Building upon the tremendously successful release of Gogo Navigator apps in Korea and Japan, EnGIS Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of navigation software, announced the launch of the Gogo Navigator for North America.

Gogo Navigator software is well known in North America for powering many leading in-dash and portable navigation (PND) products, but this is the first time for its release as a smartphone application in this territory. Gogo brings over 12 years of navigation and digital mapping experience from EnGIS Technologies direct to the iPhone. It has been designed and optimized specially for this platform with many unique customizations available to the user.


The product is packed with useful navigation features which include Real-3D, Text-To-Speech voice guidance from Loquendo, Advanced Lane Guidance, Real Signpost display, Google Local Search, millions of onboard POIs and much more.


Gogo Navigator current provides three important languages for USA and Canada; namely, US English (includes TTS option), Latin American Spanish and Canadian French. EnGIS will add support for Japanese and Korean languages with upcoming releases.


Loquendo Text-to-Speech provides an extensive choice of expressive voices in 30 languages, including 10 voices for the North American markets in US English, Canadian French and American Spanish, all able to read messages and route directions clearly and fluently.


EnGIS is now working on a new TMC in-app feature which will be released as an in-app purchase in the coming weeks. This real-time traffic information will be provided by Clear Channel Total Traffic Network (CCTTN) which covers all major metropolitan areas and connecting highways across North America. With this rich feature set on such a well polished application, EnGIS expect Gogo Navigator to be a most compelling navigation offering on the US and Canada App Store.


"We're excited to be part of this new application development, and it's good to know that all the high quality features which we've come to expect from EnGIS navigation devices have now been made available for the iPhone, including localized search, outstanding 3-D display, and Loquendo's expressive synthetic speech," said Luisa Cordano, Sales Manager of Embedded Technologies at Loquendo.

EnGIS Technologies is expanding its coverage of Gogo Navigator smartphone apps to include Mexico, Brazil and Western Europe.

Gogo Navigator USA & CAN is initially offered at the specially reduced price of $29.99 to mark its launch in North America.

About EnGIS Technologies

EnGIS Technologies, Inc. is a software company that develops GPS satellite navigation software and Location Based Services (LBS). EnGIS offers the world's fastest and most innovative navigation software for mobile devices. The EnGIS product range, marketed under the brand name of Gogo, include advanced features such as text to speech, advanced lane guidance, TMC traffic and world-leading Real-3D which offers a breathtaking, realistic map display. The Gogo Navigation series supports a wide range of GPS-enabled devices - including in-dash units, Portable Navigation Devices (PND), and smartphones - and is available in East Asia, North and South America and Europe. EnGIS was founded in Korea in 1998. For more information see www.engistech.com To arrange interviews or for additional information, please contact: EnGIS Technologies, Inc.: +82-2-571-0576 info@engistech.com EnGIS and Gogo are trademarks of EnGIS Technologies, Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, iPod, iPod touch, and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About Loquendo

Awarded Speech Industry 'Market Leader' for the past four consecutive years, Loquendo provides a complete range of speech technologies for server, embedded and desktop solutions - in 30 languages with 72 voices, and constantly growing - helping businesses deliver a next-generation client experience while saving them millions each year. Loquendo Embedded Technologies are innovative, easy-to-integrate solutions deployed in more than 14 million mobile and on-board navigation systems globally, as well as powering PDAs, assistive devices, virtual Web-assistants and other embedded solutions around the world. Loquendo TTS, Loquendo ASR, and Loquendo Speaker Verification are high-quality, high-performance technologies, also available on the Loquendo MRCP Server and VoxNauta VoiceXML, CCXML & SCXML platform.

Loquendo is a Telecom Italia company headquartered in Turin, Italy, with offices in the US, UK, Spain, Germany and France, and a global network of partners. For more info, and to hear Loquendo TTS for yourself, go to www.loquendo.com.