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Is there a good, working, navigation app out there for 2.2 yet?
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I would like to know this as well... Copilot are apparently working on an update, Sygic Mobile Maps 10 hasn't got back to me yet (currently runs but with soooooooo much lag)... and Navigon is reported to kind of work, but looses gps alot?
So far my best option is Google Navigator... it does a bloody good job... only problem is the phone gets very hot - 45c yesterday on a 40 minute drive but I think this is what happens with most apps!?
stewcp said:
I would like to know this as well... Copilot are apparently working on an update, Sygic Mobile Maps 10 hasn't got back to me yet (currently runs but with soooooooo much lag)... and Navigon is reported to kind of work, but looses gps alot?
So far my best option is Google Navigator... it does a bloody good job... only problem is the phone gets very hot - 45c yesterday on a 40 minute drive but I think this is what happens with most apps!?
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Ndrive is Froyo compatible. They have a 7 day trial version as well.
lukacs.attila said:
Ndrive is Froyo compatible. They have a 7 day trial version as well.
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Just downloaded... looks good so far... I will give this a spin, thanks
NDrive any good?
It's sad that Sygic has lag in 2.2, I wonder if it will be the same when the official release comes out...
I downloaded the Ndrive 7 day trial and its not bad, I like the horizon panning, although the UI is a little more cluttered than Sygic. I'm tempted to buy it at 43 Euro's ($63.28 AU) but the other half of my mind says wait until the official Froyo is release and maybe Sygic will be back to normal. There are rumours that google has OTA'd an update for Froyo to it's employee's :
http://phandroid.com/2010/06/13/rumor-froyo-moves-closer-to-release-frf72-update-supposedly-rolls-out/
Any news back from Sygic stewcp?
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Any news back from Sygic stewcp?
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Nothing!!! thats been 6 days now and no reply
Ndrive seems to work well... I just don't like the announcements... they seem to tell you your next turn around 1/2 mile away from the junction, which is stupid! Personally I'm not buying it and will keep holding out for copilot which I found to be perfect
Is there a comparison chart ? I'M NOT sure wich navigationsoftware is the best and I want the best
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I ended up buying Ndrive cause of urgency as it seemed the only option atm. I found this http://gpsreviewer.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/second-and-lastsemifinal-ndrive-vs-sygic-drive/ but a copilot comparison is missing. One the same blog there are a few other comparisons, I'm not sure how relevant they are to android specifically froyo. I also found http://iphonetunes.net/index.php/full_article/comments/routes_compared_-_copilot_vs_navigon_vs_igo_vs_sygic_vs_tomtom/ which compares routing for a few apps, but is for the iphone. Functionality differs slightly between devices, and I would call either comparisons scientific studies, rather reasonable guides.
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Does google navigation not work then?
jammy1 said:
Does google navigation not work then?
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It does in some countries. I downloaded the latest version from US market (with MarketAccess), and I can add a Navigation shortcut, but I can't get spoken directions.
jammy1 said:
Does google navigation not work then?
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Yes it works and its really good... especially as its free!
not in many eu countries.
brut maps navigation works in Australia though last I checked, there was a slight lag. As well as that, I don't like the dark background of the navigation app.
Any news about IGO Android for hi res devices (like the Desire)?
does Google Navigation work in Belgium and mainland Europe? And does the phone really gets very hot using Google Nav when driving for example on a 3 hours journey?
jmonfu said:
does Google Navigation work in Belgium and mainland Europe? And does the phone really gets very hot using Google Nav when driving for example on a 3 hours journey?
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Works fine in The Netherlands.
thanks for the reply mate
does the device get overheated for long journeys?
for me Navigon works fine on 2.2
thanks for the info mate
Dear members:
I have Ndrive 11[gps software] in my galaxy s ,if you have any questions about it please feel free to ask away.
pros:
new interface, simplified
super fast gps lock ,less than 5 seconds!
Weather forecast
new share feature for facebook ,favorites,my location, etc
support for foursqare.
google places search within app.
cons:
The above features in blue text crash the app when trying to log in,not a deal breaker but never the less i would like it to work.
But compared to the versions that i have in windows mobile devices it is miles better.
greetings! i have Ndrive 10, i can't find Ndrive 11 on android market...how does it work? can i upgrade using the same maps or i have to pay again? thanks!
spyrale said:
greetings! i have Ndrive 10, i can't find Ndrive 11 on android market...how does it work? can i upgrade using the same maps or i have to pay again? thanks!
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I got it from the market after trying a test version ,and yes new maps, and you have to pay for it again.
Ok, thanks, maybe it'not still available in Italy...anyway, i really don't like this policy, it's not fair toward customers, I'm the only one?
