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Goober556 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Darren wrote: |
Compared to what? It's not bad so long as its the only one available. Lets see how it compares post price hike and with competition! |
Probably fairer if you quote Mr Fry in context...
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My feeling is that waiting for TomTom is a good idea. Full postcode search & other features missing from Navigon, but it's not bad at all.
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SSR Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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It was still the sum up of his review though, and I'm not sure that's the sum up of the other reviews. |
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Goober556 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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SSR wrote: | It was still the sum up of his review though |
Not it wasn't. He was saying don't buy it and you made it look like he was saying go and buy it. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Ok enough please. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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zebsogo Regular Visitor
Joined: May 17, 2008 Posts: 108 Location: London
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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enough of the He said She said nonsense who cares what stephen fry has to say about satnavs anyway. What matters is the quality of the product and your opinions on the product , not somebody else's comments |
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eaglesteve Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:03 am Post subject: |
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Darren,
I forget to ask this: Does it uses the compass to orientate the map correctly at the start of the trip likes googlemap does?
I agree with you when you said this software's functionality is too basic.
I would also prefer to see more information displayed on navigation screen: Current speed, time of arrival, remaining distance, and not having to toggle through them to display just one of them at the top bar.
Also, the ability to specify which POI gets warning is important, espcially when approaching schools where special speed limit could be imposed during the school start and end hours. |
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classy56 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 08, 2006 Posts: 441 Location: Dorset
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Still £37.99 in the App store _________________ Tomtom Go730T
App 8.300
Map v815.2003
To old to die young. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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eaglesteve wrote: | I forget to ask this: Does it uses the compass to orientate the map correctly at the start of the trip likes googlemap does? |
Not from my observations. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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zebsogo Regular Visitor
Joined: May 17, 2008 Posts: 108 Location: London
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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classy56 wrote: | Still £37.99 in the App store |
Yeah and still not worth it. in my opinion. slow recalculation on route slow to pick up gps, gps drop outs, voice quality poor, 5 digit postcodes .. i could go on.
If only Apple could get their act together and re-list Sygnic Europe as my trial has run out now. It is a far superior iphone SatNav |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Have to agree that if Sygic performs as well on iPhone then it will easily outclass Navigon.
Let's hope Apple pull their finger out and resolve the issue they caused pronto, I'm off to Turkey next week and wanted to trial Sygic's Turkey coverage. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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TELREA Lifetime Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm used this for a few hours to-day on the 3g iphone....
5 minutes or so to locate gps,and then random dropouts,some as long as 10 minutes which made the actual device as a sat nav worthless,hopefully Navigon can rectify this issue in an update some time soon,i take it a refund would be out of the question??? |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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I've had none of those issues on a 3GS. Rock solid and fast to acquire fix but just too basic for me with many features I need omitted.
I'm sure for many as a casual GPS it will suffice. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Goober556 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Same here. The GPS fix is quick and solid. I've been using about a week and done a few hundred miles with it.
Agree it too basic though. Roll on some competition. |
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zebsogo Regular Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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I have been using a TomTom 520 for a couple of years it works flawlessly and have never had any of the issues that i have reported using Navigon on the iPhone. I have been running iDA/Sygic side by side with Navigon in my car as I have two iphone 3G. And compared to iDA/Sygic, Navigon is poor slow and unreliable. Its not my location, its not my car, its not my iphone |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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Prices have now gone up.
Navigon Europe is now £79.99, UK £52.99 _________________ Darren Griffin |
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