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Good thing I didn't drop 2 grand for the in dash nav in my new MINI!

Sep 11, 08 - 08:59 pm Comment from: The Other Steve

So, what's it going to cost?

Aaron,

Agreed.

IMO the only good uses of car-tied nav systems are:

1. Auto-911 & locate if one gets in a crash, and:
2. Stolen vehicle locate and disable.

Both of which should be standard equipment and free-use.

We can use the iPhone for everything else.

Sep 11, 08 - 09:06 pm Comment from: HMCIV

@AaronF

Your iPod Mini has an in dash navigation system?

SWEET!!!!

Sep 11, 08 - 09:16 pm Comment from: John

@other steve: I was just wondering that myself! I have a feeling this won't be one of those $10 apps....

I thought it was against the App Store policy to allow an app that uses the GPS for turn-by-turn directions?!?

As long as the maps are stored on the the iphone itself then ill consider using it, but I have no interested in relying on EDGE or on/off 3G to get the maps.

If this doesn't happen, there will be no reason to dump my tomtom unit.

Sep 12, 08 - 12:17 am Comment from: El Guapo

@HMCIV

Your iPod Mini has an in dash navigation system?
SWEET!!!!

No, you dork. The iPod mini has been discontinued (everyone knows that). He was referring to his Mac mini. Geeesh!

Silly mortal!

Sep 12, 08 - 01:02 am Comment from: JesusPhone

Definately don't believe it will be in the $10 dollar range. With this being a function everyone has been dying for ,and depending on its reliability and cool factor, I'm sure they could get away with charging around $30-$40. I'd pay that to stop switching between "List", "Map" and "Show Traffic" with that damn curtain peeling back while flying down 85 South doing 85 just to realize I missed my exit ... 85 miles back. YOU KNOW the feeling when you see that "TheBlue Pill" , 20 minutes after you last looked , light years away from the "Righteous Purple Path" . Now that I think of it ,I'd pay $55.95 (maybe even $55.99) for a reliable voice guided GPS with Rerouting .........(I think Tom-Toms start at $149)

Sep 12, 08 - 02:51 am Comment from: Anonymous©

Wow, I have a MINI as my screensaver, but I'd never considered the nav as a reasonable option. I had considered getting a cheap Garmin but the iPhone 3G has been great. I don't need some chick telling me where to turn, I just need that map showing the blue dot is on the purple line.

On board maps require less internet access, which avoids international roaming charges. Not so important inside a large country like the US, but any travel in Europe may quickly entail excessive roaming charges.

So yes, iPhone apps with stored maps definitely will fill a need.

Sep 12, 08 - 07:39 am Comment from: JAYGEE

@ El Guapo - No, you dork. The iPod mini has been discontinued (everyone knows that). He was referring to his Mac mini. Geeesh!

I thought he was talking about his BMW Mini Cooper car

No roaming charges with a good old fashioned map. No batteries either.

Interesting to see the price drops in the market for Garmin's Nuvi and Tom-Tom, etc. Guess those guys are running scared...

According to a link from

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1706224&tstart=0

which points to

http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2008/07/12/telenav-does-gps-navigation-for-iphone-3g

we may be looking not at a purchase but ANOTHER MONTHLY CHARGE

Lets see if this gets banned for downloading map data around iTunes and competing with Google maps.