I wonder if the TomTom solution will work with the iPod touch and if yes: Will other apps be able to use the GPS of the Car kit as well?
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I wonder if the TomTom solution will work with the iPod touch and if yes: Will other apps be able to use the GPS of the Car kit as well?
As always, it's one less device to carry. And it still works without the mount, it simply works better with it.
I feel like it's a win-win, functionally.
I'll wait for the TomTom solution. The car kit seems to be awesome! With BT hands free calling, built in GPS and a very cool design. Should be available in a matter of days I guess.
Does anyone know if they provide bicylce routing as well? Currently I use B.iCycle to track my rides. It's a cyclometer app with mapview and live calculation of speed, distance, calorie and altitude. But no route guidance yet. Fox News just did a feature about them: Summer Fitness Apps.
I agree, if I need to use my phone as a GPS sometimes I dont want to have to carry around all that hardware with me or have to plug this and that to it.
I dont' really care that much, I just don't like having to follow 2 threads, maybe a mod can merge them.
Maybe, I'm not expecting it to be perfect, I'm wanting this for convinience only, I don't expect it to work perfect all the time. It will have it's limitations.
Obviously there are times when a failure is OK, and other times when it's no so OK, if I'm driving on 5 mile run without any turns and it goes out, who cares, but if I'm approacing an area with multiple turns and it goes out all the time, this will make it impractical for me.
Still for $70 it's worth a try!
Read the LA Times article from last week. That will be as much answer as you will get until it actually happens.
well, but that's the thing - it's not one fewer device. It's an iphone and a cradle instead of an iphone and a stand-alone GPS. As for working better - is it accurate enough to get me where i need to go without missing turns without the cradle? If yes, then I don't need any better. If no, then IMO the cradle is all-but-required.
Yeah, in my experience it fails that test. But that may just be because of my mounting spot. Where I was holding it, closest to the windshield when it was doing its best, is not a realistic place to put it for me because I can't reach it for playing my music off it. But that still would only hold the signal for a few minutes and then it'd drop out again.
If it turns out to be an 8/10 app when mounted where the windshield and my car dash meet, then I won't be asking for my money back because that would be my fault.
Actually, it's not the phone. The Google Maps app has no problem finding me indoors near instantly whereas Navigon takes two minutes to get an initial lock outside. I know you really like this app, but don't pretend it's perfect. It reeks of fanboy.
I want to like it too. Then I won't have to replace my Garmin at 3 times the cost of this app. But it seems I'm just not as forgiving as you for its real-world shortcomings because of the pretty interface.
Reason enough to have bought the 3G S....mines super quick, reroutes in a second or 2 and hasnt dropped yet in 3 countries!!! 
Reason enough to have bought the 3G S....mines super quick, reroutes in a second or 2 and hasnt dropped yet in 3 countries!!!
Mine's a 3GS
The built-in GPS is as good as it is, and the app will make use of it as best it can. I imagine it should be at least as good as something like Navigon without the cradle, and simply quicker/more accurate with it.
But remember that a standalone GPS device has to be mounted on something as well... Whenever I go on a trip, I have to bring my iPhone, my Garmin, and my Garmin dash-mount holder. If I could reduce that to the iPhone and a dash-mount holder, that would be awesome. The Garmin is small, but it is too valuable to check in my luggage, so I always end up stuffing it in my pocket. And it's way too thick to leave it there for the whole flight, so I stuff it in the seat-back pocket. And then I have to remember to grab it again before I leave the airplane. I would gladly pay $100 to replace my current Garmin with an iPhone app and a dash-mount holder with built-in GPS. I'll buy it for sure if it works as advertised.
I have a feeling I'm just going to go with the stand-alone GPS device. It's sounds like a cool idea to have GPS on the iPhone, but seems like it's hit or miss, depending on your tolerability. A re-routing time of 25 seconds is unacceptable for me. Sure, a stand-alone is another device to deal with, but it's just going to be sitting in the car all the time. It's not like I'm going to have to carry it around with me in the mall, work, or wherever.
I have a Garnin Nuvi 880 and an 850. The 880 has bluetooth and both have just about every feature a Garmin can have including speech recognition.
I have tried three of the iPhone navugation apps in the store and only one comes close to being a stand alone GPS and that is G-Map. Don't know about TomTom yet of course but I have a feeling that I will just keep using my Garmin.
Just tested it out with a 32GB 3GS in San Antonio. Works perfectly. Never lost signal and rerouted in less than 5 seconds. The only issue so far was that the route it suggested was not my usual route. Maybe my route is longer or the device didn't know the back streets as well as I do I guess this is not an issue if you don't know where you are going. Well worth the $75 (tax) I paid.
I guess this is not an issue if you don't know where you are going. Well worth the $75 (tax) I paid.
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I would buy this app if I could just keep my iPhone in my cup holder where it normally sits...I do not want to have to mount on dash...or hold in windshield to get a good GPS signal.
Google Maps seems fine from cup holder so hopefully this app is as well.
I would buy this app if I could just keep my iPhone in my cup holder where it normally sits...I do not want to have to mount on dash...or hold in windshield to get a good GPS signal.
Google Maps seems fine from cup holder so hopefully this app is as well.
I still wonder if the TomTom solution will work with the iPod touch and if yes: Will other apps be able to use the GPS of the Car kit as well? Any ideas on that?
