Apps for Less: Sygic Mobile Maps US – Turn-By-Turn Voice Guided GPS Navigation
With news of TomTom hitting Apple’s App Store it’s time to start looking out for great deals from the other GPS apps currently available. Today we were notified that one of the most feature-filled GPS apps, Sygic Mobile Maps for the US is on sale for a limited time and it’s priced to sell – $39.99. [iTunes Link]
We’ve used Sygic Mobile Maps and it is well worth $39.99 if you are within the United States. The sale ends at the end of this month so be sure to act fast! It contains some very nice features with some of the highlights as followed:
- Voice guided turn-by-turn GPS navigation
- Rotation sensor for automatic switching between landscape/portrait operation in real-time
- Automatic return to the app and the route after a phone call
- All important safety features, including lane assistance, speed limit indication, safety cameras, information about railway crossings and dangerous areas
- Thousands of POIs; among others also a list of parking options nearby for you to select and be guided to selection between car and bicycle modes for optimum route calculation
- All the maps will be stored on the device, there will be no need to download data on the go, which otherwise costs unnecessary waiting time and money
Screen shots after the break!
August 17th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Just an FYI, I will be reviewing the app within the next week or so. I might also have a promo code or two to give away!
August 17th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Well hurry up and review it BEFORE the sale runs out! LOL Thanks for letting us know.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
How can TomTom not have turn-by-turn voice navigation? Is that coming and they just quickly released this version to get to market?
Great work, TomTom. All of us who signed up never received notification and now we have no idea if voice is coming.
And $99…you are high.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Does Sygic let you play music while the app is running? I have G-Map West and it’s pretty good but no music while the app is running. Also G-Map doesn’t return to maps after a phone call which sucks you have to set your route again.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Amen to that! Hard to justify the $100 for the Tom Tom when you can purchase an actual GPS for that price. Always looking for another option.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Correction…I meant spoken street names by no voice in above comment.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Guys try copilot as a other cheap alternative. It’s not perfect but some updates should sort it lol
August 17th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Looks like the only reason they dropped the price, cause CoPilot costs 34.99 and has better features, and hopefully more coming soon.
August 17th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
And for $2, you can get http://itunes.com/app/roadee, which offers voice turn-by-turn directions for the entire world, using the OpenStreetMap database (which means if it’s wrong, you can fix it yourself within a day).
August 17th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
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August 17th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
I have Sygic NA & it is AMAZING. it let’s you play music in the background while guiding you. Has many voices to choose from & recalculates very quickly. Once the gps signal is locked it’s rock solid. Sometimes needs a reboot when gps signal isn’t locked & they should really have a gps reset button on their app but this one by far is the best out there. I paid $69 for it so at $39 it’s a bargain
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August 18th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Sygic sucked really bad. Don’t buy it. I hope tomtom is gonna show a different ball game.