I have currently the Epic 4g Touch from Sprint and i'm using google navigation and was wondering if there were other options that are better, that post speed limits and such? I heard telenav and navigon were pretty good? Any suggestions?
Telenav is good, but not as good as Google Navugation. Neither to my knowledge post speed limits, or even give you your current speed. That would be a nice feature. I use Google Nav myself.
I've tried a number of different apps but I always come back to Google Maps + Navigation. It works just about everywhere and supports offline. I just haven't found anything that is "better enough" to switch.
Did you try NAVIGON? A friend of mine used it and he loved it..
For me GoogleMaps as a free service is still the best
Google Maps is definitely the best. If your GPS is acting wonky, I like GPS AIDS. Seemed to fix me right up on my Streak.
Navigation by Google for me .
Hi I am using Sygic Aura..it works gr8 on my SGII...you dont need an active data connection...I would really recommend this....
I aam using Sygic Mobile Maps 10 on my wildfire and it is very good!It also says the speed of the vehicle and also estimates the time remaining to arrive!
I have tried the Mapquest app for Android, but nothing beats Google Navigation Beta.
Anyone try out waze? I have it but it currently force closes on ICS, so hopefully they a fix out for ICS...lifehacker really liked it.
How about a GPS that can plan a detour for you? Often I'd like to find a good place to eat on the way to a client. I saw a couple in the market, but they were both totally broken. Yelp integration would be sweet too.
I found Trapster has pretty accurate speed limits on it's GPS system. Most everything works well and then there's the added benefit of seeing where the PoPo hide in unfamiliar territory.
Places (the big Red exclamation point) that comes on a lot of Android phones now, seems to do a good job finding restaurants in new places. Just tell it what your craving!
Hope that helps.
I vote for navigation from google maps. It's the best
Sygic Navigation is very good and has got all good features mentioned by others here. You can customize it as per your own settings and very accurate in terms of map.
Google Navigation has given me issues, but NAVIGON usually works very well for me.
Navigation by Google
I've started using waze. Haven't tried it for much, but it does seem to have been patched to work with ICS (I'm using ICS Passion on a Samsung Vibrant.)
I agree.....Navigation by Google has worked very well for me. I travel the country quite a bit.
Navigation by google the best no doubt, i recommend to use it
sygic is good
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Hey all,
I routinely use my Titan browser to look up the address of a business, then put that address in a GPS Navigator program to navigate to that address. I was wondering what you all think is the be all/end all program to complete this task. I've been using iGo 8 as it's got by far the best interface and maps, though you can't look up a business while in the program. I've also used Google Maps which does a great job of looking up the business address, but a crap job of navigating you to it. Finally, I've used Yahoo Go! a little bit, which is ok, but not the best. I welcome all your opinions...
Mapquest Navigator does a good job for me after using SprintNav for a long time for free....... Lots of feature and 50 bucks a year is alright.
i use tom tom 7 with maps usa & canada works great locks in 5 seconds in the basemant also names and addreses i am gettin from live search and save them in contacts list so its easy to navigate in tom tom
Not sure if its the best, but I've been very happy with iGuidance.
Once I got gpsGate and aGPS it has been flawless.
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Mapquest Navigator does a good job for me after using SprintNav for a long time for free....... Lots of feature and 50 bucks a year is alright.
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Crud, apparently mapquest navigator does not support verizon?!?
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Crud, apparently mapquest navigator does not support verizon?!?
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My guess is they say that because Verizon locks down the gps so you can only use it with VZ Navigator, but if you're on this site, I'm sure you have enabled it on your XV6800, so I would still give it a try.
Microsoft Live Search.
It does a great job at searching and the routing isn't bad either. It only has a 'ding' as you approach a turn, no voice navigation.
I have TomTom and hate it. IMHO, Live Search is very good compared to TT.
I'm a Garmin XT user my self. I've loaded City guide and Topo maps on it so if I'm in the city or out in the woods I've got it covered. It uses the same maps and charts that have been produced for Garmins other devices. I haven't looked in to it yet but the Ocean navigational charts should be able to load on there also.
