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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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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Cellular providers Rogers / Fido Canada has been enjoying a monopoly selling the iPhone because of it’s GSM network. With Bell and Telus on CDMA, the Apple iPhone would never come to them, so they banded together to create an overlay on their CDMA network to allow GSM phones to work. That day is near with Bell and Telus officially announcing that the Apple iPhone 3GS is headed to their network in November,.

What does this mean to consumers, while the price of the iPhone’s in Canada won’t drop, the competition for iPhone plans will start to heat up and hopefully will result in better prices. Also, consumers who were on Bell and Telus can soon buy any unlocked phone and just simply purchase a sim card. Although no word on when unlocked phones will be allowed on Bell or Telus networks.

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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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NAVIGON AG, leading innovator in the navigation market, today announced availability of a second free update for the North American version of MobileNavigator for the iPhone. The update equips the NAVIGON app with a comprehensive set of innovative and sought after features.

The highly anticipated text-to-speech function lets the NAVIGON MobileNaviagtor announce street names in addition to turn-by-turn directions. It is the first on-board navigation app for the iPhone with this functionality. Instead of only stating “turn right”, the app informs the user to “turn right on to ‘Main Street’, enabling the driver to further concentrate on the road ahead and not become distracted looking for street signs. Continue Reading »