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AT&T punts not-free iPhone nav app

Ten bucks a month for turn-by-turn

By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco

Posted in Mobile, 24th June 2009 20:56 GMT

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AT&T has released a free turn-by-turn iPhone navigation app - but to actually use it, you'll have to pay ten bucks a month.

AT&T Navigator [1] (iTunes link) is being distributed - and billed - by AT&T Services, but it's powered by technology from cell-phone navigation veteran TeleNav [2].

AT&T already offers the Navigator service for many of its phones [3], including models from Samsung, LG, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and others. In addition to the US version, a Global Edition [4] is also available, with support for the UK and 25 other countries and areas.

As with the other Navigator deals, the $9.99 fee for the new iPhone app will be added onto your monthly AT&T bill.

AT&T Navigator turn-by-turn navigation app for the iPhone

This will cost you $10 a month

With the release of iPhone software 3.0 and the new iPhone 3GS, a number of companies are also planning turn-by-turn navigation apps for the iPhone. TomTom [5], for example, announced [6] its forthcoming iPhone 3.0 app and car kit [7] at Apple's recent Worldwide Developers Conference.

AppleInsider recently reported [8] that "a trio" of turn-by-turn navigation companies would be offering iPhone apps, citing TomTom and AT&T supplier TeleNav and adding Navigon [9] to the interested parties. AppleInsider was told by a Garmin [10] spokesperson, however, that that company has no plans to join the party.

Currently, XROAD [11]'s G-Map U.S. East [12] and West [13] (iTunes links) turn-by-turn navigation apps are also available, but their latest version, 1.3, has met with mixed reviews. ®