Sygic Aura Drive takes the navigation experience to a whole new level with its 3D presentation, extensive pre-installed travel information content and social networking abilities. It is a blend of full featured car navigation, pedestrian navigation with 3D landmark representation, pre-installed city guides, POIs, wiki info and images, and last but not least, a geo-aware social network, making it easy for people to drive, walk, explore & meet others without the hustle of many gadgets, apps or calls.

Drivers now able to easily exchange relevant and useful information, for the benefit of the entire group

Waze, the world’s most popular social GPS smartphone app, today announced the launch of new driving “groups”, a feature that allows users to discover and connect to other drivers who share common interests on the road.

While drivers may usually be alone in their cars, they’re actually often part of a broader group.

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Magellan Premium Car Kit Is Forward Compatible With IPHONE 4
Adjustable Cradle Provides 3-in-1 Hands-Free Navigation Solution for the iPhone and iPod Touch

The Premium Car Kit GPS car mount by Magellan, a leader in GPS navigation, is adjustable to fit the new iPhone 4.  The innovative 3-in-1 cradle works with any GPS navigation application and provides a built-in GPS receiver for improved navigation accuracy.  This Premium Car Kit also powers your device and features an amplified speaker for crystal clear turn by turn directions and enhanced Bluetooth hands-free calling.

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Brussels, Robin Bollen, Aug 10 2010.

The GPS app market is heavily competing to get a fair share of the iPhone user-base. The relatively newcomer in this segment is MotionX GPS which was before just MotionX without turn-by-turn voice guidance. These guys are coding with red fingers as their 11th update of this year is nearing release. The 12.3 edition has a new MotionX-GPS Navigation Wheel. Touch to select navigation options instantly!

Sygic and Whereis introduce a real 3D navigation Sygic Aura Drive for iPhone and iPad in Australia and New Zealand. The application is available from iTunes App store for AUD$ 79.99. Sygic Aura is a unique combination of a professional car navigation app, a pedestrian travel app with city guides and a location aware social networking app.  It is compatible with the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G S, iPhone 4 and the iPad.

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Updated versions of Sygic turn-by-turn voice guided navigation apps for iPhone - Mobile Maps and Sygic Aura Drive, will enable the users upgraded to iOS 4 to suspend the application at any moment and then return to the same spot instantly. Sygic Aura Drive update already went live, and Sygic Mobile Maps will follow within a few days.

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Brussels, Robin Bollen, July 18 2010.

It’s already a quarter ago that Navigon updated their popular GPS application for the iPhone. I was excited with edition 1.5.0 to use the new Panorama View 3D display on my holiday trip to Nice (France), because the city is built in mountain area. To prepare my trip for the max, I got hold of the new iPhone 4, so my pictures and movies would look awesome too.

One day before leaving I installed some GPS apps and tested Navigon 1.5.0 on the brand new iPhone. To my disappointment I could only see the cursor and the POIs shown on the map, but not the actual map image. I reinstalled the app, downloaded again the Panorama View 3D, to no avail. I could switch back to normal 3D view though. That was a bummer, because I bought the Panorama View 3D especially for my holiday trip.

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the first nav app to use the 3D acceleration chip of the iPhone

Sygic Aura Drive for the iPhone has arrived in North America! The app turns the iPhone into full featured navigation device for both pedestrian and in-car use. Sygic Aura Drive is the first navigation that utilizes the 3D acceleration built into the chip of the iPhone, resulting in a stunning 3D rendering speed and an unchallenged user experience.

Sygic Aura Drive is the most complete navigation for iPhone, based on a brand new product concept that challenges today’s navigation and LBS industry, and at the same time the first one introducing new technologies. Users can look forward to smooth running 3D maps, pre-installed rich information content and social networking abilities.

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htlounge.net reports that Navigon has presented a version of the Mobile Navigator application with fully built-in multitasking for iOS 4. The 1.6 version of the application does not stop tacking position while the user is switching away to another application. Consequently, it will ensure voice guidance although another application could be in the foreground. Calls do not interrupt the experience, although the risk of cutting off a conversation exists.

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The revolutionary Sygic Aura Drive has just got its first update and all football fans should be especially happy with it. During the world football championship the fans will find live scores in their Aura. But even if you are not a football fan, the 1.16 version of Sygic Aura Drive for iPhone should still please you with several major improvements.

The live scores can be found in Menu under Info – Football scores. Another change is related to the route calculation. The new version enables the users to calculate a car route even from places where no roads are nearby. They can drag the map and easily call up a multiple choice action menu by tapping the red target square. Postal code search and weather info have had a face lift, too.

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