Navigon a provider of mobile navigation, announced the availability of the 8th update for its popular iPhone Navigation app, MobileNavigator, worlds feature-rich GPS navigation solution on the Apple iOS platform. The updated iPhone navigation app adds a Reality Scanner feature that helps finding points of interest close-by, presenting them in an augmented reality view. Navigon iPhone Navigation app version 1.8 includes safety camera alerts as an In App Purchase, an at-a-glance traffic gage and a new Navteq map.

Navigon AG, innovator in the navigation market, announce the availability of a free update for its North American version of the MobileNavigator for the iPhone. The free update adds a couple of new features and enhancements to the MobileNavigator. Navigon’s route planning function known from the companies PND line enables users to plan a route with different destinations ahead of time. Taking advantage of the iPhone’s own functionalities, a call POI function allows to directly call the number of a POI such as a restaurant or hotel by simply clicking on the number. It is even possible to save the number to the user’s contacts.