Apple just release iTunes 9.0.3 which includes the new iPhone OS 3.1.3.

The update is quite minor and doesn’t hint for a new iPhone in the near future. It reports to improve the accuracy of the reported battery level on iPhone 3GS. Unfortunately not the battery drainage problems some users report when activating push-mail. iPhone OS 3.1.3 resolves and issue where third-party apps wouldn’t launch in some instances. And last but not least, it fixes a bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard.

In the Apple forums you can find reports of users that have more space usage in iTunes now, with a solution posted by user wjosten.

Brussels, Robin Bollen // Dec 17, 2009

The first snow is falling, the holidays are starting and as a consequence there will be lot of traffic on the snowy slippery European roads in the coming weeks. Did you change to winter tires already? Accidents and big traffic jams are likely to happen, so make sure to pack along with your skis, your iPhone charged with Navigon MobileNavigator and its fantastic traffic feature.

Like reported earlier, several other local EU editions are already in version 1.4.0, and the full Europe edition was the last one still stuck in version 1.3.0.

From this morning on, it is finally possible for you premium payers to upgrade too. Just as a reminder, here is the complete list (with my personal comments) of the 13 new features and 1 update.

When there is a feature(s) still not in the app that you eagerly want please drop me a comment!

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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

Brussels, Robin Bollen // Nov 30, 2009

Tele Atlas, which currently provides Map data to iPhone applications like, TomTom, Sygic and NDrive, is teaming up with Geolife to deliver yet another Turn-by-Turn Voice Guided GPS application for the iPhone and iPod Touch, PosiMotion Navmii UK, version 1.1.

I know, the iPod Touch (and the 1G/2G iPhone) does not have an integrated GPS receiver chip build-in, you might think. So did Geolife and has solved this issue different than TomTom and Magellan. They have manufactured what they call, the PosiMotion G-Fi box, the world’s first mobile network / GPS router. This box is sold separately for $99 while supplies last.

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Porto based NDrive is releasing 2 more Aerial Sat GPS city apps. Following the big cities London, Rome, New York, LA and Brussels, 2 big german cities are added to the App Store: Ndrive Berlin and Ndrive Munich.

And that for only $3.99 (Munich) and $4.99 (Berlin), you have sat navigation in your pocket unlike google maps, where you are dependent on you data connection and speed. This is a ridiculous low price. I wish I had it already last month when I visited the fantastic city Berlin.

This app works also very well in pedestrian mode. Here are some screens;

Brussels, Robin Bollen // Nov 25, 2009

These guys are unstoppable, just when I thought I could take a break from reporting about NDrive, they have released another iPhone GPS app. In the same style as the London release, with the Aerial map info from Blom, the Norwegian firm that makes Sat maps. This is truly a revolutionary product.

Google is trying to do the same with street view, but NDrive is the first to deliver real Sat images in combination with Turn-by-Turn GPS navigation. Seeing is believing. Just when I start the app, and I see already my street and building is breath-taking. Even google maps does not show my apartment, because it is only a few years old. On google maps you only see the construction area from the first year of construction.

I will take this baby for a ride though the capital of Europe in the coming days and will promise you a nice review. The price is a steal: 4,99 euros!

Here is the full report of NDrive Brussels, which our friends of NDrive have mailed us;

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Brussels, Robin Bollen // Nov 19, 2009

While I am writing this exciting news, I am downloading the 1.60 GB update of TomTom version 1.2. We have announced the App Store submission here last week, but at that moment not all the details of the upgrade were already given by TomTom.

What we already knew was that they included technologies like; Text-To-Speech, Lane Road Indication, iPod integration, Emergency Menu, Updated Maps & Radar and customizable alerts.

What we did not know is the following.

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NDrive announces NDrive London, the first of NDrive’s Cities for iPhone. NDrive London combines NDrive’s turn by turn GPS technology with aerial photography to create a more realistic experience for the end user.

NDrive partnered with Blom, a Norwegian firm that provides aerial photography, to deliver this revolutionary product to the iPhone app market. NDrive London can be downloaded at the App store for £5.99.

“With the launch of NDrive Cities we set a new precedent for GPS applications. NDrive cities is an application which boasts incredibly detailed imagery (via aerial photography) combined with our turn by turn GPS technology. The result is a truly revolutionary product.”  – Eduardo Carqueja, Founder.

NDrive stated that more cities would become available in coming weeks including Rome, Paris, Oslo, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and many more. Some cities will have aerial photography and some will not.

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Brussels, Robin Bollen // Nov 05, 2009

CoPilot Live has silently updated 5 of their editions to the new version 8.0.0.469. The following countries/regions are updated: UK and Ireland, North America, Nordics, Italia and Iberia. All the other Editions: Europe, D-A-CH, France and BeNeLux still are at 8.0.0.417.

The updates differ per edition. The North America edition updates the following:

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Brussels, Robin Bollen // Nov 04, 2009

To my big surprise, I saw in my iTunes updates this morning, that the new release of MobileNavigator has arrived. A lot of people are waiting for this version, they bought the more expensive Europe app and were not first served with the new update. First the editions of DACH, Benelux, Nordics, France and Britsh Isles were released in 1.3.0.

The most important new feature is the Traffic Live service, which is a separate “In App” purchase. This service is available for A, B, D, DK, F, FIN, N, NL and S. Other updates are UK Postcode Navigation, which is also an “In App Purchase”. Furthermore some minor things like Enhanced map area search after destination input and the possibility to launch the app in landscape mode now.

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