Navigation Software
In the last couple of years there have been several phones on the market with built in GPS receivers, some like the HTC Touch could connect via bluetooth to a GPS receiver.
This gave access to navigation software, no more having separate devices it can now be all in your phone.
In 2008 I purchased TomTom for my HTC Touch and used it to navigate around Europe, the route planning and visuals were excellent.
When I got the iPhone I tried using the builtin “Maps’ app which was Ok for finding out where you were in a city, but it lacked that all essential turn-by-turn commands.
When Apple finally released 3.0 this changed, TomTom was finnally made available for the iPhone.
I purchased a copy as soon as it was available on the AppStore, I have used it several times to navigate around Austria and it works well.
It just needs the car holder which TomTom has promised us iPhone users for the last 2 months.
Yesterday I noticed that the iphone.tomtom.com site showed it as available so I immediately purchased one, now I am pacing up and down by my postbox.
Will let you know if it is worth the wait….