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Navigon will have Live Traffic

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puithove

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I had sent an e-mail to Navigon to request a couple features - among those was Live Traffic info with rerouting.

Got an e-mail back from them today with this quote:

"Live traffic updates and routing based on traffic information will be available very soon."

I have to assume this would mean in a future version after the pending 1.2 update as I made a reference to the new 1.2 features in my e-mail.

Thank you Navigon! That'll be sweet! And thanks for the responsiveness!
 
puithove said:
I had sent an e-mail to Navigon to request a couple features - among those was Live Traffic info with rerouting.

Got an e-mail back from them today with this quote:

"Live traffic updates and routing based on traffic information will be available very soon."

I have to assume this would mean in a future version after the pending 1.2 update as I made a reference to the new 1.2 features in my e-mail.

Thank you Navigon! That'll be sweet! And thanks for the responsiveness!
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If true, there is no doubt this is the TBT to get
 
this will probably be a in app purchase, unless they follow the route of there car units. I purchases a car unit in the past from navigon and one of the main selling points was that they were one of the few brands to inlcude free traffic.
 
Hi
I askedthe question and got the below response (their typing errors not mine!

Dear Sir,
thank you for your inquiry.
You will have to pay the leicince fee for the uk which at the moment costs 9 pounds.
You will also have to buy a TMC antenna.

Should you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us


Yours sincerely
________________
NAVIGON Support Team
Stephen Walsh

they didnt say how much the antenna would be or wether the license fee was for one year or unlimited
 
philgilder said:
this has been known for a while... going to navigon.com/iphone shows that TMC is coming, and thats been on the webaite for several weeks
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That's not on the US page:
http://navigon.com/site/us/en/mobile_navigator/iphone

Also I'm hopeful that TMC won't be the delivery method here as TMC doesn't seem to have much penetration here in the States. Seems like there would be better luck streaming traffic info over the data connection - could also be more accurate than TMC's table reference scheme. Plus there wouldn't be the need to hook up an external antenna which would suck.

Anyway I'll be glad to see some traffic data in Navigon.
 
chimpboy74 said:
Hi
I askedthe question and got the below response (their typing errors not mine!

Dear Sir,
thank you for your inquiry.
You will have to pay the leicince fee for the uk which at the moment costs 9 pounds.
You will also have to buy a TMC antenna.

Should you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us


Yours sincerely
________________
NAVIGON Support Team
Stephen Walsh

they didnt say how much the antenna would be or wether the license fee was for one year or unlimited
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Stephen Walsh was apparently confused and thought you were talking about a STANDALONE Navigon unit as opposed to the iPhone application.

There's no way that the iPhone application will require a separate data receiver, they will get the traffic data over the air through 3G/EDGE data connection, no extra hardware will be needed.

So, everyone, calm down about the comment one confused low level rep makes.
 
gloss said:
I believe it uses a specialized radio frequency or some nonsense. Nav units that support live traffic have this antenna built in.
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Actually, it is just FM, as in FM radio frequencies.
 
jmpage2 said:
Stephen Walsh was apparently confused and thought you were talking about a STANDALONE Navigon unit as opposed to the iPhone application.

There's no way that the iPhone application will require a separate data receiver, they will get the traffic data over the air through 3G/EDGE data connection, no extra hardware will be needed.

So, everyone, calm down about the comment one confused low level rep makes.
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Of course, I think this is the case also. But how can you be so sure?
 
MBHockey said:
Of course, I think this is the case also. But how can you be so sure?
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Because there is simply no way in hell that any kind of accessory would be needed for traffic updates when the built in network is available.

You're talking about tiny amounts of data, typically a code that consists of the metro area, highway/road number, mile market, type of incident, and length of delay.

So, maybe 10-20 kB.

They are not going to make you go out and buy a special receiver for that when the iPhone is more than capable of doing this easily over even an EDGE connection.

Also, the 9 BP price per year is the type of subscription charge you would pay for a standalone GPS.

In all likelihood Traffic for the iPhone will be a single in app purchase, not a subscription model, which would be difficult for Navigon to implement and extremely unpopular with customers.
 
jmpage2 said:
Also, the 9 BP price per year is the type of subscription charge you would pay for a standalone GPS.

In all likelihood Traffic for the iPhone will be a single in app purchase, not a subscription model, which would be difficult for Navigon to implement and extremely unpopular with customers.
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The first nav app in the US itunes store was --- a per month subscribtion based nav app. So it's not hard to implement.

Every single platform has live traffic feature as a subscription --- there is nowhere to go for the customers who don't like it.
 
There is NO WAY they are going to require an accessory.

Traffic will be over the iPhones internet connection.

Subscription? We'll have to wait and see on that, however you may note that NAVIGON's stand alone devices have lifetime traffic. I seem to recall something about NAVIGON owning one of the traffic providers?
 
Nice. Another reason for me to go with Navigon. I'm going to eventually make my decision on the 30th before Navigon goes back to full price.
 
Traffic rerouting would be the best thing here in LA. Would subscribe to the lifetime updates to traffic.
 
jmpage2 said:
Stephen Walsh was apparently confused and thought you were talking about a STANDALONE Navigon unit as opposed to the iPhone application.

There's no way that the iPhone application will require a separate data receiver, they will get the traffic data over the air through 3G/EDGE data connection, no extra hardware will be needed.

So, everyone, calm down about the comment one confused low level rep makes.
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I thought the same as you despite the word iPhone being clearly stated in my question. I have asked for clarification so will keep you informed if I hear anything back
 
got a response, seems there was a mistake:


Dear customer,
thank you for contacting the NAVIGON support team.

Unfortunately there*was a mistake in the information you were given.TMC for the iphone*currently isnt available but it will be abvailable shortly in the late summer.

Also there is no information on pricing.So please disregard the 9 Pounds you were quoted.

Finally there is no current information on the TMC aerial for the iphone.Please check the App Store perhaps there will be information on this there.

For further information on your product please see the link under :

http://www.navigon.com/site/us/en/mobile_navigator/iphone
 
belvdr said:
Actually, it is just FM, as in FM radio frequencies.
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Yeah, some cars with FM RDS can get them. My grandfathers car when he was visiting from the mid-west got a warningin PA about heavy taffic and that it was moving at 65 mph. He was of course confused because that's the speed limit and PA we drove fast.

navigates said:
Traffic rerouting would be the best thing here in LA. Would subscribe to the lifetime updates to traffic.
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Baltimore and DC traffic is a real bitch too. I bought navigon because I think they as a GPS nav software that has an excellent routing engine will get it too for everday use.
 
intrepid00 said:
Yeah, some cars with FM RDS can get them. My grandfathers car when he was visiting from the mid-west got a warningin PA about heavy taffic and that it was moving at 65 mph. He was of course confused because that's the speed limit and PA we drove fast.
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EDIT: ignore
 
philgilder said:
i think thats different. that sounds like TA which is basically like a news report for traffic - with someone reading it out

TMC is not audio - how would a sat-nav understand that? Its a little code sent out that is not available to be listened to. In the UK, it is broadcast with the Classic FM station, although it cannot be heard
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It wasn't audio. RDS on FM is text that your radio can disply. For example, it could be displaying the song, and station you are listening too.
 
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