Navigon is available on both android and iOS. It gives you maps that are stored on your device. There are others too.
Sent from my iPad On Nov 25, 2011, at 9:59 PM, Bill Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > Tiny phone screens really do suck when it comes to Nav. Size matters. > The more screen real estate you have the better off you are. Remember, you > don't know where you're going... You want to be able to see the map. > > Secondly do smartphone Nav apps have verbal turn by turn directions? > That's important. > > Lastly, if you're relying on a smartphone Nav app for directions, what do > you do when you're out of range of a cell tower? > > Handy in town, not so handy if you're plying the roads in Northern Montana. > > For me a dedicated GPS like a Garmin wins hands down. Except for the cost of > the damned map updates! > > Bill > Sent From My iPhone > > > On Nov 25, 2011, at 3:22 PM, "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tiny phone screens suck for nav.....a 4.5 inch garmin would be better. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Nov 25, 2011, at 6:14 PM, Joe User <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Anthony, >>> >>> >>> She has the Droid X2 and it has the VW Navigator on it, I think it's >>> great but she doesn't so... I'll check into some Garmin units. >>> >>> >>> >>> Friday, November 25, 2011, 3:42:29 AM, you wrote: >>> >>>> On the garmin units, you call tell if lifetime map upgrades are >>>> included simply by paying. Attention to the letters that follow the >>>> model number. Like 1450 LTM would mean lifetime traffic and maps. >>> >>>> Btw, the iPad makes for a fantastic gps solution. Beats my phone >>>> and garmin nuvi 765t. You do have to buy a nav app with stored maps, >>>> unless you want to rely on 3d maps,( which I hate). Oh, you can buy >>>> lifetime map upgrades for garmin devices after the fact too, so if >>>> you have a unit that doesn't have lifetime maps, you can still get them. >>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... >>> >>> "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." >>>
