Vincent Ferrari
03-10-2009, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2009/03/first-turnbyturn-navigation-app-for-iphone-xroads-gmap-review.html' target='_blank'>http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/...map-review.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Finally, after nearly two years, a developer has released the first real-time, turn-by-turn navigation application for the iPhone. XROADS G-Map ($19) is clearly the best real-time navigation option for an iPhone right now, but we ran it through the same tests we would a stand-alone TomTom, Garmin or Mio system to see how it fared with the big boys of navigation."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1236688571.usr18053.jpeg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>I guess if you don't want to shell out for a standalone unit, the iPhone is a pretty good substitute with XROADS G-Map installed. Me? I still prefer my Nüvi, and for a feature that, to me, is indispensible. Voice navigation. When you don't have to constantly look down at the screen, you're a safer driver. Other than that, though, for most people this isn't a bad value.</p>