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Navizon for iOS Was $12.99 Now Free!

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Navizon for iOS Was $12.99 Now Free!
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ca6leguy on 10/01/2011 - 19:17 itunes.apple.com (701 clicks)
Last edited 10/01/2011 - 19:18

Navizon is a positioning system that combines WiFi and Cellular triangulations. The iPhone version relies solely on the built-in Core Location API.

FEATURES:
- Buddy Finder to locate your loved ones at any time.
- Background location to let you track your phone or your buddies' phones even when Navizon is not running
- Navizon Groups that let you see the position of users sharing the same interests.
- Navizon Alerts that let you trigger an event such as receiving an email or calling a URL where you or one of your buddies enter a location of interest.
* Configure these additional features at www.navizon.com by logging in
with the account created on your iPhone.

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  • muzzamo on 10/01/2011 - 19:22
    +1

    doesn't the iphone API use cell phone and wifi triangulation too? It does a dam good job of it usually

    • Cluster on 10/01/2011 - 19:51
      +1

      That was my understanding too. The iPhone locks into your position within seconds of starting the mapping app, and there's no way the iPhone has its GPS receiver active the whole time as it uses too much power. Cold starting a GPS receiver can take minutes to retrieve enough satellite info.

  • dyziplen on 10/01/2011 - 19:24

    This seems to be a p2p system, therefore you need data connection, if you have data connection you probably got an iphone as opposed to ipod touch. Therefore why wouldn't you just use iPhone's GPS.

    Also, a p2p system needs users, and lots of them, so it would never work if it has a rrp of $12.99…. Especially when iOS already got a pretty good mapping system, and whole bunch of social media stuff to keep track of where your friends are.

  • bibendum73au on 10/01/2011 - 20:57

    Navizon takes the information it gathers ie: the GPS location of wifi and cells and it on-sells it to the companies to then use in devices for navigation that do not have a GPS radio built in.

    Actually, It always has been free so this is a non deal. You need to pay $ to get a pro account which allows you to track your usage and make money from them. But all you have to do is wait for your first lot of points and buy the pro account with that.

    I make about $150 a year from Navizon. They pay you US$10 for every 10000 points you collect. See the website
    (edit: Navizon was removed by Apple about 6 months ago, it looks like this is an updated version but released as a whole new app. Not sure about the lite/pro account thing with this now, but my account logged into the new app and continues to work fine.)

  • bargain_finder on 10/01/2011 - 21:52
    +1

    i think the first review sums it up

    "Worthless crap!!!
    by FortMorganAl"

  • sunnyii on 11/01/2011 - 14:15

    well…who do u actually add ur buddies into the tracking list???

    • sunnyii on 11/01/2011 - 14:23

      Dont worry I found out….

      • bignelly on 11/01/2011 - 16:50

        I haven't…how do you do it?

  • sabby on 12/01/2011 - 12:42

    Installed… deleted 2 days later…
    Worthless app… confirmed

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