The first turn-by-turn iPhone application comes to us not from Apple, but from RipDev Team. It’s a hefty 58 megabyte package so I won’t be surprised if their servers will crash today due to the popularity of this release. The download is going very slow at the moment so I’ll do a comparison with xGPS App Later on. The note * Not scientifically proven. means that the app wasn’t tested with scientific GPS devices for accuracy, so don’t expect the same reliability as a Garmin. If you need turn-by-turn directions to your local european watering hole iDA should suffice, considdering it’s a phone first and then a GPS device.
Easy Navigation
iDA offers full range of automatic navigation: address search, turn-by-turn guidance, voice and visual assistance on route. These features, combined with a simple to use interface provide maximum ease of use to the user, even when driving.
Below are some screen shots. I can’t get Navigation SS because I’m on another continent.
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Maps
iDA includes a set of navigation maps made by one of the leading cartography companies — Tele Atlas, updated in Feb 2009. A significant feature of the supplied maps is full support of local addressing system (building-sub building) as well as real house contours on select maps.
Easy to Use Interface
The product features an easy to use interface that gets familiar even to novice users very fast, which is essential for a program you use daily on your trips.
Coverage
More expensive iDA Europe edition includes maps for all European countries, including Ukraine, Belarus, as well as other Eastern and Western Europe countries, plus Russian Federation (39 countries total).
Less expensive iДА Россия only includes the maps of Russia (more than 100 cities and 28 regions of Russia are supported, including 48 towns of Moscow Region and 43 of Leningrad Region).
Detours and Retours
Certain map contain inner routes for the buildings located far from main roads to assist you getting exactly where you need to get.
Pricing and License
iDA Europe sells for $109.99 and has a 7-day trial period allowing you unlimited use with no features removed to try the application. Each license entitles you for use of the application on one device, free 1.x upgrades and priority e-mail support during 1 year after the purchase.
iДА Россия goes for $59.99 and also has a 7-day trial period allowing you unlimited use with no features removed to try the application. Each license entitles you for use of the application on one device, free 1.x upgrades and priority e-mail support during 1 year after the purchase.
How To Install
From Icy or Cydia: Add a new source http://apt.ripdev.com and then install iDA Europe or iДА Россия from the Navigation category. Due to the large size of the package (totalling to 2 Gb for the Europe edition and about 160 Mb for the Russia one) we strongly recommend you to use InstallerApp or at least be connected to the high-speed Wi-Fi connection. Do not attempt to install this package over 3G or GPRS connection — this may ruin your karma*.
* Not scientifically proven.
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