Due to my rural location data is not reliable. When hiking hundreds of miles from the nearest tower its not even an after thought. So i prefer to have all of the map data located on my 8gb HCSD. The entire Island of Newfoundland is ~20 mb for each map.
The Dir. on the device is 4.8 mb (for V5) the rest is on the card.
The City guide maps are the most detailed i have seen yet. Many of the smaller roads in my area were not on Tom Tom.
The down side is that it costs quite a bit. I have mapsource software from other devices so it wasn't that much for me. I have seen reference to a "re-pack" from other discussions, located on the torrent sites but that's at your own risk.
Chris
Live search and Google maps.......best free apps....I prefer Livesearch......
Sprint Navigation is also great for a free app....
TT7 is my software of choice. i dont know about anyone else, but i kinda like variety in my GPS, so i pretty much have all of them and pick and choose based on what im feelin and whichever one i press first.
I've tried a number of programs:
iGO: Beautiful maps, great interface, good voice prompts, very accurate... but it's a HUGE memory hog. You can't do anything else when running it. I've even had my phone fail because of lack of memory. Not acceptable if I can't make and receive calls.
iGuidance: Very low memory usage. Accurate. Buttons are small, hard to use when in the car. Graphics are not great looking. I had some quirks with the display when switching between Landscape and Portrait modes.
TomTom: Graphics are better than iGuidance, not as good as iGo. Buttons are large and easy to use in the car. Accurate. Memory usage is low. I was able to plot and follow a 2.5 hour trip and play my music with Media Player without an hitch in TomTom or the music.
All things considered, I'd love to use iGo, but the huge amount of memory usage makes it a not go for the Titan's wimpy 64megs. TomTom uses a lot less memory and is only a small step down from iGo's graphics.
Garmin Mobile XT with the newest patch/ver
I am useing Garmin Mobile XT and am on ver 5.00.20wp and it works great and new features integrate onling functions very well. Graphics are best I have seen and it gives gas prices, locations, speed limits, cameras, and google looks up stuff thats not in your database of poi's.
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I am useing Garmin Mobile XT and am on ver 5.00.20wp and it works great and new features integrate onling functions very well. Graphics are best I have seen and it gives gas prices, locations, speed limits, cameras, and google looks up stuff thats not in your database of poi's.
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Another vote here... Garmin Mobile XT seems to integrate the best of the online services (gas prices, traffic, etc) with the ability to be used as a true standalone GPS (not reliant on a data connection). I travel a few places where I lose my data connection (no phone service at all) and Garmin doesn't even blink, with all the map info stored on the microSD card.
IGo 8
IGO 8 is by far the smoothest, sexiest and quickest recalculating map and trust me I have used them all.
Cons: You must disable everything running in the background before using. I have never had a problem with receiving calls. I leave my bluetooth headset hooked up while navigating so my device can remain in holster. Just do a soft reset before you run the program run oxios hibernate and if you have about 25 megs free initially I drove 2600 miles with it recaluculating and just sitting still while I went in no problems.
Garmin XT is my second choice because I find it easy to use and very dependable.
Live Search and Google Maps require internet connection and were useless in the smokey mountains, except to prime agps.
Garmin XT
I have Garmin XT and it's great. I also use Google maps from time to time, it's better if you want to check out an area you kind of know real fast and also it has the sat maps which can be nice sometimes. But for actual naviagation Garmin blows Google away. Memory is sometimes an issue but with the latest DCD 3.2.6 it's less and less of a prob.
wasnt sure if i should put this here or in the general forum.
Disclaimer: I used igo with my winmo device (ATT tilt) so i may be a bit biased. igo was also the first navigation software i used
So i do not have a data plan, i use wifi most of the time. Does anyone have a recommendation on the best gps software for our phones (unlike most people my gps works, even though it takes about 2-3 minutes for a cold fix.
Here are the ones i know:
COPILOT 8
I got copilot 8, sweet interface (truly the best gps interface out there), runs quite smoothly. only one problem:
-It calculates the best route horribly.
-POIs are great.... if you do not like popular chains ( can you beleive it has no burger king, mcdonalds, popeyes or any of the popular fast food places).
