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Fring, Slacker, TeleNav, NAVIGON comment on Apple's iPhone 4.0 multitasking

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 a 6:04 pm

The first of Apple's big iPhone OS 4 announcements was multitasking, and the first set of multitasking announcements were APIs to let streaming music (think internet radio), location services (think navigation, check-in games, social networks), and VoIP services (think internet telephony) register threads in the background. For users this means you can keep listening to your songs, getting your turn-by-turn directions, and answering your virtual phone all while surfing the web or playing a game.

To find out what it means for developers, we asked some. Read what they had to say after the break!

NAVIGON Brings MyRegion Turn-by-Turn Navigation to iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Mar 18, 2010 a 3:16 pm

NAVIGON's new MyRegion is a customizable version of their turn-by-turn MobileNavigator app for iPhone that basically lets you buy just the navigation you need, when you need it, and expand via in-app purchase later.

Three "regions" are available in the US -- Western [iTunes link], Central [iTunes link], and Eastern [iTunes link]. Each region is currently on sale for $24.99 until April 12, at which point they'll be regularly priced at $29.99. Getting an additional region via in-app purchase will cost $12.99 on sale ($14.99 regularly).

What's included?

TiPb Apps 2.4 -- NAVIGON MobileNavigator for iPhone (Macworld 2010)

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010 a 7:19 am

Live from Macworld 2010, Rene and Leanna talk to Bernd Hahn, product manager for NAVIGON MobileNavigator [$89.99 - iTunes link] about the latest additions for the iPhone, and his thoughts on the iPad.

Navigon MobileNavigator Goes 3D, Social, and Intelligent

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010 a 9:43 am

And now we can tell you why Navigon is so excited about their new 3D terrain viewing, social media integrated, intelligent routing version 1.5 update to MobileNavigator [$69.00 on sale -- iTunes link] that they've put it on sale and are giving TiPb readers a chance to not only win copies, but get a guided tour at Macworld 2010 on how to use it. Here are the highlights:

Connection to Facebook and Twitter: A simple icon tap posts users current position, destination, and ETA without navigation interruption.

2009 TiPb Editors' Choice Awards

By Staff, Friday, Jan 1, 2010 a 10:17 pm

Happy New Year and welcome to the iPhone blog's 2009 TiPb Editor's Choice Awards for the very best (in our opinion!) iPhone and iPod touch apps and accessories released in the last year!

TiPb Picks of the Year -- Nova, Navigon, SimplyTweet, Kindle, Skype, Twitbit, 1Password, Appigo Todo, WiFiRemote, Boxcar

By Staff, Monday, Dec 28, 2009 a 11:18 am

Every week a few of us from team TiPb -- bloggers, forum crew, and occasional friends alike -- bring you our current favorite, funnest, most useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they're iPhone (or iPod touch) related, they're fair game. Well, as 2009 winds to a close, we figured it's time for the staff to bring you not just picks of the week but -- PICKS OF THE YEAR!

So who's on deck for the very best iPhone apps of 2009? What are our picks? Find out after the break!

iPhone Apps for Less Addendum: Save Up to $30 on Navigon MobileNavigator

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Nov 20, 2009 a 8:57 pm

Navigon, makers of MobileNavigator [iTunes link] let us know that they're now running a:

special Thanksgiving promotion for its iPhone navigation app striving to help drivers avoid this year’s holiday traffic congestion. For 10 days only, (November 20-30) NAVIGON’s iPhone app, MobileNavigator will be on sale for $69.99 instead of $89.99 providing a $20.00 savings. In addition, NAVIGON’s Traffic Live feature is also on sale for $14.99 instead of $24.99.

If you've been waiting to pull the trigger, and price was your concern, how's

NAVIGON MobileNavigator Updated, Traffic Live Available via In-App Purchase

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Nov 9, 2009 a 9:39 pm

NAVIGON dropped us a note to say that, as promised, their latest update to MobileNavigator [$89.99 for North America - iTunes link] for iPhone is now available via the iTunes App Store, and it includes Traffic Live as an in-app purchase (currently on sale at an introductory $19.99, $24.99 thereafter). Here's how it works:

What Google Navigation Means for iPhone Maps App, and for Turn-by-Turn Competitors

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 a 9:59 pm

So while the dust is by no means settling following Google's bombshell announcement of their free Google Maps Navigation app for Android 2.0, it's thinning enough that we can start to survey the landscape again.

NAVIGON MobileNavigator North America Brings Traffic Live to iPhone Turn-by-Turn GPS Navigation

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 16, 2009 a 9:16 pm

NAVIGON North America [$89.99 - iTunes link], just let us know that, fresh off adding text-to-speech for street names, they'll soon be adding real-time speed information from actual drivers on the road, traffic messages, road sensors and cameras, and historic traffic flow data to reroute iPhone users around problem areas.

Billed as NAVIGON Traffic Live, it will be available in October and sold as an in-app purchase to existing MobileNavigator users. The added functionality will run $24.99, but go for $19.99 special introductory pricing at launch. And as with the main app, there's no monthly subscription cost.