New York, Andy Prior // Dec 12, 2009

It’s namesake, Ferdinand Magellan, set out to circumnavigate the globe in search of The Spice Islands with a fleet of wind powered ships in a time long before GPS and iPhones. The fact I’m just in search of better ways to navigate my world perhaps makes me a kindred spirit of a great explorer of a bygone era.

The real question to be answered now is, how does the Magellan application stack up in my continuing journey to make the iPhone the only electronic device needed? Given the opportunity for discovery I made a left turn from life’s expected road, grabbed Magellan’s GPS app and started down the same path of discovery and adventure that the company is named for. Keep reading to find out if the journey uncovered perfection or peril.

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The awakening… for many people this is one of the cruelest moments of the day. You are sleeping tight and suddenly, an awful sound startles you and you awake. Fortunately, for the past few years, apart from the typical alarm clock, we can enjoy real smart devices. 

Sony Corporation has a wide range of radio alarm clocks and, within that range, a few models with docking and charging systems for the iPhone. Today, we are looking at one of the simplest models, the Sony ICF-C7IP. 

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Brussels, Robin Bollen // Dec 11, 2009

Who said that navigation software is expensive on the iPhone?  Who said that map data costs money? Meet openstreetsmap.org and Roadee.

Some people have started the OpenStreetMap (OSM) initiative to collectively create map data without having legal or technical restrictions, and possible creative hindrances. Everyone can help mapping the world, just follow the instructions on their website.

This is the 3rd in our series of discovering the cheapest voice guided GPS app in the AppStore. If we miss some app, please let us know. Today we will talk about Roadee from aemade with its large user base.

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Brussels, Robin Bollen // Dec 10, 2009

Continuing on our successful story of Cheap Voice GPS apps part 1 – amAze GPS Worldwide, here is the second episode, with many more to come of course.

In this review we take a closer look at Nav4All, which is fairly new in the Store. Nav4All is already available on other mobile platforms for quite a while now which run Android or Symbian OS; LG, Motorola, Nokia, BenQ… you name it.

Now they have discovered the iPhone SDK and ported the app with all its windows look and feel to the iPhone.

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It looks like there is a new wave rolling into the App Store of cheap (some even free) GPS applications for the iPhone.

Waze was one of those recently launched, which tries to give you navigation for free with the help of the user community. In my country the map is however far from build so it will probably take another year to become more practical for me. Also MotionX GPS Drive offers cheap (short term) navigation in the USA.

The big guys in the store, like Navigon and TomTom will get more rivalry at an increasing speed now. And it will become more difficult over time, to beat cheap and free, as long as these alternative apps play the game well. Especially if they could live from advertising, something Waze is experimenting with, by the way.

Let’s take a look at the current low-cost alternatives in a series of short reviews.

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iPhoneTunes has selected some games recently published, or upcoming in the App Store.

• Rogue Planet from Gameloft, 3,99€ / $4.99.
• Beaterator from Rockstar Games, 3,99€ / $4.99.
• Dragon’s Lair from Electronic Arts, 3,99€ / $4.99.
• Shaun White Snowboarding : Origins from Advanced Mobile Applications, 3,99€ / $4.99.

Rogue Planet

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With the shopping season being in full bloom, maybe you can use some help with buying advise for an original iPhone gift. I handpicked some of the best iPhone gifts, from very affordable and original to expensive.

We have published a lot of iPhone accessories over time, but by writing this article I found a few new ones myself. The first one I bought recently and it’s of very nice quality, well packed and quickly shipped.

Enjoy the shopping! If I missed another great iPhone gift, just leave me a comment.

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Navigon MobileNavigator has been updated again with a range of new features. Just like with the 1.2.0 to the 1.3.0 upgrade, the Europe and North America editions are served later and are still in version 1.3.0 (which doesn’t make sense because you pay premium). On the other hand we can’t complain because a lot of other editions are still in version 1.2.0 or 1.2.1 (e.g. Russia and Brazil). The following MobileNavigator editions are in 1.4.0 already: France, BeNeLux, British Isles, Eastern Europe and DACH.

We reported already about 3 of the 13 updates of the popular iPhone GPS application. Now the last 10 updates are known.

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Sygic and MapmyIndia, India’s leading map provider, have come together to launch ‘MapmyIndia Sygic Mobile Maps’. The application converts GPS-enabled mobile phones into GPS navigators, allowing seamless travel anywhere in India. The application uses the highly accurate MapmyIndia maps with the power of Sygic software to offer the best GPS navigation solution for mobile phones. It has already become the number 1 grossing mobile application and number 1 top paid navigation app on iPhone iTunes App Store in India.

The application resides completely on the phone and does NOT require GPRS data connection or cellular network to operate. Hence, there are no hidden or recurring charges for using this application. MapmyIndia Sygic Mobile Maps works seamlessly across the popular and latest GPS phones running Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android and the iPhone.

MapmyIndia Sygic Mobile Maps allow users to search any location across India, and navigate to it, getting turn-by-turn voice and map instructions right till their destination.

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Just in time for the holidays, iGO My way for iPhone is now available on a promotional offer!

Most people do a lot of driving during the holidays; and we want to keep driving time to a minimum so that everyone has more time for celebrating.
With the special offers on iGO My way North America, Europe and Western Europe versions, navigation on iPhone has become an unmissable deal this December.

Make sure to check out our coverage of all the brand new features of iGo My way 1.1 version here on iPhoneTunes.net.

Europe was: €89.99     now: €79.99
Western Europe was: €69.99     now: €59.99
North America was: $79.99     now: $64.99