Navizon released its Virtual GPS software for the iPhone. Global Positioning System is a missing application that many iPhone owners had wished that Apple had included. Navizon offers a system that allows for getting location information on mobile devices which lack GPS chips using information collected from Wi-Fi access points and cell towers to give the user their position.

The software, retails for US$24.99 needs to be downloaded (.zip file) directly and added to the iPhone via Installer.app, then connect to a Wi-Fi location and create a login. Clicking the “Locate Me” button to allow the program to find you on the map. For best results, Navizon suggests running the “Locate Me” function at least twice in order to have the Wi-Fi scanner become fully operational.

The program is distributed as trial-ware and will remain functional for 15 days before pushing the user to register it. No idea if future iPhone updates will break this application.

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