-you need to specify a city to find the street (just never liked that)
-super fast and smooth, no lag and hardly any choppiness except when panning the map
- live weather (traffic to come soon)
- great detour options (can choose to avoid any road on your route)
- displays pois right on the map so you can see every POI right on the map without having to go searching in the menu.
kinda nice just to click an icon and see everything around you.... now only if it had half of the things around you in its database
-uses your default keyboard (could be good or bad)
* the poi issue can kinda be fixed if you have a data connection, it can do an internet search for places, then you can save them to your favorites, but next time you want to find some other place you have not been to, get ready to use the internet again. but if you want that, might as well stick with google/bing navigation
so basically copilot 8 UI : SUPERB
actual navigating: Crap
IGO
so igo has 2 navi softwares, and unfortunately for us, none work on our devices properly.
igo motonav (the one i actually tested): resolution is meant for motorola android devices, which are 54 pixels longer.
igo myway: resolution is way smaller (320 x 480 i think), only takes up about a third of our screen real estate.
there is a work around for motonav to make it fit our screen, but for some reason it still produces a very choppy/laggy experience, but still very useable.
so basically: igo has the great navigation capabilities
-, an ok UI,
-EVERY POI YOU WILL EVER WANT
-ability to search for a street without specifying a city
-also has live traffic
-NO OPTIONS FOR DETOURS, only detours i could find was traffic detour, and that it does automatically if it finds too much traffic on your route.
-has its own keyboard, kinda makes it easier for finding places since it eliminates letters while you type
-You do have alternate routes depending on how you want to travel (fast, economical, short etc)
SO OVERALL:
igo: better maps, poi and actual navigation
copilot: better UI, ease of use, smoothness/speed of software and quite a few more navigation options.
does anyone have any suggestions on a gps app that combines both igos 'actual navigation' ability and copilots 'features/smoothness'? Or a quick fix to get better POIs on copilot easily
hopes this helps anyone looking for navigation software, feel free to leave input
I don't have a data plan either. And I'm a CoPilot fan simply cause due to it's ease of use. Plug in an address, it gets you there. Usually when I need a GPS I'm in a hurry somewhere and rely on the GPS to get me there as fast as possibly so this is why I appreciate the CoPilot.
I also like how pretty it looks on the Vibrant. Very high resolution, responsive, and it has VOICE! I'm not sure if Igo has voice but for me, that is a BIG feature while driving. I integrate it with my music so I listen to music and every now and then a nice voice tells me where to go. I don't need to look at it much. I love it
I have been using Copilot since September of 2009. Earlier versions had all sorts of problems and imagine it running on G1 - slow and paiinful. It was working very well on my Vibrant pretty from the software side but the Vibrant GPS problems made it rather hit or miss as my device would accasionally freeze or reboot. So, following suggestions of many, I have finally bit the bullet and reset my Vibrant to factory settings. I reinstalled Copilot from the Market but now it tells me that my trial period has expired and I am not able to go past that to enter my product license key. Earlier this year I have even bought the live traffic for a year for $20 and I have a separate product license key for that as well. However, as a result of being completely locked out of the software by the initial activation (where you have to enter your Google checkout number and Copilot ID) screen, I am unable to use it anymore. I paid $35 for the software and $20 for the traffic addon and I am completely unable to use it as if I was a pirate that stole the darn thing - great job ALK Sofware. I opened an online support request but they are notorious for not answering these requests so I am not holding my breath at this point for ever being able to use their software again - unless I change my Google account and buy the software again I guess but that is just not going to happen. Very frustrating...
Bottom line is, Copilot is great when it works but once you have problems with it, good luck getting their support and fixing your issue.
So, since Copilot is quickly turning into a throwaway for me, does anybody else have some comparable or hopefully better suggestions? Has anybody heard of or used Sygic Aura for example? How about Destinator? Any input and reviews will be greatly appreciated since I seem to be in a market for a new navigation software. Thank you in advance...
if you search the internet hard, you could find people who have modified igo to fit our screens
I've been using Sygic Mobile Maps for some time now. Have used it on Windows Mobile and it's even better (more responsive on my Android (Galaxy S i9000).
Hi All,
Anyone aware if or when there will be a Tomtom app for android devices?
