NAVIGON today celebrates the first anniversary of its iPhone navigation app, MobileNavigator, in the iTunes App Store. In year one, NAVIGON’s iPhone app transformed more than 1 million iPhones around the world into standalone navigation devices, placing the app in number one billing spots on iTunes Top Grossing, Staff Favorites, Rewind 2009 lists, and in Apple advertising campaigns. NAVIGON celebrates its anniversary with a 50 percent discount for four days only (August 12-15) on NAVIGON’s Australian MobileNavigator app and most other country versions. The In App Purchase feature Panorama View 3D is also half price during this period.

NAVIGON brings over 19 years of experience to the navigation market and to developing for the iPhone platform. With each app update, the German based company set new standards for the iPhone navigation market, making it the most feature rich navigation application on the iPhone platform today. Feature highlights and milestones of MobileNavigator include first to market features such as Reality View Pro?, providing photographic images of complex highway interchanges and exits and Clever Parking, helping drivers to find parking options nearby. MobileNavigator also integrates the iPhones connectivity capabilities with connected, in-app services like Google Local Search, live weather information and Connection to Facebook and Twitter. The In App Purchase Panorama View 3D provides impressive 3D views of the environment using NASA elevation data. NAVIGON MyRoutes takes personalised route recommendations to a new level with intelligent, customised direction planning by analysing individual driving data to design customised directions, offering up to three choices with distance and ETA that are clearly displayed in-map for each.

NAVIGON MobileNavigator is on-board and saves the complete map material within the phone. The app relies on the GPS receiver, independent from a cell or wireless signal, providing directions and recalculations even when no cell phone signal is available.

Price
To kick off its second year in the App Store, NAVIGON is celebrating for four days (August 12-15) with a half-price promotion for The Australian MobileNavigator App. The In App Purchase option Panorama View 3D is also 50 percent off.

Applications
MobileNavigator Australia: $44.99 instead of $89.99.
In-App Purchases
Panorama View 3D: $7.49 instead of $14.99

MobileNavigator 1.6.0 is compatible with iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G. The App also runs on first generation iPhone and iPod Touch, but third party accessories for GPS reception are required for these devices. iOS4 multitasking is supported by the iPhone 4 and 3GS only.

NAVIGON AG today announced the availability of a Mexico version of its successful on-board navigation software in the iPhone App Store. MobileNavigator transforms any iPhone 3G, equipped with at least Apple OS 3.0 operating system, and any iPhone 3G S into a complete navigation device.

“Our version for Mexico further expands our international portfolio and allows travelers premium navigation capabilities.”

NAVIGON’S MobileNavigator is the most feature rich navigation App for the iPhone and currently within the top 5 grossing Apps in the U.S. App Store. The Mexico version includes many of NAVIGON’S premium navigation capabilities such as Google Local Search, Enhanced Pedestrian Mode, Speed Assistant, Route Planning and more. Included for Mexico are also NAVIGON’S sophisticated and elegant map views and branded in-map points of interest (POIs). NAVIGON’S on-board navigation approach has clear advantages over other off-board application solutions. After downloading MobileNavigator, the software and map data is saved directly on the device, which saves costly data plans. Start the application and go, while traveling in different countries no cell needed, everything is loaded in the application on the iPhone.

“Having navigation capabilities on the iPhone is extremely helpful when traveling, no extra devices or maps are necessary,” said Gerhard Mayr, NAVIGON vice-president worldwide mobile phone business & new markets. “Our version for Mexico further expands our international portfolio and allows travelers premium navigation capabilities.” NAVIGON MobileNavigator is also available for Australia, Brazil, Europe, Gulf region, Russia, Turkey and South Africa.

The NAVIGON solution for Mexico sells for US$ 59.99 and is equipped with maps from NAVTEQ®. The App is on sale for US$ 49.99 until January 15.

