Navigation apps are the most popular data application on the phone. While 2009 only 1.8% of all owning took advantage of the mobile navigation, the share is 2010 sharply rose to 15.5%. This resulted in a representative survey by TNS infratest in January 2011, commissioned by the E-Plus Group commissioned. An article on this aspect can be found on the BASE blog. Shortly before the Osterreiseverkehr, we found that it is time to look at the different apps.
Terms: onboard, offboard and turn by turn
First of all, it is important to know that the apps either onboard or off-board work. In the onboard-variant is the maps on the memory of the Smartphone. Advantage: The Navi works even without connection to the Internet. Disadvantage: you must update the maps and it is used relatively much memory. Offboard means that the cards on a central server are the Smartphone over the mobile Internet needs are constantly in contact. Here you should go online via an Internet flat, to avoid high costs. Still one speaks often of "turn by turn navigation". The direction via monitor and speech is shown the driver here in a timely manner, as we know it from commercially available navigation systems.
As the great: App offshoot of conventional navigation solutions
The arm of professional Navis are front in performance, but also in the price. In this segment NAVIGON mobile Navigator offers its for Windows smartphones, Android (Europe 89.95 €) and the iPhone (Europe 59.99 €) to. TomTom is there for Windows smartphones and Apple's iPhone (Europe 89.99 € in the iTunes store). The latest trend here: All users update the map data together, so in the new TomTom version 1.6. Both primarily correspond to the known respective navigation systems and work onboard.
By cheap to free apps
Somewhat more favourable Navi apps make the midfield. The Navi solution from ALK is very large, but only smartphone based, "CoPilot live". She will be offered for Android, Windows phone and the iPhone. The map of Europe costs about € 60. TwoNav is provided for the same platforms which is suitable for cyclists and pedestrians. The price is 49,-€. All platforms, also bada and symbian, use Sygigic-app (49,99 € for Android and 34.99 € on iTunes, both Europe) and NDrive (Western Europe 39,99 € in the Android market). Specifically for the iPhone, there are still iGo MyWay - landmark in 3D are shown here as a guide. All of these systems are onboard.
Anders is in Google. This Navi app needs the connection to the server and work off-board. It is both the iPhone and Android phones available, even free of charge for the latter. Crowning glory for iPhone it costs 1.59 €. The Medion GoPal app will come soon for Android smartphones on the market. Three more free offers are Navfree for the iPhone, AndNav2 and google maps navigation for Android, they work off-board. There are detailed descriptions of Navi-apps for Android for the iPhone on chip.de and PCWelt.de.
You can find all featured apps for the iPhone with iTunes for Android in Android market or directly on the website of the manufacturer.
Lars
BASE Ambassador
Image source: www.alk.eu.com/de
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