The "dark" side/Fangil no more

[lordofthereef]

And that's what I don't get why people need to call people who find the iPhone perfect for them fanboys. If you don't like the iPhone that's good for you but don't try to talk down on someone who does.

Finding ANY phone to be perfect probably qualifies you as a fanboy in my book... or, at the very least, a user with limited needs. I haven't seen a phone yet that did everything better than every other phone on the market.

Right now, you know what has me using my iPhone more than Android? it's really silly, but it true... it's the Nike + GPS app. I love it far more than any of the competitors' apps. And it's only available on the iPhone.

 

[SurferMan]

I find it really funny that people will change a phone over one program that you could easily find the same thing if you were willing to look on the phone you already have (when they claim to absolutely love the phone and have no other issues with it. It's not like OP has any other qualms with the iphone other than lack of stock app that does turn by turn).

Really? Changing cause the other phone has turn by turn instruction? I got turn by turn instruction on my iphone. I could have even found it for free if I wanted (*cough* Mapquest app *Cough*), but I wanted to have the maps on my phone (which means I won't get lost when I'm in an area that doesn't get cellphone coverage . Try that with the android's stock app).

Seriously, is it that hard to find third party apps? Do people really think the only thing that comes with the phone is what Apple provides and that there is no possible way to find other apps?

Can't really compare mapquest though to Google Nav, not even remotely close to it or it's integration, I mean would you want your cars built in Nav system to use mapquest and it's crummy layout and limited use or the normal 3D views/options/integration/voice directions of car head units now and basically what Google Nav is?

And it does work w/o cell service, the maps are cached and GPS will still lock. I've been on trips where like through Carolinas where AT&T has basically 0 service in areas, especially through the mountains and places like Boone. And Google Nav worked fine still.

I think the OP though was trying to raise drama. I paid for Navigon and Telenav on the iPhones and didn't switch just b/c of Google Nav, which I love, bunch of other reasons why. I'd hope someone wouldn't switch a phone just b/c of a Nav app lol.

 

[tigress666]

Can't really compare mapquest though to Google Nav, not even remotely close to it or it's integration, I mean would you want your cars built in Nav system to use mapquest and it's crummy layout and limited use or the normal 3D views/options/integration/voice directions of car head units now and basically what Google Nav is?

And it does work w/o cell service, the maps are cached and GPS will still lock. I've been on trips where like through Carolinas where AT&T has basically 0 service in areas, especially through the mountains and places like Boone. And Google Nav worked fine still.

I think the OP though was trying to raise drama. I paid for Navigon and Telenav on the iPhones and didn't switch just b/c of Google Nav, which I love, bunch of other reasons why. I'd hope someone wouldn't switch a phone just b/c of a Nav app lol.[/QUOTE

Ah I assumed (wrongly) that the google maps had to connect up to google's servers to get the maps. ANd I only tried mapquest's maps a few times (I think it's gotten better according to people but when I tried it it lost where we were,on a highway, and then kept insisting oin trying to get us back on the highway which we already were on. ANd eventually gave up cause it couldn't believe we already were on the highway, it kept insisting we were on random side roads near the highway).

I like Navigon, it's worth the money .

But yeah, in general I wouldn't give up a phone over one app (Or it would have to be some super uber app that there was no equivelant of and I'm still not sure I'd change phones for that). Now if it got most of the apps I want, that's different.