http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/ Engadget Comments for Navigon announces MobileNavigator for Android and Windows Mobile http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 8th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/
Do you absolutely need that woman or man talking to you?]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/I for one rely on GPS for my traveling. There is a *BIG* disadvantage to Google Navigation: Internet connection is required during navigation.

Navigon stores LOCAL maps on the SD card.

I don’t want to be lost somewhere, especially in a rural mountain road and not get signal and be S.O.L. That is worth the $70 assuming that includes all of the U.S. maps

Navigon is my favorite GPS program for smartphones (I’ve demoed TomTom, iGo, CoPilot, NDrive, Garmin and Destinator) so naturally I’m happy to see they are expanding mobile OS platforms. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/
You bring up a VERY good point here. If you do a lot of traveling in rural areas it might be worth it to you to have a navigation program with locally stored maps. It's nice that Android and WinMo users will have that option.

I got burned on a camping trip last year using the iPhone's Google Maps as our navigation device. Luckily, the cached list view saved us. Oh, and before anyone tries to chime in with an AT&T service wisecrack, my buddy's Verizon phone was useless as well. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/
If those prices are for the North American version of the software, then why are WinMo users getting screwed on the price?]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 8th 2010 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/
(hello... comment system!?)]]>Jan 8th 2010 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Maybe this will be better, but hardly worth the fanfare when the alternatives are already out there.]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 7th 2010 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Maybe it does, but Google doesn't give out that "love" for Europe. It's also cheaper if you don't like to spend 20-40/month on data charges.

My E72 has maps in the memory card and navigation license for ever, that should be the way for all mobile phones.]]>Jan 8th 2010 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/
Still don't see this as an "epic fail" of a product, though, since it does different things than Google Maps, etc.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 8th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 8th 2010 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 8th 2010 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 8th 2010 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/1.) This article says it's on sale now for WM (I can't find it anywhere and it's not on Navigon's USA site either.
2.) Another article on CNET mentioned that the WinMo \ Android versions will not offer live traffic updates. That to me is the complete dealbreaker. 69$ is reasonable for their software and maps, it's quite good actually, but even google maps for free has traffic updates...come on now.]]>Jan 8th 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 8th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/Jan 8th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/navigon-announces-mobilenavigator-for-android-and-windows-mobile/What gives? The Navigon.com USA site says they only sell iPhone software for american people. The fuck's up with that? And if you choose international, the WM version is the uber old one, not the one pictured in the CNET article. Something is wrong here.]]>Feb 12th 2010 7:01PM