhone GPS signal with its own positioning estimations and active route guidance is automatically switched off until a stronger signal is again available
- iPhone fingertip control now allows 3D zooming in addition to 2D
- drivers are given important country information such as speed limits when a border crossing is detected
- Audiobook Mode rewinds a second of an audiobook being played when interrupted by voice directions
- Direct Help provides easy access to local emergency organizations
- the Coordinates feature allows users to use exact latitude and longitude coordinates as a destination, allows for them to be emailed, and even launched in Google Maps outside of Mobile Navigator
That’s a ton of great new features to accompany a substantial price cut. There is a catch, however. The price reduction is only in effect until January 11, 2010 after which it’ll presumably return to its regular $90 price.
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