Key features of the NAVIGON MobileNavigator for Mexico:

Speed Assistant Provides adjustable audio-visual warnings.
Google Local Search Users have instant access to the most up to date POI search results. Simply entering steak, for example, provides a comprehensive list of steak restaurants nearby.
Enhanced Pedestrian Mode Pedestrian mode is equipped with the iPhone compass, within the application and an option for a 3D map with automatic orientation in the direction the walker is headed (3G S only), so users can at a glance know which direction they are moving.
Direct Access and Call POIs Allows navigation to contacts saved in the iPhone’s address book and to directly call the number of POIs such as a restaurant or hotel by simply clicking on the number.
Route Planning Plan a route with different destinations ahead of time.
Full iPod Integration Drivers can enjoy the full range of iPod functionalities with a simple one-click from map access to artists, titles, albums, audio books, podcasts and playlist selections.
Location Sharing Users can share their own location, an address or a POI such as a restaurant or museum via email.
Automatic Day & Night Mode
Turn-by-Turn Route List Provides a detailed list of directions, which update automatically during navigation; eliminating each maneuvers in real-time.
Coordinate Input Employ longitude and latitude coordinates as a destination as an alternative to traditional input like an address or POI by name. Email geographical coordinates for precise location identification.
Emergency Help Tapping one of the predefined categories such as Police, Hospital, Pharmacy or Gas Station provides detailed textual description of current position sorted by distance. Emergency Help tells you exactly where you are, so you can tell other how to get to you.
Favorites Displayed in Map Destinations marked as favorites by the user are displayed on the map in a named flag icon.
Branded POIs and POIs along the route
2D and 3D map view.
Automatic switch between portrait and landscape format.
Intelligent Address Entry.
Real Signpost Display.

In case you decided to keep the old iPhone instead of upgrading it to the 3G iPhone then you probably need this device. The iGPS360 is a GPS dongle which you can attach to your first generation iPhone or iPod touch. As long as they are jailbroken, the dongle will get you GPS support to either of them. The device is available for preorder today and it costs only $75. Hurry to get one, as these things would probably sell like hot GPS cakes.

Via Mobilewhack

Well… I don’t think so, while RIM is reported to be gaining some marketshares away from the iPhone, it is still too soon to declare a winner, this is the second major upgrade for the iPhone while the Blackberry has suffered a dozen or more. It is important to notice that the iPhone that can give RIM some headaches, because is packed with the same or even more business features, those that have helped Blackberry become the king.

Apple has set its sight on the Enterprise and has promised features what will help Apple master this new and complicated market and put some pressure to RIM at the same time.

There is excitement among developers and major corporations are starting to realize that the iPhone is more than another smartphone, it is a platform, some have commited to bring the most compelling suit of applications to meet any business need. IBM, Sun, NetSuite, Salesforce, even Microsoft has been babbling about the possibility of an Office version for the iphone.

Styletap is promising Palm emulation on the iphone, increasing automatically the numbers of business applications available for the device.

So, if we were to declare a winner, there is not better time than the next June 9th, when we will see what Apple has been planning for the iPhone 2.0 and how Blackberry and others response to Apple entrance into the Mobile.

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There is a new iPhone killer in town and this time is the closer resemblance of an iphone, it has strong features, good looking and what is worse, it comes to give the iPhone the fight of its life. This is the Samsung Instinct (m800), which is going to spoil the launch of the next generation of iPhone this june, it is set to be on the street at the end of june, coinciding with Apple rumored plans for the iPhone 2.0.

Check the specs and compare them.

