Comments on: Epic Follow-Up Review: Navigon MobileNavigator for iPhone

By: Jeff Weaver

Jeff Weaver — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:41:06 +0000

Is it possible to just view the map as you drive without entering a destination?

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[…] those of you who read my Epic Follow-Up Review of Navigon MobileNavigator a couple of weeks ago, I will invoke a little Monte Python before I begin: “And now for […]

By: Ben Senise

Ben Senise — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:00:08 +0000

In reply to Lou W. No! iOS4 on a 3G is unusable. Everything is so slow that you'll throw your iPhone out the window. I just downgraded back to 3.1.3 and all is well. I strongly recommend staying with 3.1.3 until apple fixes iOS4 so that it works on the 3G.

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Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:20:25 +0000

[…] love a good GPS app, and seeing that they are a former subsidiary of Navigon, whose MobileNavigator I reviewed last week, piqued my interest. Reading that Skobbler had to survive a lawsuit from their former parent […]

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:31:31 +0000

In reply to jhrogersii. I have a ipod touch 2g on ios 4.0.2, if that means anything, and it crashes and reboots my ipod constantly. I hope they are working on an update. When it does work, it is great.

By: Revirks

Revirks — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:38:29 +0000

Is it possible to searh by street name without first entering city or zip code

By: weckman

weckman — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:15:40 +0000

Hi there!

This was one loooong but absolutely awesome review. I've actually been using NAVIGON's MobileNavigator since day one here in Germany (and am still loving it, bought all add-ons so far, although I rarely see the Panorama 3D effect either, no mountains near Cologne 🙂 ), and even I started up the app on my iPhone 4 several times while reading Your review, checking out some minor feature of the last two updates I apparently overlooked.

After initially having planned to wait for TomTom to release their app last year, I chose the lesser know one from NAVIGON and have indeed not regretted it a single day. Great look, great features, with more being added all the time. And all that even though, compared to TomTom, NAVIGON is a rather small company. I'd be more than willing to pay for map updates next time, I only hope that NAVIGON will find an easy way to implement the purchase, I'm not sure if it's possible via add-ons yet.

Again – thanks for the great write-up!

Cheers!

By: jhrogersii

jhrogersii — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:06:07 +0000

Sorry about missing the User's Guide. It certainly isn't very obvious. I spent most of my time with my contact at Navigon talking about the backgrounding implementation issues.

I find it surprising that the Live Traffic price is incorrect, since that pricing section is straight from Navigon's press release. Guess they decided to go lower.

Thanks for all of the great feedback.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:45:20 +0000

Thanks so much for posting this extensive review – it was extremely helpful!

One correction: Traffic Live (in-app) is actually $9.99 during the Aug 12-14 sale. I just grabbed the US map + Panorama View + Traffic Live for ~$40 total, what a deal!

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:32:08 +0000

In reply to Brian. Just FYI again - nice to see comments flowing on this one. Great stuff James.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:20:14 +0000

Let me update that to say there is something labeled a "user guide" but it's really just a collection of FAQs available at http://www.navigon.com/portal/common/Download/Man…

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:12:36 +0000

There IS a user guide for MobileNavigator, though they certainly don't make it easily accessible. ! I couldn't find it on my own – it took pestering Tech Support. The guide is at http://www.navigon.com/portal/common/Download/Man….

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:49:13 +0000

I am less enthused than you about Foreca as the source for weather info. It produced no results for my home location, which is Pasadena, CA – Rose Bowl, CalTech, JPL and all – not exactly a remote outpost in the hinterlands. We're within 10 miles or so of Burbank Airport, and all airports are official weather sites. And yet there's no data? I'd like to see Navigon make this a bit more robust by using a U.S. source and have the sophistication to find the nearest reporting point even if it's a different city name.

By: Renkman

Renkman — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:22:28 +0000

Wow, what a thorough detailed review–I'm impressed!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

I can now confirm that Mobile Navigator runs on a 3G running iOS4. I wouldn't say it runs quickly or smoothly, but since I made the mistake of upgrading to iOS4, NOTHING runs quickly or smoothly on my 3G. I'd love to see Navigator run on the latest iPhone. Maybe I will. . .when Verizon gets the iPhone!

By: jhrogersii

jhrogersii — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:14:19 +0000

I absolutely agree, which is why I recommend MobileNavigator so wholeheartedly. I was actually a little hesitant to pay the $59.99 sale price, but I tried out a couple of other apps that didn't meet my needs, and part of the price was covered as a birthday present, so I took the plunge. I'm glad I did. I would have do it even quicker at the current sale prices.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:57:48 +0000

Even at full retail, I don't think this is outrageously priced and at half price it's a hot deal. Think of what it costs to rent a portable GPS with a rental car when you're in a strange city. A few days of that and you OWN this.

By: jhrogersii

jhrogersii — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:38:20 +0000

That's a good question. I am not sure about the iOS 4 part. My wife has MobileNavigator installed on her 3.1.2 3G, and it lags a bit at startup and in the menus, but it works fine. Now, I wouldn't trust the battery very far. You will want to use a car charger. Also, my 3GS did run warm at times on long trips, but it was also jailbroken and running multiple apps through Backgrounder. I always keep my iPhone in a windshield mounted cradle, so I would just divert one of my car's AC vents upward a bit to put some air on it to keep the heat in check.

You might check the reviews in the App Store for recent comments 3G owners. If anyone out there has a 3G with iOS 4 with MobileNavigator, please let us know what you are experiencing.

By: Lou W

Lou W — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:08:06 +0000

Does this work well on an iPhone 3G running iOS4?