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It keeps tracking my position while I make one on my phone.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
(hint for the truly slow among you: the iPhone actually does a lot of things besides directions, so comparing it to a device that only does one thing is stupid)]]>Jul 22nd 2009 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
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yeah, but it's another bulky device you carry around, another device you need to charge, another device you forget at home when you really need it, another device some ass takes from your locked car and breaks the window ....

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"without support for background apps, every phone call you receive will take your nav offline. Thanks, Apple."

I love my phone, but this is a show stopper for me.
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I think he does... it's just the troll in him. I'm sure he'll come back with his version of "don't hate the playa... hate the game baby."]]>Jul 22nd 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/How often and why would you carry GPS navigator around? All GPS navigators come with a car charger. Why do you "really need" GPS at home? And Why not just store it in a glove compartment?]]>Jul 22nd 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
Well, since you're on AT&T, I would imagine that your iPhone sure doesn't handle making calls very well.

5 bars disguised as one? Check!]]>Jul 22nd 2009 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
Nutmac, I had Garmin 265T - it has traffic cable which is more than $50 (just the cable). Yes you can leave it in the car, but I've seen people stealing even used sun lotion.

my point is that it's much better to have GPS on cell phone (in this case iPhone) if the features and eas-of--use are comparable with GPS unit It loos like that in this case it is.

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I just had the Navigon app open, got a call, answered it, while on the phone pressed the home button and then reopened the Navigon app. The Nav route picked up where it left off, while I was still on the phone. It just shows the green strip at the top of the iPhone to show you that you are on a call.

So what's the problem?]]>Jul 22nd 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 24th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Oct 9th 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
I'm sure I am igniting some fanboy flame war. But seriously VZW & AT&T, charging people $9.99/mo to access features that are built into the phone is highway robbery. The fact that people will pay $9.99/mo when more economical solutions exist is proof that humans are NOT the superior species.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
so it doesnt have to recalculate its current position? im sure thats what the writers were talking about. the constant recalculation from phone calls would certainly drain some time. ]]>Jul 22nd 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Garmin/TomTom PND = $200
Hm..]]>Jul 22nd 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
Would be more clever sell the app for small price and accessories (like tom-tom in car holder) plus premium services on fee like real time traffic informations etc...]]>Jul 22nd 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Your iPod Touch/iPhone can do far more than just be a PND... unlike that $200 PND which can ONLY navigate.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
I use my ATT Tilt for navigation with MS LiveSearch navigation which is free. The voice commands are great too. Google Maps' version is pretty good too and now has voice commands and also free.

On top of that, my WinMo device can still take calls, email, text message, etc while providing navigation!

Any Android users want to pipe up out there. I'm sure they can do all this too better than the iPhone.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
That's why I said hm..
It's up to you to decide whether the WiFi, web browser, music player, fart apps, and other things are worth the extra $100.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
Actually my Garmin Nuvi in addition to navigating can:
sync to my computer
display pictures
play audio books
play mp3
has a translator program built in - English / Spanish and pronounce the words.
and has several other (pricey) add-ons to make it do other things.

Now, after 2 years of owning it, I've never used any of the other features longer then to see that it could actually do it. But they were there. The Nuvi mostly sat in my glove box until I needed it. And after I picked up my iPhone I found myself using it more to get a general idea of where things were with Google maps vs pulling out the Nuvi to have it guide me there.
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I won't be putting the dedicated TomTom on ebay quite yet. I'll wait for the TT iPhone version first. ]]>Jul 22nd 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 23rd 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/
It's the same dilemma with maps. There are only a handful of digital map makers, and all PND manufacturers use these few map companies for their products. You can't blame Garmin or Tom Tom if something that exists in real life isn't in the map's database; blame Navtec or TeleAtlas.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 23rd 2009 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=321506742&mt=8]]>Jul 22nd 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/navigon-brings-mobilenavigator-to-iphones-app-store-we-go-hand/Jul 22nd 2009 2:17PM