Navigon's iPhone car cradle revealed on Facebook

By Derek Fung and Antuan Goodwin on 07 September 2009

With its turn-by-turn navigation software, MobileNavigator, successfully launched on the iPhone, Navigon is preparing to release a car kit for everyone's favourite fruity phone.

No word yet on how much this cradle will cost.
(Credit: Navigon)

A photo of the car kit (right) was unveiled on Navigon's official Facebook page — of all places — but details are sparse at the moment.

According to the company's wall post, the kit contains a cradle for the iPhone with a suction cup mount that, unsurprisingly, looks a lot like the overgrown shoe fitter we saw on the Navigon 4350 max. It will also ship with a charging cable to keep your phone juiced while you drive.

Pricing and availability have yet to be revealed. However, considering that there's no supplementary technology, such as an integrated GPS chip or additional speaker, this cradle should cost considerably less than TomTom's tech-laden cradle, which will cost around US$100 in the States.

We are in the process of reviewing Navigon's MobileNavigator app for the iPhone, which will be up online soonish.

Topics: navigon, iphone, car kit, cradle, windshield mount, windscreen mount, mobilenavigator, kit, car, mount

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Comments (6)

  • LeatherCover commented on 09/09/2009 07:28 Report abuse

    Nice idea, but shame for those of us who use a cover for our iPhones.

  • Goofyfoot commented on 08/09/2009 14:59 Report abuse

    Pixilated_Aussie: I think spod was making a point by omitting punctuation from their post.

    Ant_twax: I also drive a commodore, company car don't hold it against me, and have no issue with the lighter powering my navigation device from the centre console.

  • Pixelated_Aussie commented on 08/09/2009 00:19 Report abuse

    Both of you are abusing the English language. Learn how to construct your sentences better and "punctuate" as spod mentioned but contradicted in a poorly written response.

    As for the production mentioned, I think it is a great product long awaited for by many iPhone lovers.

    ant_twax: Your problem is a rather deluded problem. If your car has a lighter plug in the centre of the console, do you not think that you would have the same problem regardless of the product in question? How about you find a solution and wire another lighter plug into your dash to custom it to your needs instead of whinging about it?

  • ant_twax commented on 07/09/2009 16:38 Report abuse

    yes english teacher i wont do it again ops i just did

  • spod commented on 07/09/2009 14:40 Report abuse

    hey ant_twax learn to punctuate its really hard to read your rambling thoughts with no punctuation posts like yours are making the internet almost unusable please take a little effort to use punctuation thank you

  • ant_twax commented on 07/09/2009 12:44 Report abuse

    cool but Australia's highest selling car a commodore like i drive my lighter plug is in my centre console so this cord it comes with better be long but its going to be a bit stupid with a long cord from my windscreen to the lighter i might as well run a cord from my house these cradles need to have an internal battery that you recharge you wonder what qualifications these stupid designers have i think it might have been given to them by the coco pop monkey

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