Oh well, I guess Magellan and I weren't meant to be. I'm deciding between either tomtom or Navigon by the 28th... Unless someone can quickly convince me why magellan is a superior product CONGRATULATIONS TO EDH667 & RAYFIRE!!!
They have just each won a Magellan Roadmate 2010 App!
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Answers:
- What was Frosty the Snowman's last words?
"I'll be back again someday!"- Which country created eggnog?
England- Which reindeers name is also the name of a kitchen cleanser?
Comet- When will the Magellan Premium Car Kit be released?
January 5, 2010 or January 7, 2010- Will the Magellan Premium Car Kit be able to accommodate iPhones with cases/skins?
Yes
Once again, thank you and have a happy holiday season!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO EDH667 & RAYFIRE!!!
They have just each won a Magellan Roadmate 2010 App!
For the participants who didn't win, we would like to thank you for participating and please check back with us for future contests!
Answers:
- What was Frosty the Snowman's last words?
"I'll be back again someday!"- Which country created eggnog?
England- Which reindeers name is also the name of a kitchen cleanser?
Comet- When will the Magellan Premium Car Kit be released?
January 5, 2010 or January 7, 2010- Will the Magellan Premium Car Kit be able to accommodate iPhones with cases/skins?
Yes
Once again, thank you and have a happy holiday season!!!
Yes, it's quite easy to place your phone in the cradle once it has been adjusted for your phone. You will see this in my in-car review video that I will be posting up tomorrow.
Maggie,
Thanks for the app update !
I do have more requests and some bug reports.
Make updates a smaller size.
Please make the arrows for next turn and associated text bigger.
Add Podcast/Book support.
Add AAA ratings and emergency help.
Free traffic and local info.
Add Google local search.
Add more Voices.
Add location based temperature (Nice to know if the road is frozen)
Add the option for the program to auto switch information posted on the lower left of screen Speed/Miles/Time/Direction/Elevation/Time Left/Distance. Bigger Text option.
Allow route change in turns list. Should be able to Block road and have program reroute.
Fix sound bugs related to auto adjust sound based on speed. Had problems where if you exceed the speed limit the sound stays low.
Play list bugs; at times repeats same song back to back not to sure if this was after a reroute or signal loss.
Thanks,
Rad
Comments on the App:
- Still too much lag. Needs to improve and be more snappy.
- "OneTouch" Menu has all those unnecessary "Assign" icons. Magellan needs to fix this and just place only one "Add" button in place of all those unused icons. Let the users be able to simply add more buttons than create a boatload of unused button that scroll all the way down. It's not logical.
- The big black screen asking you to save your car location and just stays put after you reach your destination is annoying. It's covering the whole map and needs to be TRANSPARENT as well as "time out" after a few seconds.
There are times when you may have missed your destination due to traffic and you still need to navigate around the area. That big black screen covering the map is not useful especially if I click "Okay" to save my car location. What if I choose to go around the block first finding for parking then it didn't correctly save the exact car location.
Build an option to press "OK" to save or "Re-Route" to let it know I'm circling around the block first especially if it's a big compound I'm going to. And don't let it be that opaque. Let it be transparent so the map is still visible.
- There has to be a short cut to save and retrieve your car location. I don't readily see it under the "OneTouch" menu. Can we have a specific "CAR" icon so we can easily save and retrieve location information on where we parked the car.
- Satellite GPS signal has to be built in and readily available just like other GPS apps as well as was available on stand-alone GPS devices. It is useful to note how strong the satellite signal is in our area. This should have been built in from the very first version.
- Kindly add more TTS voice options. I really don't like the current male and female voices. How about something more formal and British sounding like a Butler guiding you.
- iPhone Address Book integration is still an epic failure. It cannot read both US and Canada addresses unless you format it to it's specification which we will never know how it likes to read addresses. Google maps can read all my addresses perfectly. It can even detect the informal Canadian formatted address wherein the apartment precedes the street number. For example:
1234 Broadway Drive, Apt 12
can also be read by Google maps as
12 - 1234 Broadway Drive
It can intelligently decipher the street number and name from the above. Whereas Magellan can't even read addresses with a second line with an apartment number. It can't even read properly formatted USPS and CanadaPost addresses. What more addresses like these which are now accepted as the norm in Canada.
- How about defaulting the city based on the current location of the GPS? Must we have to enter and spell the city all over again. Majority of the time users are simply going around the same city.
