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Navigon MobileNavigator 1.2 confirmed to have TTS!
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It has been submitted 
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"We've submitted update 1.2 North America to Apple, and it will be available as soon as they approve it."
http://twitter.com/NAVIGON_
Yupiiiii
:"We've submitted update 1.2 North America to Apple, and it will be available as soon as they approve it."
http://twitter.com/NAVIGON_
Yupiiiii
That is very exciting! I finally made the decision to purchase Navigon software instead of TomTom and am very much looking forward to all the company will have to offer.
So, the update will be a new 1+ GB download... but will replace the existing Navigon app? I may have misunderstood earlier and thought the update itself would add 1+ GB to the app already on the iPhone.
You will need to have enough free space to install the new version prior to the old version being removed. In fact they recommend you have DOUBLE the free space that the application needs after install is completed.
Alternatively you can remove the app first, then install the new version.
Anyone have any idea how long it takes for Apple to approve an update after it's been submitted?
Tts
Just for the record, the current Navigon app does have limited TTS.
It will speak the names of highways. For example: "Bear right onto I-271N" is actually spoken.
Of course as soon as you get off the interstates you just get "turn right in .5 miles".
Just for the record, the current Navigon app does have limited TTS.
It will speak the names of highways. For example: "Bear right onto I-271N" is actually spoken.
Of course as soon as you get off the interstates you just get "turn right in .5 miles".
I noticed on their website it says that TMC (ie traffic) will be coming later this summer...
This summer is getting pretty late, yet I haven't seen any reference to TMC in the 1.2 update - Have i missed something, or have they delayed/cancelled plans for TMC integration?
This summer is getting pretty late, yet I haven't seen any reference to TMC in the 1.2 update - Have i missed something, or have they delayed/cancelled plans for TMC integration?
Technically the have until September 22nd to submit the app and still meet their "deadline" for late summer. Since they submitted 1.2 to Apple last week, that gives them four weeks to get TMC in there. In that same time period between 1.1 to 1.2 they managed to add TTS and an in-app iPod interface, so I'm confident Navigon will meet their goal. They've been upfront and accurate with their plans so far.
I hope so... With the 1.2 update and traffic, this app will be more or less perfect in my eyes!
I'm willing to cut them some slack, they have certainly hit the ground running, and I think it's awesome.
Unlike that other TBT compnay.
I just hope they work in MyRoutes eventually.
Unlike that other TBT compnay.
I just hope they work in MyRoutes eventually.
Now that we're down to only 4 days before the price goes up, I have only one concern: the letting of street names. In all the screen shots I've seen, it looks almost unreadable... and certainly unreadable with a quick glance from the driver's seat.
The most important 'upgrade' I would be looking for is a change in the screen graphics.
I emailed them last week to ask if this was possible and 3 days later they responded with something like 'thanks for your request. All suggestions are forwarded to the development team'.
That was not very helpful.
Any comments?
The most important 'upgrade' I would be looking for is a change in the screen graphics.
I emailed them last week to ask if this was possible and 3 days later they responded with something like 'thanks for your request. All suggestions are forwarded to the development team'.
That was not very helpful.
Any comments?
I guess it depends how important you feel it is to be able to read street names as you drive. If you are using it to navigate you to a specific destination (as opposed to simply showing where you are) then the name of the street you are to turn into next is given along the bottom bar and can be switched between next street and current street just by tapping the bar. This is a large clear graphic and I find this sufficient for my needs. YMMV!
You mean avoiding the screen blackening out on you?
Actually the software already prevents this. Read their FAQ at the home page because there are specific (iPhone OS) reasons that prevent this from working sometimes. It is working fine for me...
Actually the software already prevents this. Read their FAQ at the home page because there are specific (iPhone OS) reasons that prevent this from working sometimes. It is working fine for me...
Yeah, definitely something not right with your install or something. This app prevents (so long as you set it within the options) the display from sleeping. It's on by default. Maybe you changed it by accident when you first got the app?
If I had to change that option from the phone itself every time I used the app I would go insane!
If I had to change that option from the phone itself every time I used the app I would go insane!
I'm looking under Options right now and don't see it anywhere. Is it located somewhere else? Can you look on your iPhone and tell me where this option is enabled. I have an App called iTrail that doesn't allow the screen to sleep so I know my iPhone can do it.
EDIT: Just read the FAQ and I may not be accurate. It only dimmed and then I touched the screen (and it went back bright) so it wouldn't cut off. So it may stay on but dim. However I'm using a Griffin 3G certified charger cord so that shouldn't be an issue as stated in the FAQ's. I need it to stay bright (so I can see it
).2ed EDIT: Oddly it's staying bright running on just the battery so it must be related to my Griffin cord. I know my cord charges and is 3G certified. If the Griffin cord doesn't work what cords do?
Navigon is not the only application having these issues with screen brightness.
Applications can send a system call to the iPhone kernel that asks it not to dim the screen, as it normally would.
However, when playing music and running another application (Navigon) you will wind up in situations where the iPhone gets confused and re-dims the screen after a track change, etc.
This is probably going to be fixed in a future iPhone update (my guess).
Applications can send a system call to the iPhone kernel that asks it not to dim the screen, as it normally would.
However, when playing music and running another application (Navigon) you will wind up in situations where the iPhone gets confused and re-dims the screen after a track change, etc.
This is probably going to be fixed in a future iPhone update (my guess).