Feature		Samsung Instinct
Picture
Storage		microSD / TransFlash
Capacity (songs)		Depends on Memory
Capacity (pictures)		Depends on Memory
Capacity (video)		Depends on Memory
Controls		Touch Screen
Screen size/type		3.1 inches
Screen resolution		240 x 432 pixels 262 144 colors, TFT
Screen aspect ratio		Info N/A
Landscape display mode		Yes
Portrait display mode		Yes
Personalized wallpaper		Yes
Audio player		FM Radio MP3 Player: Sprint Music Store FM Radio: Sprint Radio Speakerphone: Push-To-Talk:
Video player		Yes
Picture viewer		Yes
Games player		Yes
Audio formats		MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA formats supporte
Video formats		H.264, MPEG4 formats supported , Video player
FM tuner		Yes, FM Radio
Height/Width		4.6 x 2.2 x 0.5 inches (116 x 55 x 12.5 mm)
Weight		4.4 oz (125 g)
Wireless		Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) Bluetooth, 3G Networks Ready
Phone Technology		CDMA dual band (800/1900 MHz) Data CDMA2000 1xRTT/1xEV-DO rev.0/1xEV-DO rev.A 3G Capable
Wireless/social features (audio)		2.0, Stereo Bluetooth
Wireless/social features (pictures)		2.0, Stereo Bluetooth
Wireless/social features (video)		2.0, Stereo Bluetooth
Connectivity		Bluetooth® 2.0 Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g 3G Networks
Battery		Li - Ion, 1000 mAh
Battery life		Talk time: 5.75 hours ( 345 mins) of Talk time
Battery charge time		Info N/A
Colors		Black
PC / Mac		PC
Online download service		Sprint Music Store
Downloads available		Sprint Music Store
Price per song / album		Info N/A
Subscription service		Info N/A
Subscription cost		Not available
Client software		Windows Media Player 9
System requirements - OS		Windows XP SP2 or later
System requirements - Processor		Not specified
Internet Ready		Yes, WAP 2.0, Full HTML browser
Mobile TV		Sprint TV
Agenda		Yes
Contacts		Caller Groups supported, 600-names capacity, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID PIM Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, TO-DO, Stopwatch, Memo, World Clock, Unit Converter Voice Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone Email, GPS
System requirements - Other		Broadband Internet connection; video RAM not specified
Over the aire Music Download		Info N/A
Starbuck Ready		Info N/A
Price		Under $300 Rumored
Other Features		Caller Groups supported, 600-names capacity, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID PIM Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, TO-DO, Stopwatch, Memo, World Clock, Unit Converter Voice Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone

Feature		iPhone
Picture
Storage		8 GB - 16 GB
Capacity (songs)		1,750 songs (8GB model)
Capacity (pictures)		10,000 pictures (8GB model)
Capacity (video)		10 hours of video (8GB model)
Controls		Multi Touchscreen, Cover Flow
Screen size/type		3.5" LCD
Screen resolution		480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch
Screen aspect ratio		4:3
Landscape display mode		Yes
Portrait display mode		Yes
Personalized wallpaper		Yes
Audio player		Yes
Video player		Yes
Picture viewer		Yes
Games player		Yes
Audio formats		AAC, MP3, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV
Video formats		H.264, m4v, mp4, mov, MPEG-4
FM tuner		No
Height/Width		4.3 x 2.4 inches
Depth		.31 inch
Weight		4.2 ounces
Wireless		Wi-Fi (802.11b/g
Wireless/social features (audio)		Hackers Ready
Wireless/social features (pictures)		Hackers Ready
Wireless/social features (video)		Hackers Ready
Connectivity		USB 2.0 (wireless possible?)
Battery		Li-Ion rechargeable, built-in
Battery life		Music: 22 hours. Video: 5 hours.
Battery charge time		1.5 hours to 80%
Colors		Black
PC / Mac		Mac and PC
Online download service		iTunes Store
Downloads available		Audio, video, games, podcast,
Price per song / album		$.99 per song; $9.99 per album, $.99 per Ringtone
Subscription service		None
Subscription cost		Not available
Client software		iTunes
System requirements - OS		Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later; Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2 or later
System requirements - Processor		Mac OS X
Internet Ready		Yes
Youtube Video		Yes
Agenda		Yes, Ical sync
Contacts		Yes, Contact, Address Book sync
System requirements - Other		Broadband Internet connection; video RAM not specified
Over the aire Music Download		Yes, Itunes Wi-fi Music Store
Starbuck Ready		Yes, internet access free in Starbuck stores
Batery Life		Talk: 8 hr Standby: 250 hr (10.4 days
Price		$399 (8GB)
Features		GSM, SMS, VOICEMAIL, PUSH EMAIL, EDGE, GOOGLE MAP, WIDGET, MULTITOUCH, PROXIMITY SENSOR, ACCELEROMETER
What you get in the box		iPod, earphones, USB 2.0 cable, Dock adapter for use with Universal Dock, case.

