I will be quite upset if navigon doesn't survive. I find it better for driving than Google maps or Apple.
On 11/24/15, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I am quite sure TomTom and especially Garmin will survive since they are > primarily large hardware manufacturers, especially Garmin is a very large > world-wide company and they make everything from super expensive > professional GPS solutions for pilots to GPS units and chartplotters for > boating as well as vehicle GPS (the Nuvi line) and even are bit in the > fitness, golf and dog training areas.Navigon is now owned by Garmin and I > don't see them giving up on their commitment to offer apps for smartphones > any time soon. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Mike Arrigo > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 7:09 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: motion x GPS drive discontinued > > Interesting. In some ways I do think motion x was superior. On the other > hand, when Google and Apple started offering free navigation, I did wonder > if the paid apps would survive. It will be interesting to see if other apps > such as TomTom, Garmin and Navigon survive. Motion x was a great app, I will > definitely be sorry to see it go. > Original message: >> Hi Mike, > >> MotionX GPS Drive was removed from the App Store on August 20, 2015. >> They stopped renewing Live Voice Guidance at that time. The message >> that comes up if you still have the app is: >> "Thank you for being a valued user of MotionX GPS Drive. >> Unfortunately, free competition from Google and Apple have made the >> economics of MotionX GPS Drive impossible to sustain. Both Google and >> Apple support their navigation solutions with their other businesses. >> This is not the case for MotionX. This is the reason that we can no >> longer offer new subscriptions to Live Voice Guidance for MotionX GPS >> Drive. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and >> hope that you have some level of satisfaction with the offerings from >> Google and Apple which are free. We want to thank you for your >> support. We know that we have a superior product, but it has been >> impossible to compete with free offerings from others." > >> HTH > >> Esther > >> On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 11:10:28 AM UTC-10, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> Hey everyone. I have some sad news, from what I can tell, the Motion x >> GPS Drive app is no longer available. It no longer shows up in the app >> store. 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