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Ok, thanks, maybe it'not still available in Italy...anyway, i really don't like this policy, it's not fair toward customers, I'm the only one?
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it is available to Italy, just use the Ndrive word in the market not ndrive 11,
a list of contries\regions will come up.
about the facebook problem etc....
Ndrive support just told me that a fix will be out inthe coming days.
lucky for me a use ndrive 10 in other device, but it should be an upgrade option, i must stress that when i bougth the app it was not listed on ndrive website yet.
how do u like ndrive? im thinking of trying it
i see, this time main program is given together with maps...again they should give an upgrade option with a discount to whom already bought Ndrive 10 (in my case i bought all europe maps). i will not give my money for ndrive 11 to pay again for ndrive 12 and so on wtf. thanks for your answers OP.
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how do u like ndrive? im thinking of trying it
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To be honest the reason i got it is that Ndrive is the only gps software for android that offer the most features at the moment plus it is the only one that has maps for the island i come from, Madeira.
personaly a love Igo8 but so far is only available for windows mobile.
I also trying Aura sygic, now this software is allot more polished than ndrive but it does not have the google feature that i love in ndrive.
Sorry ... but IGo MyWay is available for Android. Try a search for "iGOMyWay v8.4.2.139242 for Android"
I've using NDrive (10) on my SE Xperia X10i since last summer.
I find the gui a bit clumsy, but still I think it's ok.
I agree with regards to their upgrade policy!
I received the following answer today:
Dear Costumer,
Thank you for contacting NDrive Support.
While acquiring a NDrive product, the customer acknowledges that is acquiring a life-time licence for the product as it is presented in the date of purchase. The licence is only valid to a unique device (non-transmissible) and any map update or software upgrade may have costs associated to it.
We will soon have available a free V11 upgrade (software only), which will be available through Android Market. When it is available, you will be notified on your device.
Cumprimentos / Best Regards
NDrive Support
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To be honest, I think this sucks! I was NOT under the impression that this was the case. In fact, since I'm quite certain I won't be using the same smartphone in a year, this is completely absurd!
What do you others think?!
YankeeDude said:
I've using NDrive (10) on my SE Xperia X10i since last summer.
I find the gui a bit clumsy, but still I think it's ok.
I agree with regards to their upgrade policy!
I received the following answer today:
To be honest, I think this sucks! I was NOT under the impression that this was the case. In fact, since I'm quite certain I won't be using the same smartphone in a year, this is completely absurd!
What do you others think?!
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That is a ridiculous policy and I'm not sure it is legal. When you buy software independent of hardware you should then have the right run it on whatever device you want. You should be allowed to reactivate the software when you get a new phone. I would never buy Ndrive if that is the way they operate.
I've tried Aura, Mobile Maps and Ndrive but the one i prefer is Copilot live, it just seems more stable than the rest.
Good, I'd like to know how to use the Ndrive folder on the SD, since many use maps, maps have 6GB of internal memory to occupy! Does elguem can help me!?
greetings
Directory bind app, somewhere here in the xda will solve your problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
NDrive 11?
Not for me thanks! Too many adverse comments posted here and in Play store. In the absence of TomTom it has to be CoPilot Live for Android.
smooooooth
is it smooth?
I am about to make my 9 hour journey to Syracuse New york on friday, and just flashed a stock rom in order to make sure my gps works. What do people think of telenav? It looks like it is pretty nice and sturdy..and i get thirty days for free, so i might as well use it. I am use to using googles navigation.
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I am about to make my 9 hour journey to Syracuse New york on friday, and just flashed a stock rom in order to make sure my gps works. What do people think of telenav? It looks like it is pretty nice and sturdy..and i get thirty days for free, so i might as well use it. I am use to using googles navigation.
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I'd stick with Google maps and call it good.
I use the telanav and have had no issues with it.
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For short and quick trips, I use Google nav, for longer trips, I would recommend you using Tele nav, as it is more robust in routing and the address is more accurate. Google nav is based on google map and sometimes there are errors in Google map.
Telenav seems netters to me......Google maps sucks imo.
HTC Evo 4G
backdown said:
I am about to make my 9 hour journey to Syracuse New york on friday, and just flashed a stock rom in order to make sure my gps works. What do people think of telenav? It looks like it is pretty nice and sturdy..and i get thirty days for free, so i might as well use it. I am use to using googles navigation.
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Why did you unroot? There are several apps that can test the gps and you do not need to unroot to use telenav aka sprint nvavigator.
