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Magellan releases RoadMate app, Car Kit coming
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009
News Category: Apps + Games
Magellan has released its new RoadMate 2010 North America application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Features of the turn-by-turn navigation app include a OneTouch favorites menu for fast bookmarking and retrieval of commonly-accessed places and searches, spoken street name guidance, highway lane assist, QuickSpell with SmartCity Search for faster entry of addresses, 3D landmarks, Address Book integration, in-app music control, the ability to save a vehicle’s parking location, a pedestrian mode for use outside a vehicle, and up-to-date NAVTEQ maps. In addition, the application offers support for the iPod touch, allowing for use with an optional third-party GPS receiver, such as Magellan’s upcoming Premium Car Kit. The Car Kit will offer a fully adjustable, rotating mount to work with any skin or case, enhanced GPS signal via the built-in receiver, the ability to charge the connected iPhone or iPod touch, a noise-cancelling speakerphone with Bluetooth hands-free calling, and an amplified speaker. Magellan’s RoadMate 2010 North America application is available now and sells for $80; the Premium Car Kit is listed as coming soon, but no exact release date or pricing information has yet been announced.
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Hey ilounge, if possible in the future would be very nice if you could compare the three mounts & see how they stack up with the iPod/iPhone.
Tomtom
Magellan
Dualelectronics
maybe those companies will give you one if your lucky!!
Nice website & reviews
Xing
Posted by Xing on November 19, 2009 at 6:43 PM (PDT)