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Review: Sygic Mobile Maps 2009
Convergence, sweet convergence. First your iPhone let you chuck out your iPod, your PDA, your dusty old filofax and even your lame netbook. Now, you can burn your road maps and even bin your in-car...
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Tomtom New Zealand released
The New Zealand version of Tomtom’s turn-by-turn GPS navigation offering for iPhone has been released today. The app is priced at $119.99 and we will be reviewing it in full later on today once have...
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App Review: TomTom New Zealand
Well, we’ve had a chance to put it through it’s paces and here it is, the first review of the TomTom iPhone App. This app needs no introduction and I would suggest that most people have heard of...
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TomTom iPhone car kit – with video
We have been receiving a lot of questions about the car kit for TomTom, so we thought we’d get in touch with them to get some answers. Unfortunately at this stage they haven’t given us any details on...
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Sygic Mobile Maps update available now
It’s been a long time coming but the update for Sygic Mobile Maps 2009 Australia / New Zealand (and international flavours) is now available. We’ll be reporting in-depth on the changes later on today...
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Sygic Mobile Maps revisited
As reported earlier, a major update of Sygic Mobile Maps 2009 [iTunes Link] has gone live through the App Store today. Weighing in at around 350MB, it’s a fairly hefty download which introduces a good...
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Report and Petition: the New Zealand government are about to make your iPhone...
According to an article on stuff.co.nz this morning, the Ministry of Transport’s Road User Amendment Rule 2009 which will become law in November, will outlaw the use of satellite navigation apps on...
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Breaking: Common sense prevails, law is to be amended
We have just received an email from the press secretary to Steven Joyce, Minister of Transport, in response to an email we sent to Andrew Knackstedt of the NZ Transport Agency this morning. In it, we...
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CoPilot Live Australasia now available on the App Store
New Zealand just got a whole new load of GPS navigation love in the shape of CoPilot Australasia [iTunes Link]. Priced at $94.99, the app is another major GPS app in the same vein as TomTom and Sygic...
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Review: CoPilot Live Australasia
Yesterday’s launch of CoPilot Australasia was a surprise indeed, but a welcome one. New Zealand typically gets overlooked in so many ways so it’s great to say that we’re now officially spoiled for...
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Google Maps update with built-in turn-by-turn navigation heading to iPhone
Ouch. Did you hear that? That was the sound of a hundred hearts missing a beat over at TomTom / Sygic / ALK headquarters. Google has just announced an updated version of Google Maps for Android that...
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CoPilot update has permission to land [updated]
We have word from ALK Technologies, the team behind CoPilot, that an update for their GPS navigation app has been approved by Apple and is being rolled-out across the App Store as we speak. Hit the...
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Review: TomTom car kit
After months of impatient waiting with little chance of seeing the Tomtom car kit hit the New Zealand retail market anytime soon, I decided to source one via the UK. I had a friend purchase one from...
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TomTom update now available
Tips have been flooding in that version 1.2 of TomTom’s iPhone GPS app has just hit the App Store. There’s no doubt that it certainly has some ground to make up against the competition, so do the new...
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Sygic update now available
Well folks, after only a couple of days and hot on the heels of TomToms release Sygic have released an update as well. Gotta love competition Head past the read more to see what’s included in this...
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TomTom car kit NZ pricing announced
Here’s an update we’ve been waiting for (it seems like was ages ago we first announced this). The TomTom car kit for iPhone should be available within a week and the price……..Read More © Dan for...
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App Review: NDrive New Zealand….. another turn-by-turn app
When you think you are done with all the turn-by-turn apps, along comes another. We received a number of tip offs yesterday letting us know that NDrive New Zealand had hit the AppStore. But at a cost...
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$6.49 to enable Text-to-Speech in CoPilot update
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. Read More © Steve Lawrence for iPhonewzealand,...
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Festive price-drops for all the major GPS apps
‘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...
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Ten things you should do with your new iPhone
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...
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Review: iGO My Way 2009 Australia / New Zealand
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...
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TomTom car kit charging FAIL
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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A message from TomTom
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...
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Competition: Win one of three copies of iGO My Way 2009 worth $104.99 each
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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Competition Winners: iGO My Way 2009
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 © Dan for...
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Sygic announces next-gen GPS app, Aura: looks amazing! (video)
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...
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New: Sygic Aura Drive Au & NZ
Sygic Aura is the professional turn-by-turn car navigation app, that changes everything. Read More © Dan for iPhonewzealand, 16/08/2010. No comment Post tags: AppView, GPS, navigation, turn-by-turn …
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New: Navigon MobileNavigator NZ
Navigon is a long-established and favoured app in overseas markets such as the US, so it’s good to see a New Zealand version finally materialise. Also priced at $84.99, it appears to be a no-nonsense...
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Two more turn-by-turn GPS apps for New Zealand hit the App Store
Two more major turn-by-turn GPS apps built for New Zealand have hit the App Store: Sygic Aura and Navigon. In what’s becoming an increasingly competitive market, these two apps will need to bring a...
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Updated apps from Sygic offer more GPS navigation goodness for NZ
If you’ve read through our GPS navigation app reviews, you’ll know that we’re pretty big fans of Sygic’s Mobile Maps app. A few weeks back, Sygic’s ‘next-gen’ GPS app, Aura, hit the Store but we never...
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Competition: Win a free copy of Aura by Sygic (Updated – new way to enter)
A couple of weeks back, we took a look at Sygic Aura Australia & New Zealand, the next generation turn-by-turn GPS navigation app. Now, the good people at Sygic have kindly given us a redemption...
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iGO My Way on sale with up to 50% off
For any of you who still haven’t invested in a GPS turn-by-turn navigation app, you may be interested to learn that iGO My Way (reviewed back in January last year) is currently on sale at $38.99 for...
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Sygic to force ‘upgrade’ from Mobile Maps to Aura?
Any of you that have been with us from the start will know that Sygic Mobile Maps was one of the first turn-by-turn apps produced for New Zealand and the first that we ever reviewed, and well… let’s...
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Sygic update Mobile Maps/Aura apps to Sygic GPS Navigation
You may remember a while back we told you of how Sygic intended to abandon two apps and merge them into one on the store. So instead of having “Mobile Maps” and “Aura” they would just have “Sygic GPS...
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TomTom version 1.7 brings HD Traffic to your iPhone
We’ve looked at TomTom in the past, way back when it first came out, but since then there have been a number of updates drop which have given you updated maps, vehicles, Map Share™ and additional...
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App Review: MetroView NZ City GPS Navigation
We have reviewed a number of turn-by-turn GPS apps previously, but with the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand another big GPS Location provider has landed on our iDevices. MetroView NZ City GPS Navigation...
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iOS 6 is Here
iOS 6 became available for download early this morning. After installing it on my iPhone I can tell you that patience is important. Just like when iOS 5 arrived, a lot pf people are having problems...
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