As far a sprint navigator... I keep it on my phone just in case google navigator decides to not to find an address (it has happened)
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was telenav a replacement for sprint GPS? i noticed it installed with the OTA gb
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was telenav a replacement for sprint GPS? i noticed it installed with the OTA gb
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Apparently it was..Seems kind of crappy looking. It does not provide the graphics that the Sprint nav has..
wi11ie
I use the free telenav service all the time. It work great!
i never really used the sprint nav, but that one was free right?...and telenav is not?
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i see from chads post that the telenav is free...the OP mentioned 30days free, so i was just wondering...
The Telenav that is installed on your phone is free. It replaced Sprint Navigation. Service for your Evo comes with free GPS.
There is also a Telenav that you can subscribe to for a monthly fee, but that's for the GPS enabled devices that do not include free service. All in all, it's the same thing, just for us, it's free.
oh cool.
i'll have to give it a shot.
thanks!
Telenav is awesome! Just as good if not better than Google Maps.
fenixjn said:
Why did you unroot? There are several apps that can test the gps and you do not need to unroot to use telenav aka sprint nvavigator.
As far a sprint navigator... I keep it on my phone just in case google navigator decides to not to find an address (it has happened)
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I didn't unroot..i flashed a stock rom..
I never used spring navigation because it would take 5 minutes to actually start up, and sometimes it wouldn't even start up, so i always used google maps. But then i noticed telenav, and was curious. It looks pretty nice.
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Could be useful if you have it enabled for offline navigation!
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Could be useful if you have it enabled for offline navigation!
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It IS offline! That's the beauty
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I would be totally interested. how did you manage?
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tauhida said:
I would be totally interested. how did you manage?
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I'll tell you when there's more people interested
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i didn't mean to flame you, nor to mock you in any kind of way
But which u think better rizo? HTC location or garmin? I used papago before,which was lag as hell
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Steven How said:
But which u think better rizo? HTC location or garmin? I used papago before,which was lag as hell
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The trick is getting garmin maps work on android devices... I'll post full details tomorrow (no guarrantee though )
HTC location doesn't have highly detailed maps of all the countries...
Garmin has those, but it's not fully available on android
Offline navigation is a plus too! Garmin have that.
But i'm using another app to read the Garmin maps... As i said, i'll post all the details later...
Keep posting guys! I wanna see more people interested in this
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Having offline interests me a lot! I use Google Navigation and Google Maps right now but takes awhile to boot and locate. Not having to use data, I'm hoping, will lead to faster performance. Plus, I'm sure this could be used in other devices as well? I'm looking at my WiFi-only tablet as a 10" GPS if this works out =)
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Having offline interests me a lot! I use Google Navigation and Google Maps right now but takes awhile to boot and locate. Not having to use data, I'm hoping, will lead to faster performance. Plus, I'm sure this could be used in other devices as well? I'm looking at my WiFi-only tablet as a 10" GPS if this works out =)
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It will work on every android device...
Performance will be a little slower on our dz (if you put details on max). But on faster devices, its really smooth
I think it would be awesome if this post got to android general forum
EDIT: i won't post the guide tomorrow, as i need a pc to make the guide (i have to check some things while writing the guide).
So maybe thursday afternoon, or friday.
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Navigon is owned by garmin as far as I can tell same maps, most guys load the maps from their garmin device, I have it and am gonna test it soon I go a lot of places with no signal lol. Just got it yesterday
Copilot has worked fine for me in the past they use tomtom maps I believe
I'm interested
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Navigon is owned by garmin as far as I can tell same maps, most guys load the maps from their garmin device, I have it and am gonna test it soon I go a lot of places with no signal lol. Just got it yesterday
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Copilot has worked fine for me in the past they use tomtom maps I believe
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Garmin still supports the majority of them... I live in lebanon... Good luck finding an offline map with FULL POI for me on copilot, navigon, and tomtom. Garmin was my only choice, and i ported the first Lebanon map to lebanon.... Selling it for 10$ now
Guide on thrusday/friday
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I'm definitely interested. I'm always looking for apps that'll let me get directions without connecting to data or GPS.
I would also be very interested!
why do you let them wait? app is called navitel. it's available on google play and can read gmapsupp.img from garmin. search it on google to know more.
domon07 said:
why do you let them wait? app is called navitel. it's available on google play and can read gmapsupp.img from garmin. search it on google to know more.
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you obviously don't have knowledge in those apps.
Navitel is the app that will be used for navigation. but navitel DOES NOT support .img maps. it does support .nm2 maps, and the key is to know how to convert those maps, and get rid of the errors...
NOTE: Guide is coming today
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i get the same errors
WARNING: There are two nodes at the same position
however (connect to the nearest node) is greyed out therefore i cannot select it
any help would be appreciated
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i get the same errors
WARNING: There are two nodes at the same position
however (connect to the nearest node) is greyed out therefore i cannot select it
any help would be appreciated
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u'll have to split them, then reconnect.
