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Gokivo updates navigation app for iPhone, lowers the price

TUAW  Nov 07 09

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone, App Review

Several readers have urged me to try the Gokivo Navigator for the iPhone [iTunes link], so today is the day. The app is U.S. $4.99, but that only provides you with GPS navigation for 30 days. After that, the app costs $4.99 monthly or you can purchase a year of service for $39.99. That's quite a bit less that the AT&T nav solution [iTunes link], and makes the Gokivo app quite competitive. The app includes a Traffic Tracking Center, text to speech so street names are announced as you drive, and it has iPod controls so you don't have to leave the app to change your music. Full story...

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SD card reader for iPhone might help bridge the photo gap

TUAW  2 hours ago

Filed under: Macworld, Accessories, Hardware, iPhone

It's cool that Apple is getting all cozy with SD cards for the iPad; it helps to sell the idea that the iPad is closer to a MacBook than an iPhone.

Answers for the 'rents about the iPad

TUAW  3 hours ago

Filed under: Apple

So my folks were here this weekend, and as you'd expect my Dad is really curious about the upcoming iPad, or as he likes to put it "his new 3G iPad".

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Filed under: Apple

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Apple ships latest version of Aperture for photo professionals

TUAW  5 hours ago

Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Software Update

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The Apple Store is offline

TUAW  8 hours ago

Filed under: Apple, Macbook Pro

Yes, as expected, the Apple Store is down for the morning, presumably to update us with brand new MacBook Pros and whatever else Apple has cooked up for a release.

TUAW Giveaway: Win a BearExtender n3

TUAW  9 hours ago

Filed under: Accessories, Hardware

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Navigon adds some unique features to GPS app

TUAW  10 hours ago

Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touch

Navigon has been very aggressive about keeping its highly rated MobileNavigator app [iTunes link] up to date.

Found Footage: Charlie Rose hosts iPad chat club

TUAW  12 hours ago

Filed under: Found Footage, iPad

In case you missed it last week, PBS top gab guy Charlie Rose (no relation) hosted a roundtable discussion about the latest product from Steve & co.

The tweet that made Steve Jobs furious

TUAW  20 hours ago

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Rumors, Steve Jobs

Apple doesn't have a huge social media presence.

Rumor: MacBook Pro refresh imminent, SKUs dropped from Best Buy systems

TUAW  21 hours ago

Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, Macbook Pro

Update: Commenters point out that our tipster pulled the Best Buy inventory screen image from this thread on the MacRumors forums (he did provide independent confirmation of the SKU deletion).



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