April 8, 2011

Sygic announces availability of its turn-by-turn voice guided navigation for bada smartphones. The applications for Austria and Switzerland, Benelux, Germany, France, Iberia, Italy, Russia and UK and Ireland are now available for purchase at Samsung Apps online store. The applications for Poland, Turkey, India and Thailand are in approval process and will appear in Samsung Apps soon.

Sygic's Mobile Maps GPS navigation applications turn Samsung Wave and Wave II into a full-featured navigation devices. With the complete set of features for car navigation and all maps on-board without the need to use data download for navigation; it is an ideal tool for daily commuting or holiday travels. The application is now available for Samsung bada OS enthusiasts on Samsung Apps online store for following regions:

Austria and Switzerland http://www.sam­sungapps.com/to­pApps/topAppsDe­tail.as?produc­tId=G00000659905&lis­tYN=Y

Benelux http://www.sam­sungapps.com/to­pApps/topAppsDe­tail.as?produc­tId=G00000659820&lis­tYN=Y

Germany http://www.sam­sungapps.com/to­pApps/topAppsDe­tail.as?produc­tId=G00000658872&lis­tYN=Y

France http://www.sam­sungapps.com/to­pApps/topAppsDe­tail.as?produc­tId=G00000659041&lis­tYN=Y

Iberia http://www.sam­sungapps.com/to­pApps/topAppsDe­tail.as?produc­tId=G00000659329&lis­tYN=Y

Italy http://www.sam­sungapps.com/to­pApps/topAppsDe­tail.as?produc­tId=G00000508938&lis­tYN=Y

Russia http://www.sam­sungapps.com/to­pApps/topAppsDe­tail.as?produc­tId=G00000659414&lis­tYN=Y

UK and Ireland http://www.sam­sungapps.com/to­pApps/topAppsDe­tail.as?produc­tId=G00000659575&lis­tYN=Y

Poland (coming soon)

Turkey (coming soon)

India (coming soon)

Thailand (coming soon)

Any application mentioned above is available for an introductory price of 9.99 Euro or 9.99 USD. The introductory price for the application is valid until April 14th, 2011, then the standard price of 29.99 Euro or 29.99 USD applies.

Watch the video of Sygic on Samsung bada phone at: http://ww­w.youtube.com/wat­ch?v=bFkkzmbPNtc

Features and benefits of Sygic GPS Navigation for bada:

• All latest maps on board of the phone.
• Speed cameras, speed limits and railway crossings warnings provide safety for the driver and others.
• Signposts help head in the right direction.
• Lane assistant informs about the correct lane to be in.
• Ready for on-line Real-Time Traffic service (in regions where available)
• Online sharing of speed traps or road incident locations.
• Option to navigate to addresses stored in phone's Contacts.
• Automatically or manually adjustable color schemes for day and night use.
• Full support of automatic rotation to portrait mode full-screen mode.
• User interface and voice guide speak in 20 languages.
• Search for millions of restaurants and other points of interest, with an option to call in, find parking, and navigate to.
• Designing trip with multi-stop route planning before start.
• Option to see the summary or demonstration of the trip before start.
• Avoiding a roadblock with a single click.
• Advanced control over favorites.
• User -customizable data fields on the main navigation screen.

Real-Time Traffic Service is an add-on option. 
The user can purchase it from Sygic e-shop in form of a 1-year subscription to the service for selected country or region. 
Data transfer is not included in the service charge.

 

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Media contact: Anna Hurbanic, PR Manager, ahurbanic@sygic.com

About Sygic www.sygic.com

Sygic develops, markets and sells innovative, location-based products and turn-by-turn voice-guided GPS navigation software. Sygic Mobile Maps applications are present across more than 200 types of devices and operating systems such as the iPhone, iPad, bada, Symbian, Maemo, Android, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Windows XP/Vista and Linux. The revolutionary Sygic Aura is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, PND and InDash devices and it is under preparation for further platforms. Sygic's GPS/LBS software is delivered worldwide in English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Italian, and 20 other languages. 
Sygic works with map industry leaders for supreme mapping support through all regions of the globe and it cooperates strongly with leading PND and phone manufactures globally to bring the latest technology to markets everywhere.

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