Hello Mike, I checked and the update was for Motions X GPS; not for Motion X GPS Drive.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 12:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: motion x GPS drive discontinued Was this motionx gps or did it specificly say gps drive? They are two different apps. Original message: > Hi, > I just had an update to my MotionX GPS app, today. So while there not > selling it, they, it seems, are still supporting it. > Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:09 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: motion x GPS drive discontinued > 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. 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 caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> >>> --- >>> 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. >>> 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 - 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