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Navigon vs Tomtom vs Garmin on IPhone 4S
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everyone should check out Waze for the free real-time traffic. i've been thinking about one of the paid apps for a few years but never got around to buying them and with the paid real time traffic it's too much $$$.
Waze real time traffic is pretty good and worked for me. people run the app and it monitors your speed. if you're going too slow for the road then it has a traffic alert on the route.
Waze real time traffic is pretty good and worked for me. people run the app and it monitors your speed. if you're going too slow for the road then it has a traffic alert on the route.
I would guess you're entering the address wrong. When it ask for street, put the name of the street only. Not the number or ST, LN, PL, circle or any other suffix.
That was it, thanks!
In all my years, whenever I have entered my addy, I have always started with the house number, (I didn't even notice it was asking for street only)
That was it, thanks!
In all my years, whenever I have entered my addy, I have always started with the house number, (I didn't even notice it was asking for street only)
No problem, glad it worked, makes the app more useful I bet.
Sure no problem!
I've had both installed on my phone for a good while now and it's pretty neck and neck as far as traffic service. The one main gripe would be the Tomtom's inability to report traffic on the Northern state pkwy here in Long Island. I'm not a fan of Navigon's user interface so Tomtom is my go to choice.
Either one you choose i'm confident you'll be satisfied
I've had both installed on my phone for a good while now and it's pretty neck and neck as far as traffic service. The one main gripe would be the Tomtom's inability to report traffic on the Northern state pkwy here in Long Island. I'm not a fan of Navigon's user interface so Tomtom is my go to choice.
Either one you choose i'm confident you'll be satisfied
iGo ?!
you should have included iGO Primo also.... it's the best for Eastern Europe. The other apps don't have complete maps for this area.
you should have included iGO Primo also.... it's the best for Eastern Europe. The other apps don't have complete maps for this area.
Thank you for the detail! Does the Navigon traffic do the NSP?
I'm looking for some assistance in doing the best with the traffic from the city to the Hamptons over the summer... can't magic away all the cars, but think there must be some shortcuts that could be figured out with today's technology!
Yeah Hamptons traffic is def a good way to test a GPS app lol. To answer your question, yes, Navigon does do the NSP.
When your driving home from the hamptons let us know how Navigon did!
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Im almost positive that their is a feature in Navigon where you can get your GPS coordinates and save it as your home address.
When your driving home from the hamptons let us know how Navigon did!
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Im almost positive that their is a feature in Navigon where you can get your GPS coordinates and save it as your home address.
I've tried Waze out for about a week so far, and while I really like the traffic updates and the overall look, I'm not quite sold on the turn-by-turn directions. I've only used it to go to places I know (i.e., home, school, work), but it doesn't give me the timeliest route at times. I know it's supposed to "learn" your favorite routes, but I don't quite feel comfortable using it to get to places I'm not familiar with.
Also, I definitely appreciate the fact that it's free. Even though it hasn't settled the GPS debate for me, for the time being, I'm really enjoying the real-time traffic updates at no cost whatsoever.
Me too. Love the new Navigon, despite the money grab "FreshMaps XL" thing. It is by far the best navigator in my opinion. A close second is MotionX which I use on occasion - may be better for the occasional or very rare GPS user as you can buy a whole year for $10. For the frequent user, Navigon hands down.
It is pretty good for Western Europe as well. I used it in the UK, Netherlands and France, never had a problem.
Coming from years of dedicated GPS units, I'm very disappointed in the responsiveness of Garmin's software. I've missed turns because my position wasn't current.
Been using TomTom and it's really great. Interface is clean and the directions are rarely inaccurate. I haven't tried Navigon yet but I'm eager to. I can't recommend Garmin as their current interface is craptacular.
Did I miss someone reporting the MOST important thing about iPhone navigation? As far as I know, at the present time, only TomTom has the mount with the supplementary Sirf3 chip in it. That makes a world of difference in Sat reception, over and above the inboard iPhone gps chip. Frankly, I prefer garmin, as thats what I am used to, but when I am using my nav on the iPhone, I insist on using the TomTom car mount, with the additional chip, over my Garmin on board system. In GPS receiving reliability, The tom-tom with car mount, is a close second to my Nuvi, in GPS reception. I compared systems on a 3700 mile trip up to maine this last year, and in the Poconos especially, the iPhone lost signal with Garmin and with TomTom alone. TomTom with car mount, rarely lost signal, and my Garmin Nuvi NEVER lost signal. In phone GPS chips have a long way to go, to equal the stand alone's sensitivity. TomTom seems to have found a good compromise at present. After all, it doesn't matter how good the maps are, if you are in an area where you can't get a decent signal.
Excellent point, though the GPS reception on my 4 and 4S are quite good. Before that I had the 3G and considered buying the dock.
I used TomTom and Garmin and I think they are both excellent apps.
I used TomTom and Garmin and I think they are both excellent apps.
I think the Magellan Dashboard Mount also has an enhanced GPS chip. It works with whatever software. I've used Navigon with it both with my 3GS and now with my 4S. I do think the updated Navigon is good - with 2 of the most recent updates "she" (the voice I think her name is Lynn I read somewhere) pronounces several streets correctly where they were very weird before. (I'll also note there is a world of difference between the 3GS and the 4S in GPS accuracy even without the mount.)