NDrive latest to launch GPS app for iPhone
Ndrive Navigation Systems, a Portuguese company that specializes in personal navigation products and applications, has announced the launch of its NDrive for iPhone software for Europe and Canada.
The company says its iPhone app provides an advanced navigation experience, with clear and precise turn-by-turn spoken and visual instructions, including street and place names for door-to-door navigation with detailed local information.
The Ndrive Canada application is 189MB and includes the latest Navteq Canada maps. It sells on the iTunes Canada store for $45 until the end of October. No word on what the pricing will be on November 1st.
Key features of the NDrive application according to the company include:
- Turn by turn spoken navigation
- Very quick routing calculation algorithms
- Route demo or map of route when trip planning
- Alternative route selection options
- Adventure mode for off-road, air or at sea use
- Thousands of important buildings represented in 3D
- Publish and share location based information with other users directly from your device
- User interface fully optimized with iPhone, rotate iPhone and map will adjust.
- Innovative Multi-touch gesture recognition for zoom, tilt and rotate that allows you to control and interact with the map. Kinetic scrolling.
- Call, SMS or visit websites of POIs directly from NDrive’s interface
- User interface available in 28 languages
Canadians wishing to purchase navigation software for their iPhone may also wish to consider apps from Navigon and TomTom which sell on the iTunes Canada store for $90 and $100 respectively.
Check out our GPS Devices forum for discussions about all three applications.
