Garmin’s new motto – better late than never!
After giving their competitors an amazing headstart Garmin has finally released the iPhone market with their StreePilot GPS navigation app.
The reason for not releasing an app for someone leading the traditional GPS market is totally perplexing to me when TomTom and Magellan have been very active.
Garmin has priced the StreetPilot iPhone app at $39.99 well below TomTom’s & Magellan’s $49.99 apps for USA.
Garmin has borrowed some of the features available in their premium Garmin nuvi personal navigators
App description follows
Features include:
- Always up-to-date maps for the U.S. and Canada
- Voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions including street names
- Real-time traffic updates to avoid traffic delays
- Speed limits for most major roads
- Integrated Local Search
- Millions of points of interest
- Lane assist with junction view for complicated interchanges
- Address book integration to navigate to contacts
- Integrated iPod® music controls
- Multi-tasking on iOS4 for navigating while calling
- Current weather conditions and forecast
- Place calls directly from search listing
- Navigate in both portrait and landscape mode
- Easy to install with quick load times
Enjoy premium navigation features from Garmin, the world leader in GPS navigation:
- GET TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS. Garmin StreetPilot® is so easy to use. Its intuitive interface greets you with two simple options: "Where To?" and "View Map." Look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names to your destination. It uses detailed City Navigator® NT street maps, featuring millions of POIs, 2-D or 3-D map views and speed limits for most major roads in the U.S.
- ALWAYS THE LATEST MAPS. Garmin StreetPilot® uses the same premium quality City Navigator® NT map data available for Garmin’s nüvi® product line. Map data loads directly from the Garmin servers, so your maps are always up-to-date. Due to its small file size, StreetPilot loads quickly – ready to go when you are!
- KNOW THE LANE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. No more guessing which lane you need to be in to make an upcoming turn. Lane assist with junction view guides you to the correct lane for an approaching turn or exit, making unfamiliar intersections and exits easy to navigate. It realistically displays road signs and junctions on your route along with arrows that indicate the proper lane for navigation.
- REAL-TIME TRAFFIC UPDATES. Steer clear of traffic with integrated traffic updates. Receive alerts about traffic delays and road construction on your route so you can avoid them.
Garmin StreetPilot® has been designed to run on iPhone 3, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 and works in compatibility mode on the Apple iPad as well. Higher resolution maps are available on iPhone 4 to make best use of the Retina display.
If you try this app, let us know in the comments. I, for one, like the price slashing another player is going to bring to the GPS iPhone apps area. If this is still too pricey for you, there is always the CoPilot Live GPS app.
Or you could wait for the GPS iPhone apps to go on sale.
