May 12th, 2011

Navmii locates 2 million users, pushes 300,000 updates to OpenSteetMap

Navmii, maker of Navmii GPS Live, the low-cost Sat-Nav solution for iOS, along with the free OpenStreetMap-powered NavFree, has announced that it has garnered more than 2 million users in 12 months.

But more interesting is that Navmii users have contributed over 300,000 updates to the ‘Wikipedia of maps’ OpenStreetMap project, a trend that is on course to make NavFree “as accurate as most… → Read More

December 20th, 2010

Navmii's free iPhone Sat-Nav app crosses the pond to the U.S.

NavFree, the free Sat-Nav solution for iPhone (and iPad) from Navmii, has seen a U.S. roll out with maps now covering North America.

The app, which originally targeted the UK & Republic of Ireland-only, is powered by the ‘do-it-yourself’ OpenStreepMap project – hence its freeness – and offers features such as full turn-by-turn voice guided navigation, off-line support via fully downloaded… → Read More

November 3rd, 2010

We're all in this together – NavFree sees 70,000 OpenStreetMap updates in a month

NavFree, the free Sat-Nav solution for iPhone (and iPad) from Navmii, has seen more than half a million downloads in its first month and is growing at a rate of 10,000 new users per day. That’s not too shabby considering that it’s a UK & Republic of Ireland-only offering, although perhaps not so surprising considering the app’s free-ness and the expense of some of its rivals.

More impressive… → Read More

September 27th, 2010

Navmii jumps on the OpenStreetMap bandwagon, releases free Sat-Nav for iPhone

For those too tightfisted to pony up the required €3.99 for Navmii’s GPS Live iPhone Sat-Nav solution, the company has gone one better, launching NavFree, a turn-by-turn solution that costs absolutely nothing.

However, like Skobbler’s ‘do-it-yourself’ iPhone offering, it’s powered by the ‘Wikipedia of maps’ OpenStreetMap project, meaning that, where necessary, users are required to… → Read More

April 15th, 2010

Navmii brings Sat-Nav to iPhone for €3.99, GPS race to the bottom continues

[UK] Following Google’s move to offer free satellite navigation in the US, and Nokia’s response to make its world-wide turn-by-turn solution also free, it was inevitable that other providers would join the race to the bottom.

That’s exactly what’s happened with today’s announcement that UK startup Navmii in partnership with map provider Automotive Navigation Data (AND) is offering an iPhone… → Read More