Navigon to Add Live Traffic Data as In-App Purchase for MobileNavigator

Gizmodo - without much sourcing or detail - is reporting that Navigon's traffic info feature will be a $25 in-app purchase. No details on whether it's a one-time purchase, annual, etc.

http://gizmodo.com/5361162/navigon-wants-an-extra-25-for-real+time-traffic-data-on-the-iphone

$25 is a bit more than i was hoping for... Let's hope that number is wrong.

Sounds like per that article it would be a one time purchase.

I'm in!

Certainly not $25 per month though.

This right here sealed the deal on which app to buy. Navigon is absolutely destroying TomTom and all the other navigation apps in features.

Just read about it on Gizmodo and can here eagerly expecting a ton of info.:eek: So no info on when?

I gotta say I'm impresed with NAVIGON's programming team, they are seriously grinding out some updates and adding in some features very quickly for their iPhone app.

Contrasting TomTom who boasted over a year ago that they had their software running on the iPhone then took forever to release it once they could.

A one-time fee of $25 is a bargain. I'd even pay $25/year. If this is true, I'm thrilled!

With every bit of news, I'm and more and more glad I got Navigon. It's gotten better each and every time.

I read somewhere else it would be 20.00 one time fee for a limited time then it would go up to 25.00. I haven't seen when you could buy it though. I don't see anything in the app at this time for an in app purchase. Does anyone else?
*update* Looks like October
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10354874-233.html

Bah! That's a bummer right there. I wouldn't have thought that Navigon would go this route for traffic. That said, I'll end up buying it because it's such an important feature. I wonder whether in-app purchases like this transfer to a secondary iPhone? I think the answer is, "no", right?

I also wonder if this is how Navigon will handle the quarterly NAVTEQ updates?

:(

Oh...and two other questions...

Does anyone know where Google Maps sources its traffic data from? I always thought it came from the highway road sensor data, but I don't think that information extends to all the roads that Google Maps reports on. So, there has to be a different source. I wonder whether Navigon and Google are using the same source. I'm curious because I find the Google traffic info reasonably accurate.

I wonder whether Navigon will be polling that traffic data regularly during the drive, or whether it's just a one-time event - like when you're planning your route.

:confused:

--DotComCTO

Finally!!

Lets hope they also include the ability to select roads to avoid and they've got themselves a proper product!