Magellan Beats Garmin To The Punch WIth Their First iPhone GPS App

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Magellan today introduced its first GPS app for the iPhone.

The app looks as if it has the bells and whistles of its standalone Roadmate brethren, like turn-by-turn directions, highway lane guidance and voice guidance with spoken street names.

In fact, its siblings might be a little jealous as the iPhone version adds a pedestrian mode, in-app music control and direct navigation to contacts on your address book.

The icing on the cake is an iPhone car kit Magellan is releasing in December with a GPS receiver that improves accuracy over the iPhone’s, an amped speaker and Bluetooth capability

The app costs $79.99 and the car kit will set you back a further $129.99

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