Or do III) 5b-
NOTE: the guide has been edited into converting any map, because converting lisenced maps is illegal. i won't support converting lisenced maps, just free maps...
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Good Night
Know any maner to convert IMG NT format NM2
Thank you forgive my English
What's the best offline GPS for your nexus 7 or what do you recommend?
I can't comment on the N7 specifically, although no reason it should be any different to any other android tablet, but i love maps with me pro. Works great, very detailed, and i like that you download entire countries, not just specific areas like some apps do.
I use Sygic and have been using it for the past 3 years since my HD2 days. It's very good.
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What's the best offline GPS for your nexus 7 or what do you recommend?
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I have both CoPilot Live Premium and Navigon (now owned by Garmin).I like and can recommend both.
I like the UI on CoPiolt better myself, but have had an occasion out two where it did not recognize the address but navigon did.
CoPilot does seem to be able to get louder with directions. I wish I could make Navigona little louder art times. TTS is good on both, with Navigon being a little more natural sounding to me.
I think CoPilot is the best bang for the buck. $9 vs $32 for Sygic or $40 for Navigon.
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I think CoPilot is the best bang for the buck. $9 vs $32 for Sygic or $40 for Navigon.
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CoUplet live Premium is a great solution and has a nice interface, but like I said I've had it tell me I could not find an address on one occasion (maybe two), that Navigon found without issue. I don't normally use GPS navigation to know if this is a common issue. I hope it was a fluke, but it doesn't inspire confidence. Aside from that out has worked great for me, the four the piece it's really good.
If you just need it form time to time CoPilot is an affordable full-featured option. If your going to use it a lot and must have it work all the time Navigon might be worth it. That's just my general experience.
Google Maps Navigation is very good and fee. You can download Maps of areas you're going to be in to use offline.
Good luck...
UPDATE:
just after writing this I used Navigon to take me to a place a bit out in the "boon docks", and it took me to the street but not the house. Switched to CoPilot and out found the address. So, I guess neither is 100% perfect.
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CoUplet live Premium is a great solution and has a nice interface, but like I said I've had it tell me I could not find an address on one occasion (maybe two), that Navigon found without issue. I don't normally use GPS navigation to know if this is a common issue. I hope it was a fluke, but it doesn't inspire confidence. Aside from that out has worked great for me, the four the piece it's really good.
If you just need it form time to time CoPilot is an affordable full-featured option. If your going to use it a lot and must have it work all the time Navigon might be worth it. That's just my general experience.
Google Maps Navigation is very good and fee. You can download Maps of areas you're going to be in to use offline.
Good luck...
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I agree. If I needed a full-time, offline navigation app, I'd probably spring a little more money for Navigon and Sygic. I use Google Maps and Waze most of the time so CoPilot suffices when I'm in areas with no signal.
I found Polaris Navigation works and has a lot of features.
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I like Sygic. You can download only the States you want.
I like Sygic too...
Do any of these allow storage of maps on external SD card (specifically something like USB otg to microsd card reader)?
If not about how big are the file sizes for each state?
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Do any of these allow storage of maps on external SD card (specifically something like USB otg to microsd card reader)?
If not about how big are the file sizes for each state?
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Don't know about using an OTG for external storage. Each state will very in size, for obvious reasons, but the total size would be between 1.3 and 1.6 GB.
thanks for the replies guys! helps a lot!!
Another vote for Sygic.
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I like Sygic too...
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hows the loudness voice on these apps? i remember all my tablets with GPS and all of them i could not hear a damn thing cuz the voices TTS were so low, it was barely audible while driving with traffic noise/radio on bit
I like navigon.
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Do any of these allow storage of maps on external SD card (specifically something like USB otg to microsd card reader)?
If not about how big are the file sizes for each state?
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Sygic allows storage of maps on external SD cards on devices that use external SD cards. I have not tried USB otg to microsd card on the Nexus 7 specifically.
Map size depends on the State, ranging from 9-13 MB each for small States like Delaware, Maine, Washington D.C. to 104MB for Michigan, 117MB for Ohio, 161MB for New York, and 470MB for Canada. The good thing with Sygic, however, is that you can download the maps you need when you need them - no need to download all kinds of maps and carry them around in your device. So, with the Nexus 7 you don't need to use the USB otg - just download the maps you need when you need them and delete those you don't need. With my homenetwork, I can download Canada in less than 4 minutes (I live inCanada). I go toMichigan fairly frequently so I keep the Michigan map in my Nexus all the time. If I was going to another State I would download the map of the State and those of the in-between States (Sygic comes with a map downloader app) and get rid of them when I am done.