Magellan RoadMate hits 2.0, adds lifetime maps, local search

Magellan has released version 2.0 of its RoadMate North America turn-by-turn navigation app for the iPhone, brining with it several new features and improvements. Version 2.0 offers new user interface elements for mobile routing, leverages Yelp to integrate reviews of local businesses, features Google local search and maps of the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, and comes with free Lifetime map updates, whereby “free” is defined as the life of the product or three years. Version 2.0 of Magellan’s RoadMate North America app for the iPhone is available now on the App Store for $60 and is a free update for existing users; the same functionality has been added to its RoadMate USA app, which is available from the App Store for $50.