Sat Nav Advice

[sinkrate]

Hi,

Got quite a bit of driving to do to and from work soon and the main thing is I can't be late :) its going to involve the m25 and m40

I have used up until now skoobler on the iPhone just to find places when not in a rush which has worked well. I need something with traffic info now though and to be rerouted in case of traffic delays.

Anyone out there use Tom Tom or similar on the iPhone. Or should I just go ahead and buy a sat nav unit ?

Any suggestions more than welcome :) thanks

[Baldie]

Sat Nav Advice

Try navfree , it's ummm free, and very good I find !

[sinkrate]

Cheers, does it do traffic ?

[ghost2212]

Get a proper phone running android which will include google navigation, The traffic info works perfectly and is very accurate.

[sinkrate]

Well I am due an upgrade. I know nothing about android phones though. What's a good one to go for, is it turn by turn nav ? Cheers.

[ghost2212]

The Galaxy S3 and Nexus 4 are both good bets, Yes its turn by turn and integrated with google so can search for restaurants and other stuff.

[Jamin_00]

TomTom on the iphone is pretty much the same as having a Tomtom sat nav on your dash.

But now I use Navfree of the maps on iphone as its a sat nav too now and shows traffic :)

[tomatwalden]

[QUOTE=sinkrate;934913]Hi,

Got quite a bit of driving to do to and from work soon and the main thing is I can't be late :) its going to involve the m25 and m40

I have used up until now skoobler on the iPhone just to find places when not in a rush which has worked well. I need something with traffic info now though and to be rerouted in case of traffic delays.

Anyone out there use Tom Tom or similar on the iPhone. Or should I just go ahead and buy a sat nav unit ?

Any suggestions more than welcome :) thanks[/QUOTE]

TomTom on the iPhone is no different from a dedicated TomTom unit. I use it all the time. I've tried some of the free versions, but to be honest, I always went back to the TomTom because the maps were more complete and up to date.

Be careful of the built-in ones (eg. on Andriod, and now with iPhone maps). They generally don't have the complete maps loaded on to your phone, hence require a good 3G connection, and also use a massive amount of your data allowance.

T

[JoeBailey]

Sat Nav Advice

The M40 and M25, there's no hope, your doomed to traffic jams.

[sinkrate]

Yeah I know I've done it for the last three years and sort of know the times to travel. New living arrangements mean I need to travel before work now and not the night before so need a good idea of the traffic ahead.

[sinkrate]

[QUOTE=tomatwalden;934964]TomTom on the iPhone is no different from a dedicated TomTom unit. I use it all the time. I've tried some of the free versions, but to be honest, I always went back to the TomTom because the maps were more complete and up to date.

Be careful of the built-in ones (eg. on Andriod, and now with iPhone maps). They generally don't have the complete maps loaded on to your phone, hence require a good 3G connection, and also use a massive amount of your data allowance.

T[/QUOTE]

So tomtom downloads the entire maps offline then ? Useful info thanks :) ever had a problem with the traffic on the tomtom iPhone app. It's not a bad price if the functionality is the same as a standalone. My iPhone is still on the old version and not version 6 as I did not want to lose google maps. I think there are a few apps that do the google maps now so I could update I suppose.

[Baldie]

NavFree is also complete on the phone Ie needs no internet connection/Phone signal. If you want live traffic etc then yes it does. The mapping is updated every 2 months for free, and gives spoken turn by turn directions.

At the end of the day, Its free and available for Ios and android,, Why not try it ?
!

[sinkrate]

[QUOTE=Baldie;934993]NavFree is also complete on the phone Ie needs no internet connection/Phone signal. If you want live traffic etc then yes it does. The mapping is updated every 2 months for free, and gives spoken turn by turn directions.

At the end of the day, Its free and available for Ios and android,, Why not try it ?
![/QUOTE]

I will mate, got a long trip tomorrow so I'll give it a go :)

[Planehazza]

I used Tom Tom UK and Ireland for the iPhone extensively and it's every bit as good as a standalone sat nav. Added benefit of being part of a smart phone so easy updates etc.

[sinkrate]

Cheers thanks mate. I'll try navfree over the next few weeks and see how it goes, if not I might get the Tom Tom app with the traffic service.