Cheers, markski
dont think TomTom has its own app, but there are enouf gps apps that are great
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dont think TomTom has its own app, but there are enouf gps apps that are great
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Yes, CoPilot and Sygic are good enough to compete with TomTom.
Copilot and Sygic are not true alternatives to TomTom
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Yes, CoPilot and Sygic are good enough to compete with TomTom.
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Could you please give examples on how does Copilot and Sygic compete with TomTom ? I have tried both and I still keep looking forward a TomTom on Android.
Starting with Sygic:
It was crashing so much on my Galaxy S2 during the trial that I didn't need to bother to buy it for further testing.
Copilot Live Premium was the best for Android and I actually bough it.
Among the many interesting features, Copilot allows you find alternative routes according to the traffic information (paid service but worth it). The most unique feature that I couldn't find in any other Android navigation software was the "Drag the route or destination to fine-tune your itinerary" where you can adjust the route like in the Google maps on your desktop, defining waypoints to avoid typical congestion points like road works or temporarily closed roads.
Overall Copilot is nice but there are some serious TomTom features missing like:
-TomTom HD Traffic
-Map Share technology (continuous TomTom and User map fixes). This is a serious missing feature.
TomTom is very basic in compared with other competitors but it is very stable.
they are working on release for android. you may refer from this link... last year's news anyway...
i stopped using my tomtom over 6 months ago and now use google maps with the pocketgps speed camera app, no need for tomtom
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I use Sygic since some months nearly daily on my SGS2 (2.3.6) - since the last updates it is very stable....
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Starting with Sygic:
It was crashing so much on my Galaxy S2 during the trial that I didn't need to bother to buy it for further testing.
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Just use igo. New maps are on the net everywhere
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Yes, CoPilot and Sygic are good enough to compete with TomTom.
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Not even near by
Sygic and igo
I have both Sygic and igo on my Samsung (incase one crashes in the middle of nowhere!) and find both excellent, but prefer Sygic although its heavier on system resources. (Sygic is closest to tom tom since it actually uses tom tom maps!)
I´m not a big fan of TomTom, but i had it one my Winmo and my iPhone and i can compare it to Sygic, iGo(Winmo) and Copilot.
TomTom misses some important things, like giving you proper information where exectly you have to go (street name, direccion).
BUT: Where i live, it´s the only navigation system, google maps/navigation included that finds the best routes. All others come with crappy results and Sygic and Navigon are mad.
How i see if TomTom works by loading maps from a storage device (sdcard) and Google maps uses ur internet to download up to date maps from Google servers.
So if they it's a new highway TomTom would not see it till you update the maps on your own while it auto does it for Google maps...
Im not sure about the other to.. Copiloet is not free and idk how it works its between 9.99 and 52bucks
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Pretty sure there was some deal with TomTom and apple if I remember correctly... can't think of where I read that though
I hope to see it but have given up waiting
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Google Maps isn't always up to date. Still yet to see the new roads in my area which a new housing estate was built on two years ago.
edit: just checked Bing's maps and they have the new roads mapped
Coming from WinMobile to Android, I'm also waiting for TomTom.
Google Maps? No way. Not everywhere you go, here in Canada, has good cell phone reception. Don't mention data plans are expensive.
I have tried Sygic or Navigon. Both have problem in their stability and navigation engines. I won't trust either when driving in cities with lots of twists and turns.
I'm using IGo. So far, I like it the most and it's my own navig. device. Stable, and accurate directions. Easy to use like TomTom. It's even better in address search given their intelligent keyboard input eliminating those letters/numbers not found in the neighborhood involved.
TomTom is the best in that it's stable, accurate, no-nonsense, clean and intuitive interface.
My 2 cents.
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How i see if TomTom works by loading maps from a storage device (sdcard) and Google maps uses ur internet to download up to date maps from Google servers.
So if they it's a new highway TomTom would not see it till you update the maps on your own while it auto does it for Google maps...
Im not sure about the other to.. Copiloet is not free and idk how it works its between 9.99 and 52bucks
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Google Maps lags up to several years behind Tomtom PNA's.
Tomtom uses TeleAtlas maps, which it owns.