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iPass today announced service availability for Windows Mobile 6 devices. Users of the iPass Mobile Office service for enterprises and iPassConnect™ mobility service for individuals can now connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi using their Windows Mobile 6 smartphone and handheld devices. iPass plans to support the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch later this year and intends to support Wi-Fi-enabled Blackberry devices as well.

“The popularity of consumer-driven handheld devices changes the paradigm for enterprise IT by allowing people to be productive using Web-based applications through their own smartphone” said Joel Wachtler, VP of marketing and strategy at iPass. “IT cannot ignore these devices, and instead must ensure that workers can be productive using them and that they don’t create an unreasonable burden for the business through expensive connectivity, poor security, or high support costs. iPass’ mission is to simplify the growing complexity of enterprise mobility, and expanding support to these platforms is a key element of our strategy”

With more than 100,000 business-class hotspots worldwide, (also announced today), iPass Wi-Fi connectivity gives smart phone users a high performance, inexpensive alternative to 2.5G and 3G access provided by cellular providers. For international business travelers, the cost savings can be especially significant when they use Wi-Fi to avoid the high roaming fees mobile operators charge for out-of-country usage. In one recent, well-publicized incident*, a UK-based smartphone user was billed more than $22 thousand dollars by their cellular provider for downloading large data files in Germany.

In addition, the iPass Wi-Fi network can deliver broadband access in places where 3G doesn’t reach. Because 3G networks are normally rolled out first in metropolitan areas, those outside the city must often rely on modem-like 2.5G technology, or may have no cellular data coverage at all. Even in large cities, high-speed coverage isn’t ubiquitous. Tests conducted by industry analyst and wireless benchmarking firm Novarum show that true 3G connections are available only 60-70% of the time in major U.S. urban centers, due to hills, trees and other obstacles to reception. Lastly, 3G performance can degrade rapidly when in-building, and in these cases it may be the local Wi-Fi hotspot or WLAN that provides the only viable Internet access option.

More about iPass Support for Windows Mobile 6
With iPass, both consumer and enterprise users can get one-click access to the world’s leading Wi-Fi hotspot network, covering high-value business locations including hundreds of airports, hotels such as Hyatt, Hilton and Marriott; and retail locations including Starbucks coffeehouses and McDonald’s restaurants. They can also connect easily to home, corporate and 3rd-party wireless networks, with iPass service auto-detecting available Wi-Fi networks in their area and automatically connecting to their bookmarked locations.

Enterprise customers can obtain the following additional benefits:

A single monthly flat rate based on active users in a company, helping customers avoid paying for idle users or having runaway charges from heavy users
No international roaming charges—iPass Wi-Fi locations are available through a global flat rate plan with no additional fees
Support for iPass Mobile Office mobile device management functions that operate over the Internet
Pricing and Availability
iPass support for Windows Mobile 6 is now available. Use of Windows Mobile handhelds in the Mobile Office service is priced at a flat monthly rate for the enterprise based on the number of active users. For individuals in the United States looking for a subscription to the iPassConnect mobility service, pricing information is available at: www.ipassconnect.com.

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Here is the first part of our monster tutorial for the iphone, update, learn and hack your iphone while wait for the 3G version…. Enjoy and keep coming for the rest of the serie, this is intended for all kind of iphone users, hacks, productivity applications and games tutorials….

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iPhone Tutorial Pt 2 (Step by Step Guide)

iPhone Tutorial Pt 3 (Step by Step Guide)

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HOW TO JAILBREAK Iphone 1.1.3

EASY How-To Jailbreak iPhone Firmware 1.1.4 + Cool Apps

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iPhone 1.1.4. Hack, Jailbreak, Unlock, Activate!

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uLocate Communications today announced that an iPhone specific version of its popular Buddy Beacon(tm) application is now available. With Buddy Beacon, iPhone users can easily share their location with friends, as well as see the locations of friends on the iPhone’s map application.

Buddy Beacon also gives users the option of connecting with friends directly through the application and updating their status across a variety of online social networking sites, including Facebook.

