Meet Aura

Sygic, creators of one of our favourite GPS navigation apps, Mobile Maps, have announced their next-generation ‘real 3D’ GPS app, Aura. Described rather excitedly as a “dream come true”, it promises to be a “professional car navigation meets pedestrian-centric application with social networking in a single real 3-D futuristic product”. Phew! Got that? We have to say… it looks fab with densely and slickly-animated 3D buildings and topography, and best of all a New Zealand version is coming. We’ll be going hands-on with an in-depth review once the app is released but in the meantime read on for the full press-release, screen-shots and a video demo to whet your appetite. Read More

WINNERS!

Well here you go guys and gals, the answers and winners of our iGO My Way 2009 competition are below. Congratulations to the three of you and thanks to everyone who entered. Read More

WIN ME!

With thanks to the good people at NNG Global Services Inc., we have three copies of iGO My Way 2009 Australia / New Zealand (the GPS navigation app) to give away. Read on for details of how to enter.

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The response.......

So we said once we got a response about the TomTom car kit charging issue we would let you know. Well here it is, the “official” response from TomTom. Now sit down, get a coffee and be prepared for a bit of a read as this may take a while….

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It doesn't want to charge whilst using any of these!

Ok so recently I went on a trip from Christchurch to Dunedin, the perfect opportunity for me to play with my TomTom car kit and really give the tun-by-turn apps a run for their money…. or so I thought.

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iGO My Way

Another day, another GPS turn-by-turn navigation app! Or at least that’s the way it seems with so many coming along recently. This time we’re looking at iGO My Way 2009 from NNG Global Services of Hungary. By now the turn-by-turn GPS navigation app market is becoming pretty saturated with some very solid offerings from reputable companies already on the table, so any new entrant is going to have to put out something pretty compelling to compete with the established choices — so does iGO cut it? Read on for our review.

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So you got a new iPhone for Christmas, huh? Lucky you! Learning how to use your iPhone is the easy part, but there are some essential things you need to know to get the most out of your new toy and to make it safe. Here are our ten golden rules. Read More

Go get it...

Just in…. Sygic version 8.0.1 is available now with a raft of updates.

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Yuletide savings

‘Tis the season to be frugal, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la! For any of you out there who still haven’t invested in a turn-by-turn GPS app, now might be a good time to treat yourself as all of the major GPS apps for New Zealand are enjoying price-drops for the festive season including Sygic Mobile Maps, TomTom, CoPilot and iGo My Way (a review of which is coming soon as it’s a new release). Hit the link for more details.

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Talk is cheap?

In a somewhat questionable move, CoPilot have enabled text-to-speech in their recent app update, however there’s a catch… they want you to pay for it.

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