Bing Maps uses NAVTEQ.
Two different companies providing different maps at different intervals.
Waze and Navigon are both excellent.
No one uses Ndrive??
I use
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Apart from Google Maps, is there any other free GPS on Android?
Is there a offline navigation application that can take over as the default?
I tried several but when I click on( for example) the direction button on Yelp, only the default map application shows up under the 'Complete Action Using ' dialog
have you tried copilot? Works well for me but I have never tried yelp with it.
There is not really a good FREE one. The best one I've found is ALK the GoPilot Live. I've tried Sygic, and I don't like it (used the "free trial" version) and decided that CoPilot was cheaper and better.
There is another one out, NAVFREE, but wouldn't touch that one yet...They have the street I live on identified in the wrong town.
Garmin has one, but it's more like "guess we gotta make one for Android" mentality. I think there is much to be desired right now in their app. Tom-Tom also has one, but based on so many negative reviews in other forums, I never bothered to even try it....I think it's one of those "Love it or hate it" programs.
Your Online choices are (with a tethered phone for WiFi): Google Navigation, and WAZE. Even when running CoPilot, I usually run WAZE, because of it's social networking feature (it's route choices suck). Users on the road can report "active" situations - cops/accidents/heavy traffic/construction, etc. With that running, I can check periodically on the status of the road conditions, and use the CO-Pilot for routing. Remember, when tethered, your carrier data rates apply.
Hope I helped,
Bob
Hey,
Ive just updated my android to a windows phone 8 Lumia 920 and I used google maps navigation a lot on my old android.
Im trying to use Nokia maps for walking navigation, but it never seems to show what way im pointing, which makes it very hard to understand and use....on more than one occasion ive walked the wrong way before realising im doing so
Does Nokia maps not have a compass feature???? Nokia City lens has it, so they know how to use the feature!! but city lets wont let me do walking navigation between 2 points so its useless to me there
Unfortunately Nokia Maps don't have this feature...
I hope Nokia will implement it soon in the next versions...
The biggest problem is as you said to start to walk in the right direction, sometime it's helpful to look around and read the street names to understand in which direction you should start walking...
If you like Google maps better you can use gMaps from the Microsoft Store...
It also has a compass feature...
Thanks for your reply
Im actually quite amazed that an app which has a major feature such as a 'walking directions' doesnt have a compass. Nokia seems to have it all backwards
Thanks for the gmap tip! Ill try using that for a bit but may end up switching back to my android purely for their Google maps navigation software (as driving includes traffic too, unlike Nokia Drive )
It comes all down to personal preferences i like Nokia drive better than Google Maps navigation... But I don't use ether of them...
For me right now Navigon is the best Navigation Software an Windows Phone...
I like it more than the Android version...
Anyway can you suggest me a full blown navigation software on Android??
I tried Navigon but I'm not really satisfied.. I don't like the UI at all...
I pretty much swear by Google maps navigation on android. Its never done me wrong in terms of driving or walking navigation (and it uses the compass feature!!!)
Additionally it gives you a good traffic overview which is constantly updated.
Only negative is that its pretty much online only, although you can now download small parts of your map for offline navigation (but we are talking up to around 5-10 mile radius)
I like Google maps for walking navigation but i really don't like it for car navigation...
It seems i have to search and test a little bit more...
I agree there are better driving nav systems out there, but the traffic assistance and ability to reroute to absolutely anything in the Google maps system is really useful to me! For free I'm not sure there's anything out there close to it, but if you find something better I'd be very interested to try it out
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It comes all down to personal preferences i like Nokia drive better than Google Maps navigation... But I don't use ether of them...
For me right now Navigon is the best Navigation Software an Windows Phone...
I like it more than the Android version...
Anyway can you suggest me a full blown navigation software on Android??
I tried Navigon but I'm not really satisfied.. I don't like the UI at all...
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I bought Sygic on Android and it works fine. They update maps often and you get no problem changing device. Speed limits are not correct. for example, all around Geneva it is indicated 120 km/h for highway and it should be 100km/h. Nokia drive is more precise, but their maps are older (more than two years traffic changes not updated near home. I'm sure it will come soon.