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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15252 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject: iPhone Navigation App Comparison Chart |
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When OS3.0 was released for the iPhone earlier in the year Turn by Turn Navigation apps were finally allowed by Apple's sometimes very restrictive rules. Since then, a steady stream of navigation apps have been appearing in the AppStore but with no demo's or 'lite' versions it is rather difficult for users to make decisions about which to buy. In an aid to help iPhone users in their quest PocketGPSWorld.com have put together this comparison chart highlighting the main features of each app that is currently available. As new apps are released we aim to keep this as up to date as possible.
Click here to see the comparison chart. |
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bedbug Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 484 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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pgpsw rocks! Thanks MaFt - great work! _________________ iPhone 4/4S (iOS 5.1.1); TomTom Western Europe (1.10)/USA & Canada (1.10); CoPilot for iPhone (8), UK mapping, Mac OS 10.8/XP Pro/Win7; Tongue firmly in cheek! |
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bedbug Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 484 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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How about a 'querks' category?
For Co-Pilot, I'd suggest:
• enable 'show more options' to access all preferences
• the need to create a custom routing profile, otherwise routing not reliable. _________________ iPhone 4/4S (iOS 5.1.1); TomTom Western Europe (1.10)/USA & Canada (1.10); CoPilot for iPhone (8), UK mapping, Mac OS 10.8/XP Pro/Win7; Tongue firmly in cheek! |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:20 am Post subject: |
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I like the idea of a "Querks" category,
For I-Go "Igo / settings / sounds and warnings / key presses" otherwise the software beeps everytime you touch the screen - drove me nuts for a few days last week - Mike |
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alan_dr Lifetime Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2006 Posts: 316 Location: Portsmouth, UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:32 am Post subject: |
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Great - thanks for that! _________________ Alan - iPhone 5 64GB, with CamerAlert, TomTom Europe & CoPilot |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15252 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:10 am Post subject: |
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"Quirks / Tips" section added - feel free to post your own!
i also just realised that of the 3 i own (sygic, igo, copilot) igo has, by far, the smoothest transition between landscape and portrait modes!
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SSR Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 26, 2005 Posts: 432
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:27 am Post subject: |
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Very useful! Now hurry up TomTom... |
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sui Occasional Visitor
Joined: 31/12/2002 11:08:15 Posts: 4 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:59 am Post subject: |
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Woww... what a nice review! Some comments about iGO:
- Text-to-speech: coming soon
- Navigate to contacts: coming very soon (next update)
- Waypoints: 1 via point, coming very soon (next update)
Suggested new row:
- Traffic (TMC): coming soon
( Source: http://www.igomyway.com/en/features.html ) |
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SSR Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 26, 2005 Posts: 432
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:50 am Post subject: |
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An important thing with traffic is to cite the source, if known. There's good traffic and bad traffic info! |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15252 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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3 new fields added:
iPod control
traffic
QWERTY keyboard
updated the 'coming soon' bits for igo too. ta for link!
can someone tell me if navigon has a qwerty keyboard?
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15252 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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SSR wrote: | An important thing with traffic is to cite the source, if known. There's good traffic and bad traffic info! |
yep - once traffic is add we will include the provider (when known!)
also added 'Call POI' too
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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MaFt wrote: | can someone tell me if navigon has a qwerty keyboard? |
Yes it uses the iPhones Qwerty keyboard - Mike |
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vlak Regular Visitor
Joined: Dec 29, 2003 Posts: 78 Location: London, UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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For Sygic's
Quote: | 'Agree' to disclaimer on every launch. |
If your iPhone is jailbroken, edit the settings.ini file in the .app bundle
[Settings]
processing=fribidi
PositionFiltering=true
showSafetyMsg=true <<< change to false _________________ Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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cheers vlak - added this as one of the tips for sygic
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phil_12345 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Aug 11, 2009 Posts: 1
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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There are a few errors in this, Google gets its map data from TeleAtlas - it says at the bottom right corner of google maps
You have also included a UK app but not UK versions of others. For example, Navigon (apart from in the US) has Text-to-Speech coming in the next update, along with live traffic updates.
It also states that Navigon has an update coming that has multi-point route planning and call POI, but that it currently lowers the iPod music volume when there is voice guidance, yet these features are not yet available in the US until the update is released. Both these features, are, however, available in all other localisation's. |
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