Navigon briefly cutting price on its popular Nav app

Gee, we were just saying how competitive it is getting in the iPhone nav department, and Navigon has gone and cut prices for holiday travelers.

For 10 days only, beginning today (November 20-30) Navigon's iPhone app, Mobile Navigator [iTunes link]will be on sale for U.S. $69.99 instead of $89.99 providing a $20.00 savings. In addition, Navigon's Traffic Live feature is also on sale for $14.99 instead of $24.99. Traffic Live is a one time charge, not a continuing cost.

That's a significant saving for this very popular app, and puts it under similar featured apps from TomTom ($99.99) and Magellan ($79.99).

In my tests of the Navigon app I have found it accurate, and it has a superior user interface that is easy to use. Of course you shouldn't be looking at it while you are driving, and the text to speech does an excellent job of helping you keep your eyes on the road.

The Live Traffic feature will route you around major traffic congestion and adjust your ETA times.

It's nice to see prices heading south on some of these GPS packages. Now you'll be able to head south (or north, or any direction really) for less money and with more features. Have a safe trip.

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jjdolphin

please help... do all these navigation apps also work on the ipod touch?

November 23 2009 at 10:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Joe

Does anyone know if Navigon or other map apps require a cellular or WiFi connection to get maps? I was in BFE this weekend with (shockingly) no AT&T coverage and could have used a map cached on the phone, but the built-in Google app requires a data connection to get maps.

November 22 2009 at 12:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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NetMage

The whole point is they store all maps on the phone.

One reason this type of app will be harder on android.

November 22 2009 at 10:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

homan2

Haha, their iPhone support is literally non-existant. links:

From iTunes: www.navigon.com/iphone

From Navigon.com: http://faq.navigon.com/opencms/international/faq_standalone.html?content_identifier=faqs&topicId_0=121&topicId_1=170&topicId_2=10714

Also, searching for the word 'iphone' in their support section has 0 results.

Seems sketchy.

November 21 2009 at 8:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jbrown510

First I really think ALL the GPS apps are still a little overpriced. Just a little... Personally I figure they should be roughly 50% the cost of the stand alone hardware...

Second, I had two problems with Navigon (1.2). Podcasts don't show up when you go into iPod control and the POI database is absolutely pathetic. Seriously 80% of the businesses I search for are not found and I end up having to search from them in Google Maps and then retype the address into Navigon. Disturbingly I find myself wishing I could copy/paste the address into Navigon which is really pathetic considering I really SHOULD be able to find long established businesses in Navigon.

November 21 2009 at 12:14 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Arch

I only swapped my 3G for a 3G S last week, so I wasn't in the GPS app market prior to now. After reading everything I could find, I decided to buy Navigon yesterday evening at the usual 90 bucks. When I clicked on buy it said unavailable due to app updating and to try back later. Which I did, and, to my surprise, the price had dropped! What a great little perk!

November 20 2009 at 11:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

nicleT

Thanks for the hint TUAW, Navigon is mine now.

November 20 2009 at 4:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

trvs

Seriously paid full price yesterday after waiting months to purchase... Sometimes you can't win.

This is what I hate about the app store. The prices fluctuate too much and it's too easy to get screwed. They should be locked in at some point like Albums and Movies --- too much control to developers. Imagine if Apple allowed record companies to fluctuate their prices.

November 20 2009 at 3:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Although I'm inclined to have sympathy with those of you who have recently purchased it at the higher price and are upset that it's so much less right now at the discretion of the developer, I don't feel that anyone got screwed. It was obviously worth the money at the point when each one of you bought the application so why wouldn't it be worth it now? I paid for the original Edge iPhone for full price before they dropped the price 4 months later but I didn't feel screwed. I knew what I was paying for when I bought it and was satisfied. It still sucks when that happens, but I never feel like I got screwed. I personally own a Navigon standalone unit (which the touch screen on it sucks and it crashes from time to time probably due to Win CE) and I own Navigon on on two iPhones and it's personally been excellent for us over here in Germany. I've definitely gotten my money's worth out of the app.

November 20 2009 at 3:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

RCook

The only downside to Navigon is the size. If you don't use it constantly it's a resource hog and it isn't the fastest app to load if you need it quickly and don't currently have it installed. Yeah I have an 8gb 3G, woe is me but still. Also as to the speed, on a 3G (

November 20 2009 at 2:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

dsjohny

If you purchased with a credit card, your credit card company may offer protection on price changes. Amex certainly does.

November 20 2009 at 2:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tim

I don't mind the price drop, but I feel somewhat cheated in that the Live Traffic $19.99 price was advertised as a sale price that would go to $24.99 after 4 weeks, so I bought it. Now 12 days later it's $14.99. Deceptive trade? Call me a sucker, I believe them when they said the price would go up. Fooled me. Ha Ha!

Oh the pain of purchasing an iPhone/iPod app.

November 20 2009 at 1:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply