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NAVIGON has been on the iTunes App Store for one year, and to celebrate the anniversary they’re offering 50% off their turn-by-turn navigation apps and in-app purchases, including MobileNavigator and MyRegion:

To kick off its second year in the App Store, NAVIGON is celebrating for four days (August 12-15) with a half-off promotion for all North American MobileNavigator apps and most other country versions. The In App Purchase options Traffic Live and Panorama View 3D are also 50 percent off. The additional maps in the MyRegion app get a discount of more than 30 percent.

I recently tried MobileNavigator for the first time when I took a trip up north. We were going to be going through areas of no cell coverage so I couldn’t use the built-in, online Maps app (because they wouldn’t load without data). MobileNavigator puts all the maps on your iPhone so even if you lose data, you still have GPS and it can still display the maps. Sure, it makes for a big download (over 1.5GB for all of North America) but I must say it was amazing. It was very smooth and we never noticed when we dropped from 3G to EDGE or offline — it just kept navigating. It even reminded us about a side trip we’d forgotten about on the way and helped us find a restaurant we just couldn’t locate (we had to trust it though, our own sense of north and south had betrayed us!)

All in all I was very happy with it so if you’re looking for an on-board, offline navigation app for your iPhone, and NAVIGON interests you, this is a great time to try it out. (If you do, make sure you tell me how it works for you).

Here’s the app pricing:

• MobileNavigator North America (includes maps for Canada & US): $39.99 instead of $79.99
• MobileNavigator USA: $24.99 instead of $49.99
• MobileNavigator Canada: $29.99 instead of $59.99
• MobileNavigator US MyRegion East, Central or West: $14.99 instead of $29.99, additional regions $11.99 instead of $14.99.

And in-app purchases

• Traffic Live: $12.99 instead of $24.99
• Panorama View 3D: $4.99 instead of $9.99

[iTunes link]

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Don’t want to pay a lot for those EA (Electronic Arts) iPhone and iPad games? Well, you’re in luck – a ton of them are on sale today for just $0.99. Not every game, mind you, but a lot. Here’s the list:

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert
• FIFA 10
• FIFA World Cup
• Madden NFL 10
• Need for Speed Shift
• Need for Speed Undercover
• SimCity
• Dragon’s Lair
• Jewel Quest Mysteries: Curse of the Emerald Tear
• Trivial Pursuit
• NBA Live
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour
• Battleship
• Connect 4
• Surviving High School
• The Game of Life (Classic Edition)
• Clue
• Yahtzee

Here’s the link to go get ‘em. Tell us what you recommend, and what you get. (We’re trying to figure out what we want).

[EA on iTunes]

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Rogue Planet is on sale for free – normally $4.99

Edit: Looks like Rogue Planet’s sale is over We’ll be on the lookout for the next sale when it pops up over the next few days.

As a continuation of Gameloft’s 10th Anniversary Happy Hour, their fun, polished and turn-based gem of a strategy game is on sale for the awesome price of free. This is a whole lot of gameplay offered at an unbelievable value, so it would probably be wise to take Gameloft up on this nice Thursday pick-me-up we’ve been offered.

iTunes Link – Rogue Planet