Smartphones to take over Nav Devices?

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-lif...g.html?page=-1

Now, unless the navigation software is free, ie. no additional charges, then I
can't see how anyone would be silly enough to compromise between say, a Nokia
with its small screen and a decent sized Tom Tom, Garmin or Navman with its
dedicated software and free-to-use functionality.

Now, the iPhone is supposedly coming out with all the gear needed to turn it
into a dedicated navigator. But what about the other brands? Most importantly,
some sort of windscreen or dashboard mounting bracked is required. While the
article says that the iPhone will have this, what about the others?

Marts wrote:

> http://www.theage.com.au/digital-lif...g.html?page=-1

> Now, unless the navigation software is free, ie. no additional charges,

Corse it is.

> then I can't see how anyone would be silly enough to
> compromise between say, a Nokia with its small screen
> and a decent sized Tom Tom, Garmin or Navman with
> its dedicated software and free-to-use functionality.

I dont actually use the larger screen on the TomTom that much.

> Now, the iPhone is supposedly coming out with all the gear needed to
> turn it into a dedicated navigator. But what about the other brands?

Nokia has had that for quite a while now.

> Most importantly, some sort of windscreen
> or dashboard mounting bracked is required.

Nope, I dont bother with that with the TomTom even tho it has that.

> While the article says that the iPhone will have this, what about the others?

They all do.