Hi, I must agree here completely. While I have been in the Navigon camp
for a long time, I just recently purchase MotionX GPS Drive to see if
it's as good as others say. Because I'm used to Navigon's UI, I find
MotionX a bit different to get used to, but I can also see that both
have their place. Like with anything and everything in life, choosing a
different app has both good and bad points. I like Navigon because of
the one-time cost and because the maps are there for you to use. However
I can see where MotionX can have the advantage of not using up as much
space, especially good for those with smaller capacity phones. I do like
the voice choices offered with MotionX gps more than the one which comes
with Navigon, but voices are again, subjective. So far in the walk I did
from my house to the local Walgreens, MotionX did a good job although it
told me about the turn when I was right at the corner as opposed to
Navigon warning me a couple hundred feet before.
I haven't yet decided which I like more, and to be fair, I will give
MotionX gps a spin for a month to see if I will purchase the voice
guidance beyond the 30 day trial.
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On 8/8/2012 3:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Hi Jordan,
I think statements like "Navigon is crap" should always be avoided, Navigon
works extremely well for a lot of people and by that I do mean blind or
visually impaired people using Voiceover. I used Navigon every day during a
vacation on Maui in March and it worked flawlessly every time and the
information it had including restaurants and POI's was very accurate. Based
on good reviews on here I recently tried Motion X GPS Drive and found it
much more difficult to use than Navigon, but I won't say it resembles fecal
matter because I am sure that with more practice it's quite usable. I
personally prefer paying upfront instead of an annual subscription and as
far as I know you also need a data connection for Motion X whereas navigon
maps are downloaded to the phone and since I don't necessarily have a data
connection when I travel to other countries that is a big advantage. How
well a GPS app works is subjective at best because there are quite a few
factors involved so it's probably a good idea to put things into perspective
by pointing out that while Navigon may not have worked well for you it's not
one of the leading GPS apps for no reason. I agree that it could be a lot
better both with respect to features as well as Voiceover, but it's very
useable and in combination with Sendero LookAround or Ariadne it does a
pretty good job especially since Ariadne now can run in the background.
Regards,
Sieghard
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