NAVIGON Introduces the OpenAPI “AppInteract”

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

NAVIGON AG, the leading provider of mobile phone on-board navigation, today announced the availability of AppInteract, an open app interface for iPhone application developers. AppInteract provides a simple script that embeds a link into any app to launch NAVIGON’S MobileNavigator with a simple tap, and at the same time transfers an address to instantly deliver turn-by-turn directions.

AppInteract promotes the powerful model of communication between applications on the iPhone by offering developers an easy way to link and launch MobileNavigator as a premium navigation provider for their application. AppInteract meets the needs that countless location based app users face: great content is found such as restaurants, reviews or city guides, but these apps can’t provide instant turn-by-turn directions. With AppInteract developers can integrate a direct link to MobileNavigator, which provides directions to the found content, in just a tap. This way, users don’t have to remember and manually enter an address or point of interest into the NAVIGON app.

“For example, if you find a restaurant in an app that has implemented our AppInteract interface, you can get turn-by-turn directions to a chosen place instantly,” said Gerhard Mayr, vice-president worldwide mobile phones and new markets, NAVIGON. “Our aim is to provide elegant and easy to use navigation solutions, for our customers, as well as to the developer community.”

NAVIGON provides all information required to incorporate the link seamlessly into existing apps. A document with instructions can be downloaded at: www.navigon.com/appinteract.

“As one of the first to implement and use NAVIGON’S AppInteract interface, we found it was a problem-free way to integrate, test and deploy an award winning navigation technology,” said Ortwin Gentz, CEO, FutureTap. “Users can launch their MobileNavigator directly from the Where To? 2.5 application and are guided to the chosen point of interest. Location Based Services and real turn-by-turn navigation perfectly match and fit with our vision of a collaborative and linked application environment.”

NAVIGON is dedicated to delivering premium navigation software for multiple mobile phone platforms. The company recently launched MobileNavigator for Windows Phone and announced an application for Android phones. According to the latest market data from Canalys, NAVIGON is the industry leader of on-board/perpetual navigation solutions for mobile phones in the U.S. with a market share of 23 percent.

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About NAVIGON:

NAVIGON AG a world leading provider of premium navigation technology. NAVIGON delivers software on mobile phone platforms and for the automotive industry as well as branded personal navigation devices. NAVIGON’S MobileNavigator is the most feature rich on-board navigation app on the iPhone platform. Founded in 1991, NAVIGON employs more than 400 worldwide with a presence in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South Africa. – NAVIGON. And the world is yours.