Buddy Beacon for iPhone provides users with essential functions and features that have made the application so popular with users of other mobile devices across virtually all North American carriers. Users are in complete control of the Buddy Beacon experience and can choose when they want to
share their location.

Buddy Beacon also allows users to easily grow their buddy network by inviting new friends to join, ‘nudge’ friends to update their location and status from within the application, and more. These features combine with Buddy Beacon’s seamless integration with Facebook to provide iPhone users the ultimate friend finding experience.

“Buddy Beacon is a revolutionary application that offers users a new way to connect with their friends and family,” said Walt Doyle, CEO of uLocate Communications. “We are delighted to provide iPhone users with the most advanced, and useful, friend finding application available.”

Buddy Beacon for iPhone is available as a free download to all iPhone users by accessing their website from the iPhone’s Safari web browser. For more information on Buddy Beacon, please visit their website.

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Aspyr Media, Inc. announced today that Neverwinter Nights™ 2 has been declared Gold and will begin shipping to retail stores in North America next week. The computer role-playing game set in the fantasy world of the Forgotten Realms, one of the popular campaign settings of Dungeons and Dragons, was licensed from Atari and developed for Mac by Aspyr Studios.

Rise from a peasant to a full-fledged hero as you defend the Realms against one of the greatest threats of the age!

Build a character that suits your style of play – good or evil, chaotic or lawful, with any number of skills, feats and professions available at the click of a button. Whether lobbing fireballs and researching forgotten spells as a powerful Wizard, hacking a trail through legions of orcs as a Fighter armed only with a battle axe and your courage, or taking on the role of a Rogue that can slip into the shadows at a moment’s notice, the choice is yours. Choose your alignment, your allies, your companions, and how you want your character to develop… design the character you want, role-play the way you want, and carry the battle to the enemy.

Features:
Choose your Alignment, Allies, and Enemies – Design the character you want, role-play the way you want, and carry the battle to the enemy.
Build Personalized Modules and Campaigns – Move buildings, terrain, script encounters, write dialogues, and create quests!

iAno (ianus in spanish) is a tremendous, amazing iphone and ipod touch application that turns it (iphone – ipod touch) into a virtual piano with an excellent sound. iAno provides good features to keep rolling your music needs:

A complete four octave keyboard.
Multi-touch. Up to 5 keys can be pressed at once allowing complex chords.
Sounds like a real piano with realistic piano multi-samples.
Animated piano keys react to your touch.
Play along to all your MP3s.
On-screen keyboard navigation allows you to easily move up and down by octaves or “part octaves” (ie. left-most key is a C or an F).

Video Demo

Get iAnos here

How to install
First you need to jailbreak your iPhone to allow third-party applications to be installed.
Add the “ModMyiFone.com” repository to your Installer.
Click on the Installer Icon.
Click on the “Sources” icon at the bottom.
Click “Edit”.
Click “Add”.
Enter: “http://modmyifone.com/installer.xml”.
Click “OK”.
iAno will appear under the “Toys” section of installer.

But iAno is not totally done, the creator is announcing future features in development:

Navigation
The top bar will show the entire keyboard, with the current octave highlit, you can click on this bar to change octaves. This will mean you can jump around the piano keyboard much easier, and can visualise where you are. It will also help when the number of keys increases to a full keyboard.

Sound
It will contain a full 88 key piano keyboard with each key individually sampled in stereo from a grand piano.
The sound engine will be modified to give a local volume setting, and potentially deaden the sound on key-up to allow for playback of notes with varying lengths of sustain.

Other Instruments
Switchable between different piano types such as “honky tonk”. Note that non-piano sounds are going to be part of a separate app.

Recording and Playback
The ability to record and playback, so that you could record one part of a duet and then play over the top of it.

The ability to save and load recorded songs.
The ability to load / convert existing MIDI files into songs to play back. This will mean you can export your song into MIDI, load it into some editting package on your desktop, and correct your mistakes. Also you’ll be able to convert some horribly complex classical piece into iAno format and then claim you played it live.