NDrive, celebrating their presence at CES 2010, decided to release special navigation software for iPhone – NDrive Las Vegas with aerial photos of the city. During CES this GPS navigation app for the iPhone will be available to be downloaded for free which includes over 400 MB of detailed city pictures and POI database. NDrive partnered with Blom, a Norwegian company that provides aerial photography for this special version of the app.

Here are some of the features:

• map of the Vegas with detailed Blom’s aerial photos took at 5 different angles
• map data stored on iPhone, no data connection necessary
• gesture recognition for menu, zooming, tilting and panning the map for better display and control of the map

NDrive GPS navigation app – which has been available on the iPhone is now available for Android users. What’s difference between Google Maps Navigation and NDrive? and why should you pay for NDrive when Google Maps Navigation is free? Well first off Google Maps Navigation needs a high speed data service for the app to be useful, and secondly not everybody lives in the U.S. where Google Maps Navigation works. So NDrive uses complete maps installed on your phone and does not require 3G data service which maybe costly for some people.

NDrive offers turn-by-turn voice instructions, itineraries, searching by many different categories, three distinct modes of routing, favorites, points of interest and radar databases. Some other features include advanced itineraries with multiple waypoints for trip planning, some 3D objects for buildings and landmarks, availability of both ABC or QWERTY keyboard modes, and automatic Day/Night mode switching.

NDrive will work on Android versions 1.5, 1.6, and 2.0 which include devices such as Motorola Droid, T-Mobile’s G1, HTC’s Magic, Hero, and Dream, and the Samsung i7500.

NDrive has been part of the iPhone GPS navigation apps list for a while with the US version of their software which cost $30 last time we checked.

Just recently they launched two new low cost GPS applications for the iPhone, NDrive LA and NDrive New York City.

These new apps are fully functional in all the ways that the country applications are. The only difference is that the map coverage will be of a smaller area, and valid for one year. These little details bring down the price by quite a bit – making the app available for $5.

Great for visiting a city for the first time perhaps – or if you never leave that city. But in that case you wouldn’t really need GPS navigation app – or would you?

Want to make the best use of your iPhone’s GPS navigation capabilities? Why not try on the NDrive navigation solution for size? This $32.99 app is half as cheap as those provided by TomTom, Navigon or Magellan, but it ain’t too shabby either with built-in maps, automatic day/night switching for easier viewing, speeding alert alarms, alphabetical or QWERTY keyboard option, POIs with favorites, descriptions, phone and website links as well as voice instructions.