Yesterday I had opportunity to test out new Navigon for iPhone. Unfortunately weather was not so good since it was raining all day long and a lot of dark clouds gathered over city.
When I launched Navigon for the first time I was surprised how fast it works! Really it took like 3-5 seconds to load main menu screen. What is more software has great support for polish addresses base (being honest I was surprised as well), I followed some major roads and “wilderness” areas as well and it suited all of them! Unfortunately due to bad weather as I mentioned b4 iPhone’s GPS seem to loose position (2-3 times) which was annoying as hell.
When you get into main screen you can look for POI, type address or simply draw a map of area (there is also “take me home” button). After choosing location software takes like 5-10 seconds to start navigation (depends on GPS precision) I haven’t had any problem about it (still remember N95’s GPS warm-up).
Map lookout is pretty “clear” there are no buildings etc. just road but it’s very clear as I said. On some screenshots I saw FPP mode for motorways (maybe it isn’t supported in map of Poland?). What I noticed there are not many POIs. Mostly there are gas stations etc. (with animated icons). You can switch over navigation mode with camera after point to map mode, where scrolling and refreshing works amazingly flawless! This is what iPhone’s touch screen is!
I haven’t had opportunity to test out re-routing system because I followed track chosen by system, but as soon as I will test it out I’ll let you know.
Conclusions? Navigon as first real turn-by-turn GPS software for iPhone 3G/3GS seems to be pretty good. Of course it is not perfect as I expected and still needs some improvements. We’re still waiting for iPhone’s TomTom version and then we will see if Navigon can take up a fight.
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