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Friday, June 19. 2009

New, Pay-as-You Go iPhone Turn-by-turn App

The app, by respected NIM, is called Gokivo and was announced on Wednesday (press release, which notes required subscription). It's got a one star (lowest) rating at the AppStore and some suggest it is misleading consumers with a $1 fee, but then an add-on charge for one minute, ten minutes or a month's worth of navigating. On top of that, at least one user found the directions wanting.

Also interesting:
- Apple is featuring the app on the front page of the App Store.
- It uses Yahoo! Local.

- iLounge

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Apple at 08:10 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0) | Bookmark and Share

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A contact from NIM shares this link where the company explains in its Corporate Blog what happened in the first days in the App Store.
http://blog.networksinmotion.com/2009/06/18/day-2-in-the-app-store-2/

Also, the company is offering refunds and free songs to those impacted by the errors.
http://networksinmotion.com/newsroom/06_19_2009_Gokivo_Pricing.php
#1 Adena Schutzberg (Link) on 2009-06-20 07:34 (Reply)
Gizmodo explains some of the pricing issue of turn-by-turn and praises NIM for being the first into the chute for what's expected to be a big change in the nature and price of apps.
http://gizmodo.com/5297473/app-store-subscriptions-mean-more-expensive-hopefully-better-iphone-apps
#2 Adena Schutzberg (Link) on 2009-06-21 21:00 (Reply)
C|net review: mixed. Interestingly, the app integrates Google Maps.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10271438-233.html
#3 Adena Schutzberg (Link) on 2009-06-25 07:07 (Reply)

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