TomTom and Navigon Bringing Turn-by-Turn GPS Navigation to the iPhone

by Jody Mitoma on June 11, 2009 at 7:52 pm

A featured demo at the WWDC on Monday that stuck out to many, was the TomTom for iPhone presentation. This is a forthcoming turn-by-turn GPS navigation for your vehicle.

TomTom has mentioned that they would be bringing this to us in the past, but things have gone south since then. Now, they’re back in action, and turn-by-turn GPS navigation is finally coming to the iPhone.

This feature has been wanted by tons and tons of iPhone users for years now, and thanks to TomTom here, this is one more feature we can scratch off our list of “wants” when it comes to the iPhone.

As of yet, there has not been a price announced for the application itself, but we’ll remind you once it’s been put out in the open for availability.

TomTom quotes:

The TomTom solution combines two new TomTom products to provide users with state of the art in-car navigation on their iPhone 3G:

- The TomTom navigation application for iPhone; an Apple version of TomTom’s award-winning turn-by-turn navigation software, including IQ Routes and latest maps from Tele Atlas;

- The TomTom car kit for iPhone; a specially developed car kit for secure docking, enhanced GPS performance, clear voice instructions, hands-free calling and in-car charging.

Also, TomTom has conveniently provided a brief promotional video, demonstrating the hardware setup and showing a glimpse of the software itself:

TomTom is not the only company still promising to bring turn-by-turn car navigation to the iPhone. German GPS navigation firm Navigon responded to TomTom’s news with a press release announcing that it will be bringing its own MobileNavigator solution to the iPhone by the end of June.

Navigon says:

Before the end of this month iPhone users will be able to kit out their smartphones with the professional navigation software from App Stores across the globe. “With the new OS 3.0 operating system, Apple has made the use of navigation software on the iPhone possible, and NAVIGON has quickly managed to adapt the MobileNavigator software to the new firmware. The iPhone can now be transformed into a versatile, fully functional navigator”, quotes Egon Minar, CEO of NAVIGON AG.

For more information on TomTom’s upcoming turn-by-turn GPS navigation, check out their website, here.
via Mac Rumors

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