Review: NAVIGON turn by turn GPS for iPhone 3G/3GS (North America)

Sat, Jan 2, 2010

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We put the NAVIGON Mobile Navigator to the test and here’s what we found. This review follows our first-look at the app a couple weeks ago. Mobile Navigator is a competent turn-by-turn GPS solution that does some things very well, others not so well. Note that this review is of version 1.0, and late last night NAVIGON released version 1.1. I haven’t evaluated this update yet, but from the description it doesn’t seem to affect this review. Specifically version 1.1 does not add text to speech …

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25 Comments For This Post

  1. pogizack Says:

    it actually has text to speech on 1.2 and up now which is really cool it shows every street names too…

  2. settleac Says:

    @cubanrma its a case made by speck. They are called “candyshell” as a series. There are several difference colors.

  3. 2MakeTheDifference Says:

    He has the same one I have, it’s called speck.

    Hope it helps.

  4. MacEdits Says:

    NCAppDesign(.)com

  5. dinnerandashow Says:

    I tried this on the 3GS.
    The GPS often loses signal because the iPhone has a very small antenna.
    On 3G the processor is too slow and has audio problems when its multitasking with the music playing, but works fine on the 3GS.

    Overall its very close to the dedicated GPS units, but NOT nearly as reliable. Dedicated GPS devices have MUCH more sensitive and faster GPS acquisition.

    So don’t throw out your dedicated GPS just yet. The iPhone has a long way to go before it can replace it.

  6. crazymix305 Says:

    hey good review.ay wat case are you using in this video

  7. cubanrma Says:

    Nice review !! One question, what case do u have??

  8. CursedOne27 Says:

    Your phones about to die!

  9. sfjlytube Says:

    You have to be on the street. You may need to reboot your iphone.

  10. sfjlytube Says:

    No, Just your GPS in your iPhone. You can’t get any signal from under ground. It has to be open space ( On the street )

  11. sfjlytube Says:

    No, Just your iphone GPS

  12. taz211lama Says:

    hello hello big problem..i recently got this app and now its being so useless everytime i put in an add it takes forever or sometimes doesnt even come up…all it says is gps cannot be found at this time and will connect when it does…today i drove half an hour and still no signal…by the way i have tmobile and do not have data networking…this stinks where do i complain since it cost me that much

  13. dsahgkg Says:

    does this require the use of data?

  14. jerryx2000 Says:

    nope

  15. soarin Says:

    You have remarkable grammar!

  16. sameersayhiii Says:

    garmin is best in all of them tom tom and navigon its suck

  17. SLRRoadster Says:

    i dont think u need internet

  18. theoeki10 Says:

    Does it need internet connection to tell you where you are?

  19. BaadshaahG Says:

    my gps not working in ths app pl help

  20. threadedcac9 Says:

    If you cant hear the volume. Buy a double sided headphone cord 3.5mm. One end of the cord goes into the iphone the other into your cars auxillary port(if you have one) and problem solved. Adjust the volume as necessary.

  21. triguer1 Says:

    I downloaded the update 1.1.0, and has text to speech for the name of the freeways only, and it seems a little big more robust application, I can’t wait for the next update release that will have full text to speech, I gave this app a bad review at the beginning, but now that i have used a few times I’d give it a 4 stars

  22. frediecougar Says:

    need a review on the sound volume while playing ipod or online radio app to all of your gps apps review.

  23. Aunk123 Says:

    Good review the most balanced and practical review I have seen. I subscribed, I want to see t-s too and a TRIP PREVIEW 2x,4x speed etc. So I have some Idea where I am going. I have Navigon because their 3D graphic (hart of the sys) is the best. They can add the other stuff.

    If you start out with a so-so or poor Gengine then what ever you add later U are still behind the 8 ball. I thinkj Mva should keep the price low add T-S & preview and they will lead the Iphone nav mkt into the future.

  24. zenminimalist Says:

    I like everything about this app but I have two from seeing this video:
    1. The streets names are illegible
    2. It doesn’t seem to be able to customize the colors

  25. macbookpro57 Says:

    i cant figure out which one to buy between this one and tomtom, does anyone have any suggestions

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