Can’t afford those $99 or $79 stand alone iPhone apps, but have a decent data plan on your iPhone? MapQuest has your solution with a FREE MapQuest 4 Mobile iPhone app that includes turn by turn directions with spoken street names. Can you really beat free? Just remember that it requires a data connection so if you have those skimpy 500 megabyte per month plans or roaming, this might not be a good idea unless you are totally lost.

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Heading to the WWDC during the first week of June? Navigon has a cheap solution for you, simply buy Navigon for Iphone 3g/3gs for an amazing $14.99. You can also buy other regions for an amazing $9.99. Even if you aren’t heading to the WWDC, you can take advantage of this buy the MyRegion app for $14.99 and additional regions for $9.99 (50% off).

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It was bound to happen! With the popularity of The Simpsons voice pack for TomTom GPS devices, it is no surprise that TomTom today has announced the availability of Star Wars voices for your supported TomTom GPS device. For only $13, you can purchase the sound pack and have Darth Vader give you directions, although let’s hope he doesn’t really pronounce them like he did in the studio:

Purchase it now from the TomTom store of your country:
http://starwars.tomtom.com/voices/index-starwars.php?Lid=4

Heading to stand alone GPS unit soon, Nav N Go is showing off their latest version if iGo: iGO primo at the upcoming CeBIT 2010. With over 30 new features in this new version, if you are headed to CeBIT 2010, you should stop by their booth, if not they also sent along some screenshots from the latest build of the software for you to check out.

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The first map and software update for the iGO My way 2009 navigation solution for iPhone is now available for download from Apple’s App Store. Along with the integration of iPhone contacts, the first update contains a number of significant new features.
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There are more and more turn-by-turn navigation apps coming out for the iPhone 3GS; iGo My Way app for the iPhone 3G/3GS is one of them and costs $79.99. iGo can be found in other stand alone car gps units that you can buy from electronic stores, the interface is similar to the stand alone units. But does this iPhone app stand up to the stand alone units?
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NAVIGON was first out of the block with Text to Speech on their iPhone MobileNaviator app, now it looks like they will be the first to include real-time traffic information and historic data for a low one time fee. This update will have an early bird special in October for $19.99, so keep an eye out on our site for the release date.
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