NAVIGON Releases Navigation App for the iPhone; Includes UK and Ireland Maps

Until recently Apple forbade the development of turn-by-turn apps for the iPhone. But at the WWDC Apple demonstrated the new iPhone 3.0 OS along with a new navigation app by TomTom. The iPhone 3.0 OS no longer has the restriction on the development of GPS navigation software.

While many are waiting for the TomTom application to be released, European software developers NAVIGON have beaten TomTom by releasing a navigation app for Europe.

The app works on any iPhone with the new 3.0 OS. The software is available from the App Store with an introductory price of $94.99 (roughly £58) with the price going up after the end of this month (June 09).

The app includes maps for the United Kingdom and Ireland as well as the rest of mainland Europe including France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Switzerland. Eastern Europe is also covered including Poland, Hungary and Romania. The app supports ten different languages and will automatically switch based on the selected language for the iPhone itself. The download is quite large at 1.65 GB.

MobileNavigator for iPhone Features

• 2D and 3D map displays
• Can be used in portrait and landscape format
• Precise voice announcements
• Intelligent address entry
• Reality View Pro (realistic display of motorway interchanges and exits)
• Lane Assistant Pro
• Real signpost display
• Speed Assistant with adjustable audio-visual warning
• Day and night mode for map display
• Direct access and navigation to contacts saved in the iPhone’s address book
• The latest NAVTEQ map material including more than two million (EU version) places of interest (POIs)
• Navigation is automatically resumed after an incoming phone call
• Quick access to user-defined POIs in the area and along the route
• Take Me Home function with a single click
• Automatic language selection to match the iPhone’s user language

This looks like a great navigation app for the iPhone and if you are itching to get turn-by-turn navigation for your iPhone today then you should try out MobileNavigator.