Are you still on the hunt for the right GPS navigation application? SygicMobile Maps [$59.00 - US iTunes Link] has just gotten a much needed update and we are happy to report is has polished this GPS app nicely. Gone is the lag we experienced along with the addition of some other much anticipated features.
Now with text-to-speech – voice guidance announcing the name of the next street or road
Choose addresses straight from your iPhone contacts and navigate to.
Music playback fades out smoothly so you can better hear the voice instructions.
Improved GPS lock, now faster than ever.
Smoother position display as you follow your route.
Increased font size of street names and information bars for improved readability.
No disclaimer warning message after completion of phone call.
So if you currently have this application, update now! If not and you’re still on the lookout for a good GPS app, Sygic Mobile Maps is definitely worth a look.
In the turn by turn wars, Sygic has entered the fray with their Mobile Maps US. They also have versions for a number of other countries. Like all turn by turn apps, this one allows you to create navigation routes, utilize points of interest (POI), and assists in the actual driving of the route by giving you turn-by-turn directions. So how does it compare? Read on to find out.
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
Dieter gave us our first eyes-on look at Sygic’s Turn-by-Turn GPS solution for the iPhone 3G, but we wondered if Apple — whose iPhone SDK specifically forbid providing such navigation — would ever allow it.
Sygic is entering the AppStore to be the first on the market that offers full turn-by-turn navigation for Apple users. “We believe Apple users will benefit soon from Sygic Mobile 2009 turn-by-turn navigation worldwide – the same as all of our customers on different platforms” said Michal Stencl, CEO and founder of Sygic.
Could this be part of a new Premium App Store launch later today? Our tipper, antonioj, seems to think it will…
Only 2 hours left, so be sure to join us for our live meta-blog coverage and hopefully we’ll find out together!
There you see it, folks, a real live native iPhone app that provides turn-by-turn GPS directions with voice prompts, points of interest, support for multiple countries, maps stored in-memory instead of streamed from the internet, the whole nine yards.
Working off a tip/reminder from antonioj (thanks!), I scurried off to the TeleAtlas booth at the close day here at MWC to visit Sygic, a company that makes (you guessed it) downloadable GPS apps for smartphones and PDAs. They had promised a demo of their iPhone app at MWC09 and, well, they delivered.