It would be helpful to simply have the current city name filled out already based on where we are at the moment. If we need to enter another city or scroll thru the previous locations, then we will go thru it.
I hope these suggestions are taken into serious consideration as I'm liking my Navigon iPhone app more and more and the way it is right now, I'll be using the Magellan Premium Car Kit paired with the Navigon.
Comments on the App:
- Still too much lag. Needs to improve and be more snappy.
- "OneTouch" Menu has all those unnecessary "Assign" icons. Magellan needs to fix this and just place only one "Add" button in place of all those unused icons. Let the users be able to simply add more buttons than create a boatload of unused button that scroll all the way down. It's not logical.
- The big black screen asking you to save your car location and just stays put after you reach your destination is annoying. It's covering the whole map and needs to be TRANSPARENT as well as "time out" after a few seconds.
There are times when you may have missed your destination due to traffic and you still need to navigate around the area. That big black screen covering the map is not useful especially if I click "Okay" to save my car location. What if I choose to go around the block first finding for parking then it didn't correctly save the exact car location.
Build an option to press "OK" to save or "Re-Route" to let it know I'm circling around the block first especially if it's a big compound I'm going to. And don't let it be that opaque. Let it be transparent so the map is still visible.
- There has to be a short cut to save and retrieve your car location. I don't readily see it under the "OneTouch" menu. Can we have a specific "CAR" icon so we can easily save and retrieve location information on where we parked the car.
- Satellite GPS signal has to be built in and readily available just like other GPS apps as well as was available on stand-alone GPS devices. It is useful to note how strong the satellite signal is in our area. This should have been built in from the very first version.
- Kindly add more TTS voice options. I really don't like the current male and female voices. How about something more formal and British sounding like a Butler guiding you.
- iPhone Address Book integration is still an epic failure. It cannot read both US and Canada addresses unless you format it to it's specification which we will never know how it likes to read addresses. Google maps can read all my addresses perfectly. It can even detect the informal Canadian formatted address wherein the apartment precedes the street number. For example:
1234 Broadway Drive, Apt 12
can also be read by Google maps as
12 - 1234 Broadway Drive
It can intelligently decipher the street number and name from the above. Whereas Magellan can't even read addresses with a second line with an apartment number. It can't even read properly formatted USPS and CanadaPost addresses. What more addresses like these which are now accepted as the norm in Canada.
- How about defaulting the city based on the current location of the GPS? Must we have to enter and spell the city all over again. Majority of the time users are simply going around the same city.
It would be helpful to simply have the current city name filled out already based on where we are at the moment. If we need to enter another city or scroll thru the previous locations, then we will go thru it.
I hope these suggestions are taken into serious consideration as I'm liking my Navigon iPhone app more and more and the way it is right now, I'll be using the Magellan Premium Car Kit paired with the Navigon.
Maggie,
Let me start off by saying that Magellan has done a fantastic job with this app, especially considering we are still on "Version: 1.0". This leaves me VERY hopeful and excited that this already great app will get even better, especially with the user feedback and suggestions posted here. Overall, this is a good app, with the potential to be a GREAT app! Nice job Magellan, keep up the good work. The user interface and overall structure is exceptionally laid out and aesthetically pleasing. However, this app most definitely does not go without its faults, but at this present time I will not penalize Magellan for issues that I believe/hope will be resolved.
Here are my qualms, which I would LOVE for you to pass on and take into consideration for future updates…
1) TRAFFIC! Not much else to be said here, but I think traffic integration is a must....preferably free. However, if it will be a charge, make it a one-time charge (not monthly/yearly).
2) All traditional navigation POI databases leave something to be desired, and hopefully Magellan doesn't overlook this very blatant weakness. It would definitely behoove them to integrate Google's Local Search, which allows users to enter simple search terms (as they would in Google or Google Maps). This would also be a step in the right direction to fend off the attack of the FREE "Google Maps Navigation" that has reared its ugly head. It appears that Navigon will be incorporating this feature, so I’d suggest Magellan do the same.
3) When attempting to use an address from my Contacts, I am often prompted with a message that states “No useable address found”. This is bothersome because if I type the address in manually, it uses it just fine. I’d have to imagine this is a software issue, and should be resolved fairly quickly and easily.
4) The TTS feature could also be more expansive. Often times it won’t say the street name, but rather make a general statement or direction.
5) The speed is VERY inaccurate, and I don’t believe it’s even been close to being correct since I got it. It jumps around constantly, and never locks onto my exact speed.
