Tech Tuesdays: Road-Testing Seven iPhone Navigation Apps

November 17th, 2009 admin

If portable navigation pushed aside in-dash systems by being less expensive and able to move from car to car, then iPhone nav apps are using the same advantages to replace portables. And iPhone nav apps are also more convenient since a car owner only has to carry one device instead of two, and many offer features such as Internet-connected POI search and automatic mapping software updates. But iPhone apps have their


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