I’m sure Navigon will not disappear as its maps are held on the phone and can therefore be used without 3G.
Cheers, Anne > On 24 Nov 2015, at 20:09, John Diakogeorgiou <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Mike Arrigo >> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 7:09 AM >> To: [email protected] >> 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. This is kind of sad, it was one of the best main stream GPS >>> apps in my opinion, and actually provided fairly decent walking >>> directions. >>> It was one of the top rated GPS apps, wonder why they discontinued it, >>> but that's what has happened. >> >> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>> list. >> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >>> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >>> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >>> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >> you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >> you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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