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What navigation app do you use?

I use Navigon. I have been using it since last August and after being updated to iOS4 with multitasking and fast-app switching its amazing. I love the application. Well worth $110 including traffic and panorama.
 
Pardon my ignorance, but do these GPS apps like TomTom and Navigon still work if you're at a deadzone, say in the middle of nowhere bumf*ck Egypt?
 
w0bbles said:
Pardon my ignorance, but do these GPS apps like TomTom and Navigon still work if you're at a deadzone, say in the middle of nowhere bumf*ck Egypt?
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Absolutely. Since they do not rely on an internet connection, they will function just fine whether you have a signal or not. All of the data is stored locally in the app. Just be ready to give up a little less than 2 gigs to store it all.
 
klamathvx said:
w0bbles said:
Pardon my ignorance, but do these GPS apps like TomTom and Navigon still work if you're at a deadzone, say in the middle of nowhere bumf*ck Egypt?
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Absolutely. Since they do not rely on an internet connection, they will function just fine whether you have a signal or not. All of the data is stored locally in the app. Just be ready to give up a little less than 2 gigs to store it all.
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This. I run TomTom on my iPod touch 1G and it works perfectly fine. The only things you wouldn't get without service is traffic updates and Google local search.
 
Navigon is awesome!

Lane assist, beautiful map presentation, local stored, lightening fast reroute, I freaking love it! Just took a trip from Dallas, Tx to Denver, Colorado and it was dead on the whole way. Went to the airport (DFW) and it even had the concourses mapped. POI searches through Google search or Navigon database, or navigate using your contact list. I don't miss Garmin at all anymore.
 
myphone said:
I'm using MotionX GPS Drive. It works great on iPhone 4. For only $0.99 it's good deal.
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Nice app but you only get one month of free voice-guided turn-by-turn. After that it's $2.99 per month or $24.99 per year.

If you decline, you lose the voice-guided and real-time directions...
 
Maskusee said:
GameraFan said:
We have two iPhones. Can we share Navigon or TomTom on both phones?
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Yes.
My wife and I both share Navigon on
two iPhone 3Gss.
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Although if you get the traffic in-app purchase for TomTom, you can't have it on both devices at the same time. You can switch it between devices freely but it can only be activated on one device at a time. Not sure how this works in Navigon.
 
BurntReality said:
Try MapQuest 4 Mobile, it is free.
I prefer the TomTom app but Navigon is great too. (Either is worth it IMO)
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I used the MapQuest app a few times, but all of a sudden it decided to start taking the most out of the way route possible to get me places. Its route could take an extra 45 minutes on what is supposed to be a 75 minute trip. Back to Google maps for routing for me. It works great in my area since we have coverage everywhere.
 
I take road trips ALL the time. You know what the best App there is? Default Google Maps + common sense.
 
my car recently got broken into and my portable tom tom was stolen. i was thinking of getting the iphone tom tom kit. although the app and kit together are costly.. it's a better piece of mind having my gps always on my iphone.. but it seems like people like the navigon app better...


im really confused on which to get now.. even tho tom tom is cheaper.. please more opinions people .. i am planning on purchasing the tom tom kit for iphone next week...
 
I wish at least one of these apps, particularly Navigon, was available in Japan.

I'm stuck with the Maps app. It does work well though. Turn by turn accuracy. Unfortunately it doesn't guide me. I just use it to make sure I'm following the correct route.

Maybe I'm missing something?
 
gdeusthewhizkid said:
my car recently got broken into and my portable tom tom was stolen. i was thinking of getting the iphone tom tom kit. although the app and kit together are costly.. it's a better piece of mind having my gps always on my iphone.. but it seems like people like the navigon app better...


im really confused on which to get now.. even tho tom tom is cheaper.. please more opinions people .. i am planning on purchasing the tom tom kit for iphone next week...
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I'm probably not the best person to give you an answer because I've only used TomTom but I'll offer my feedback.

I've only used it with the car kit and it has always been great. It has been off a few times but nothing major and it will usually get you in the vicinity of where you're going. It also reroutes pretty fast.

I personally think that they are both essentially the same and it comes down to personal preference. I went with TomTom because I thought it looked better.
 
bndoarn said:
I'm probably not the best person to give you an answer because I've only used TomTom but I'll offer my feedback.

I've only used it with the car kit and it has always been great. It has been off a few times but nothing major and it will usually get you in the vicinity of where you're going. It also reroutes pretty fast.

I personally think that they are both essentially the same and it comes down to personal preference. I went with TomTom because I thought it looked better.
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oh your the best person for me to speak to because you already have experience in what im leaning to..

how is the hands free?

when your playing music with the tom tom and a phone calls comes after your done with the call does the music continue to play?

even charged does it still drain the battery on the iphone....
 
gdeusthewhizkid said:
oh your the best person for me to speak to because you already have experience in what im leaning to..

how is the hands free?

when your playing music with the tom tom and a phone calls comes after your done with the call does the music continue to play?

even charged does it still drain the battery on the iphone....
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I still don't think I'm the best person. :(. I just got an iPhone a week ago so I have the TomTom car kit for the iPod touch so no hands free calling. Also my truck doesn't have an auxiliary port so no audio out. But my battery does stay charged. I now only use my 1G iPod touch as a TomTom and it stays charged with the car kit, I don't charge it with anything else.

Sorry I don't have a lot of information. :(
 
gdeusthewhizkid said:
when your playing music with the tom tom and a phone calls comes after your done with the call does the music continue to play?

even charged does it still drain the battery on the iphone....
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Yes to first question, and No to second (i find that my TT car kit will charge phone if i'm only using TT app, and it will hold the charge, not drain, if i'm using app w/ music or calls)

Maskusee said:
Yes.
My wife and I both share Navigon on
two iPhone 3Gss.
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and to clarify, both of you are on same account ... our family has 5 devices on same account and all share all apps incl navigation apps (huge generalization, but i think it's correct)
 
formerly navigon + live traffic ... currently using TomTom w/ Live Traffic (and AroundMe for POI search)

i find the IQ Routing and Traffic data to be best for dynamic situations in Chicago Metro and 94 cooridor thru Milwaukee ... the traffic is amazingly accurate both start/stop and duration of delay, and combine that with very good alternate routing decisions using IQ Routing data ... nothing beats it, and i've used Navigon and a Garmin Nuvi regularly and in combination to compare.
 
klamathvx said:
Absolutely. Since they do not rely on an internet connection, they will function just fine whether you have a signal or not. All of the data is stored locally in the app. Just be ready to give up a little less than 2 gigs to store it all.
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bndoarn said:
This. I run TomTom on my iPod touch 1G and it works perfectly fine. The only things you wouldn't get without service is traffic updates and Google local search.
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Awesome! Thank you guys!
 
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