Thus, a little more than a year after Apple added GPS hardware to the iPhone 3G, we have Navigon’s MobileNavigator North America (introductory price $70, $100 thereafter), the latest in a string of third-party applications that are attempting to offer pricey alternatives to just hitting the “next” button on the iPhone’s Maps application. What Navigon brings to the table is “the latest map material from the market leader…
Photo+Map ($2) can combine a map showing the location where a picture was taken and the picture that was taken there. The maps are automatically retrieved and are added as an extension to the image instead of reducing the original size of the image. Users can additionally choose to add a time-stamp along with latitude and longitude information to the image. A recent update includes support for the…
Mathematics specialist Wolfram has launched a iPhone-formatted version of the WolframAlpha website. Identified as a “computational knowledge engine,” the site lets users input simple or complex equations, or a variety of data-related queries, such as mortality rates or the distance to the next closest star. Where appropriate answers are accompanied by graphics, such as maps or charts.The iPhone …