6) When playing music while navigating, the audio interruptions are quite abrupt and choppy. A fade out/in would be nice, and the music should pause for the duration of any given direction…rather than resuming the music only to cut off the directional statement.
7) The speed limit notification sign should be displayed at all times, not just when you are speeding (even if speeding notifications are turned off).
8) I have always used Garmin in the past, and have appreciated its repetitive nature with regards to keeping you on track. The Magellan seems to keep quiet while on long freeway stints, whereas the Garmin would confirm (verbally) that you should stay on the appropriate freeway. More frequent directions (at interchanges, etc.) would be a welcome change.
9) You can’t zoom out very far when in 3D+ mode. If you want to explore the map, you have to change it to 2D to zoom out to a useable/explorable distance.
10) Garmin also has an "Information Page" of sorts, which displays a number of trip related items (i.e. current speed, top speed, current trip distance, overall distance, duration of trip, etc.), which I often miss looking at on one screen.
11) Although the route calculations are fairly quick outdoors, it can take some time to get a satellite lock while indoors, around building, trees, etc. Why can’t “triangulation” (like Google Maps Navigation” be utilized to obtain a rough location lock, which would enable quicker overall functionality.
The iPhone is constantly (or almost constantly) connected to the internet, so why not take full advantage of it?!
...and most importantly, PLEASE keep all future updates FREE. We (the Magellan customers) vested a good amount of money into this app, and we would love to continue using your products and providing useful feedback for future product development, but there's definitely a point of diminishing returns...where products such as Google Map/Google Maps Navigation will begin to suffice. I also do not want to regret going the Magellan route, when there were definitely other viable options out there who have already stated all future updates will be FREE.
Thanks for listening. Cheers!
Sincerely,
Shane
the biggest benefit is that you aren't limited by broadcast radio antennae (30-60miles depending on terrain) ... and in my case, being able to assess alternate routing options before entering a metro market, say Chicago, is a must.
Comments on the App:
- Still too much lag. Needs to improve and be more snappy.
- "OneTouch" Menu has all those unnecessary "Assign" icons. Magellan needs to fix this and just place only one "Add" button in place of all those unused icons. Let the users be able to simply add more buttons than create a boatload of unused button that scroll all the way down. It's not logical.
- The big black screen asking you to save your car location and just stays put after you reach your destination is annoying. It's covering the whole map and needs to be TRANSPARENT as well as "time out" after a few seconds.
There are times when you may have missed your destination due to traffic and you still need to navigate around the area. That big black screen covering the map is not useful especially if I click "Okay" to save my car location. What if I choose to go around the block first finding for parking then it didn't correctly save the exact car location.
Build an option to press "OK" to save or "Re-Route" to let it know I'm circling around the block first especially if it's a big compound I'm going to. And don't let it be that opaque. Let it be transparent so the map is still visible.
- There has to be a short cut to save and retrieve your car location. I don't readily see it under the "OneTouch" menu. Can we have a specific "CAR" icon so we can easily save and retrieve location information on where we parked the car.
- Satellite GPS signal has to be built in and readily available just like other GPS apps as well as was available on stand-alone GPS devices. It is useful to note how strong the satellite signal is in our area. This should have been built in from the very first version.
- Kindly add more TTS voice options. I really don't like the current male and female voices. How about something more formal and British sounding like a Butler guiding you.
- iPhone Address Book integration is still an epic failure. It cannot read both US and Canada addresses unless you format it to it's specification which we will never know how it likes to read addresses. Google maps can read all my addresses perfectly. It can even detect the informal Canadian formatted address wherein the apartment precedes the street number. For example:
1234 Broadway Drive, Apt 12
can also be read by Google maps as
12 - 1234 Broadway Drive
It can intelligently decipher the street number and name from the above. Whereas Magellan can't even read addresses with a second line with an apartment number. It can't even read properly formatted USPS and CanadaPost addresses. What more addresses like these which are now accepted as the norm in Canada.
- How about defaulting the city based on the current location of the GPS? Must we have to enter and spell the city all over again. Majority of the time users are simply going around the same city.
It would be helpful to simply have the current city name filled out already based on where we are at the moment. If we need to enter another city or scroll thru the previous locations, then we will go thru it.
I hope these suggestions are taken into serious consideration as I'm liking my Navigon iPhone app more and more and the way it is right now, I'll be using the Magellan Premium Car Kit paired with the Navigon.
