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NAVIGON updates its Android navigation app with tablet support, weather and parking features

By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, May 14th, 2011 at 3:21 AM

Mobile navigation service/app provider NAVIGON updated its Android application – MobileNavigator. There are few cool improvements included in this release, including:

  • Android tablet support – MobileNavigator now sings along tablets running Android 3.0 Honeycomb. The application is optimized for higher display resolution, “providing clear and crisp map views.”
  • Clever parking – The feature which is said to take the guesswork out of finding a parking space. When approaching a destination, a “P” icon appears in the app’s map view. By tapping it, drivers can see a list of available nearby parking options along with distance information.
  • Weather Live – Displays real-time weather updates, including temperature and weather conditions.
  • Destination information screen – Provides a summary of important destination information, such as where to eat, stay, purchase gas or shop before arriving to the destination.
  • Improved route planning – Which allows to plan out a trip ahead of time, with the option to enter up to 50 destinations for a route and save routes for later use.

In addition, there are other smaller enhancements included in MobileNavigator 3.6 like manual map zoom (using a two-finger pinch), display of street names in 3D mode, App2SD (so you can store about 50% of the app’s memory to an SD card), auto-off GPS (turns off GPS when the app is running in the background) and a direct web link to NAVIGON’s Android FAQ site.

The latest update is available free for existing MobileNavigator Android users. Those of you who don’t have it on your Android devices, can download the app with the $20 discount, which is good until May 26.

MobileNavigator USA ($39.95 – normally $59.95) [Android Market link]

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  • Anonymous

    I can’t for the life of me understand why this product exists…for people who have never heard of google navigation?

  • Anonymous

     Can we get ths on the Playbook please, with the ability tosave to the memory so it doesn’t need to be online to get to destination.

  • IceBeam

    yeah, except they don’t seem to understand they need to add a soft button to access the menu (so you can’t on tablets) – also, you are not free to chose a navigation language of your choice, but is forced to the tablet default – bad design.

  • Atanas

    Need to add a button to access the menu. Acer Iconia A500

  • D-air

    How is that possible??? They forgot to add he menu button.
    Iconia A500

  • Nathan Bollman

    For tablets that have WiFi connection and no 3G/4G or traveling in areas without data… having your maps local and searching them is very useful, because if you are trying to get somewhere and you dont have data coverage you are screwed with google navigation… :o

  • Dominic

    Plan ahead. You can download up to 10x 100 square kilometre sections more than enough for a days driving!