Navigon MobileNavigator Now Available For US-based Android Users

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Navigon has been in the app game for a while now as they have long since had an iPhone app in the App Store, however they had yet to make the move over to Android, at least here in the US. Well, as of today that has changed and Navigon has officially announced the MobileNavigator Android app for the US market.

Right off the bat, this looks to be a solid release. For one, it is Navigon and they already have a certain amount of respect in the world of navigation. That aside though, the maps they have included are pre-loaded and they are also throwing in the Traffic Live service. But with that comes a price which in the case of MobileNavigator is $59.99, though if you make a purchase sometime before the next two weeks is over, you can save a few bucks and pay just $39.99.

As for using the MobileNavigator app, the supported screen resolutions include 320×240, 480×320, 800×480, 850×480 and you will also need to have 30MB free in your on-device memory as well as 1.5GB free on your storage card. The on-device memory is used by the app itself and as you may have guessed, the map data is stored on the memory card. And for those wondering, the maps are NAVTEQ.

Other features of the Navigon MobileNavigator app include;

• Reality View™ Pro clearly displays photo-realistic 3D views of actual road, highway/interstate, signs and exits, and lane guide markers for easy driving decisions.
• Traffic Live The most precise traffic information available today, using real-time speed data from over a million drivers including commercial fleets such as trucks and taxis and non-commercial drivers with GPS capabilities.
• Reality Scanner helps finding points of interest by showing them in a live camera view.
• Lane Assistant Pro prepares drivers to make an upcoming exit or turn with a lane map complete with arrows and actual road geometry.
• Speed Assistant Adjustable audio-visual warning alerts drivers of speed and can be turned on or off.
• Text-to-Speech Complementing turn-by-turn directions; informs the driver of both the street name and the direction to turn.
• NAVIGON MyRoutes analyzes driving habits, patterns, location, time/day and provides up to three routes clearly displayed in-map with ETA, distance and driving times for each.
• Day & Night Mode for map display.
• Direct Access to Contacts Allows navigation to contacts saved in the phone’s address book.
• Route Planning
• Branded POIs and POIs along the route and in Reality Scanner.
• 2D and 3D map view
• 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.
• Automatic Portrait or Landscape
• Intelligent address entry for quick text entry and lookup results.
• Real Street and Hwy sign display
• Directly call POIs
• Pedestrian Navigation
• Google Local Search Connected instant search of local points of interest.
• Red Light Cameras provides drivers an advanced visual warning for most red light and speed cameras.

It looks like the US market for navigation apps with pre-loaded maps is heating up — just recently we saw the CoPilot Live USA app hit the Android Market.