Comments on: Navigon Mobile Navigator for iPhone

By: nhan

nhan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:44:27 +0000

it’s great!!!
but its POI is….poorly!!!
and there is no way to add custom POI now (ver 1.3)

By: arthur

arthur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:52:37 +0000

updates

By: Steve Jordi

Steve Jordi — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:49:39 +0000

Does anyone knwo whether it’s possible to disable that horrible “feature” they introduced with 1.2 that thickens the street drawing when you slow down?

I was driving with four lanes at my left and when I slowed down, those four lanes merged together to draw an ugly fat huge lane without details.
Worked perfectly under 1.1. What did they have in mind with 1.2

By: Steve Jordi

Steve Jordi — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:48:01 +0000

Yes, it does KM as well as Miles
For street you have to select the state and city first, then the street you want, you can’t type in an address first and then select the one you want.
Maps are not updated besides the full application update itself.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:44:39 +0000

I have a couple of questions.
Does this app do km as well as miles?
Does it speak km as well?
On one of my GPS units it spoke the directions in feet and miles
but displayed km.
Does it allow you to enter the street first or search all?
Or do you have to put the city first ?
Having to put the city first is a problem in some small towns,
if you are not sure where you are going.
Are the map updates free? If not how much?

By: ray

ray — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:08:41 +0000

http://www.navigon.com/site/us/en/products/navigation_software/iphone

“Turn your iPhone into a first-rate navigation system with MobileNavigator. Try the feature for yourself and enjoy the excellent user control and superior design that allow simple and intuitive operating. The application includes the latest map material from the market leader NAVTEQ and can be used without an Internet connection, which is of enormous benefit abroad, for example, as no extra charges are incurred. With MobileNavigator you can turn your iPhone into an equally handy and convenient route guidance system.”

By: John P

John P — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:30:18 +0000

I got the update as well. It was larger than the first app, took about 40 minutes to download. Haven’t used all the features but I noticed with TTS/spoken street names on the voice is different, still female but different. Also with this turned on the voice’s volume is lower. I tried it both ways and I believe I prefer it as it was. So for now I’m using it with TTS off.

By: John

John — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:44:58 +0000

The new Navigon 1.20 update adds some really nice features. My only complaints with the app is the horrible POI interface where you need to know the exact city. The Tom Tom application has a much better POI system.

The other is the routing. On the Tom Tom you can block a specific road or section of the trip. The Navigon only allows a crude X mile blocking that doesn’t work as well.

I do like Navigon’s lane assist, reality view, text to speech, and iPod controls. IMO the POI and blocking on the Tom Tom still make it a tossup though.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:14:17 +0000

Just got the new update for Navigon with Text to Speach, it works great. I love this app, and it just keeps getting better.

By: Harry Solomon

Harry Solomon — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:02:11 +0000

I try to use NAVIGON for Europe and I encounter the same problem. From my point of view the program is unusable!!
I try to get refund from iTunes but is impossible because pass more than 60 day from purchasing.
I think that the problem is the week GPS signal provide by iPhone. Tom Tom came in next month with a car kit which contain a additional GPS.
I try to connect an external GPS via Bluetooth, but the iPhone not permit such connection.