Navigon MobileNavigator for iPhone launches in AppStore

pmodern · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 24, 2009 Posts: 12

I wasn't happy with the volume on Navigon through the iphone speaker so I had a play around this lunchtime to see if I could get it louder. Seems if you go into ipod and set the volume to full in there while playing a song through the speakers, then the Navigon speech is much louder when you use that.

Maybe Angelfish has the volume right down in ipod mode? I just tried that and Navigon is silent then, even with the volume slider in navigon on full.

Darren · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:06 pm Post subject:

By golly I think you hit the nail on the head there.
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streethawk101 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 05, 2006 Posts: 2

That this is a good solution to motorbike sat nav. There are RAM bike mounts for the iPhone 3g and with lots of A2DP based helmet headsets you'll be able to have music calls and sat nav in your lid with one device.

The only drawback i can see is keeping it waterproof. All the waterproof boxes i have seen are bulky and cause reflections making it hard to use the screen. I think a clear plastic freezer bag and an elastic band over the phone to the arm of the cradle is the best option.

mikealder · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: Seems to me...

streethawk101 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 05, 2006 Posts: 2

Yeah, thats a problem, the bag type wont fit into any holder that is secure enough for bike use (adjustable foam sided car type holders wont handle the vibration). So i think i'll stick with a clear plastic bag, kept under my seat which i can just put on if it rains.

Keeping it under the screen will keep the majority of rain off anyway.

Goober556 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2007 Posts: 53

SSR · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 26, 2005 Posts: 432

It was still the sum up of his review though, and I'm not sure that's the sum up of the other reviews.

Goober556 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2007 Posts: 53

Darren · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject:

Ok enough please.
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zebsogo · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

enough of the He said She said nonsense who cares what stephen fry has to say about satnavs anyway. What matters is the quality of the product and your opinions on the product , not somebody else's comments

eaglesteve · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2009 Posts: 2

Darren,

I forget to ask this: Does it uses the compass to orientate the map correctly at the start of the trip likes googlemap does?

I agree with you when you said this software's functionality is too basic.

I would also prefer to see more information displayed on navigation screen: Current speed, time of arrival, remaining distance, and not having to toggle through them to display just one of them at the top bar.

Also, the ability to specify which POI gets warning is important, espcially when approaching schools where special speed limit could be imposed during the school start and end hours.

classy56 · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject:

Still £37.99 in the App store Very Happy

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Darren · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject:

zebsogo · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject:

Have to agree that if Sygic performs as well on iPhone then it will easily outclass Navigon.

Let's hope Apple pull their finger out and resolve the issue they caused pronto, I'm off to Turkey next week and wanted to trial Sygic's Turkey coverage.
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