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INRIX, a leading provider of traffic and navigation services, and NAVIGON AG, the leading innovator in the navigation market, announced NAVIGON will use INRIX's real-time traffic information exclusively to power its PND products in Europe as well as its highly successful iPhone navigation App in Europe and North America.

In this war there are two battles: the polite, traditional fight between expensive, full-featured apps like Navigon and TomTom, and the I-will-undercut-you-if-it-means-killing-my-own-mother gorefest...

With iPhone OS 3.0's In-App Purchase, an iPhone app can include the option for you to buy additional features directly from within the app itself. For example, you could use this to buy more levels of a game or (as in my recent adventure) to add the Traffic Live option to the latest version of Navigon's MobileNavigator. Soon after I made the $19.99 in-app purchase from Navigon, things began to ...

TomTom and Navigon have updated their turn-by-turn navigation apps for iPhone with a number of improvements and new features.

Navigation vendors TomTom and Navigon this week announced significant updates to their respective turn-by-turn navigation apps for the iPhone.

We're reviewing two $99 turn-by-turn navigation applications for the iPhone, TomTom and Navigon. Yes, that's right, a $99 application for your phone to take the place of a stand-alone device that doesn't cost much more than that.

Navigon has added the optional Traffic Live service to its MobileNavigator iPhone GPS app.

NAVIGON has announced that its Traffic Live service is now available for users of the MobileNavigator iPhone app. The feature is designed to help users cut time from routes by avoiding congestion. Users can receive on-screen alerts showing icons for accidents, construction, or other obstructions. The interface also presents detailed information such as the severity of the accident or the speed ...

A little later than previously alluded to , but Navigon's finally rolling out live traffic update to its MobileNavigator iPhone app. Same prices as mentioned before, it'll regularly be $24.99, but for the next four weeks, it's only gonna ring up at $19.99 for lifetime use, no monthly fees. Not that TomTom needed anything else to think about , of course. Full presser after the break. Continue ...

When car manufacturers routinely charge more than $1,000 for in-dash navigation, it's always been a smart move for the directionally challenged to buy a portable, aftermarket GPS device from manufacturers such as Garmin and TomTom. Unlike factory-installed models, they are not only cheaper, but can also be used on trips and lent to friends and family.

NAVIGON AG extremely accurate and easy to use GPS software for the iPhone 3G and 3Gs that allows you to quickly program your destination for driving, walking, or boating.  It then talks you there by the straightest and most logical route, using verbal directions that are precise and easy to follow.

With the highest price, fewest features and the same ol' iPhone nav problems, TomTom's app is hard to recommend.

Victorian drivers will be able to use mobile phones to find their way around after Vic Roads backed down on a proposed ban of mobile GPS devices.

Rule change allows smartphones as in-car GPS systems with strict conditions.

Apple wasted little time approving Wolfram Alpha's new iPhone app, which we hinted at last week . Just a few days after they submitted it to the store, Apple sailed it right through the approval process with such speed that it even surprised the Wolfram Alpha team, which had hoped to get some feedback from testers before the approval. I was one of those people, so rather than send them feedback ...

MotionX offers end-to-end sensor-based solutions, which includes a range of iPhone applications including MotionX-GPS Drive, MotionX-Poker, MotionX-Poker Quest and MotionX-Dice.

Car security company Directed Electronics has unveiled a new iPhone application that lets customers control parts of their Viper SmartStart-enabled vehicle from their iPhone or iPod Touch.

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.

Adobe Systems on Friday introduced a new Photoshop app for iPhone users that lets them edit photos from both their phone and their online library on Photoshop.com.