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Thread ID: 134639	2013-07-23 06:47:00	GPS For My Car	JohnnyR (9277)	PC World Chat

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1349649	2013-07-27 06:41:00	Waze. http://world.waze.com Free apps currently available for iPhone and Android, with Windows 8 phone in beta. Community edited maps updated (about) weekly. Real-time traffic and route updates. 5134 Real-time alerts for accidents, police and other hazards. Local petrol pricing. 5133 Yes, it requires a 3G connection while out and about to keep the map updated and for the alerts to work, but in a month of regular use, I've never exceeded 50MB.	Antmannz (6583)
1349650	2013-07-27 09:28:00	Thanks for all the advice everyone. I bought a Tom Tom 225 today. It's got free lifetime map upgrades for Aust and NZ and overseas map purchases are a reasonable price. I used it driving home from the shop and was very happy with it's performance. JR	JohnnyR (9277)
1349651	2013-07-27 22:39:00	I haven't tried many of the paid for apps. In NZ I just use google or one of the offline apps (free ones) and it does the job, I can focus on it and while someone else drives. They both do the job. If you can take the extra unit and pay for it ... Car GPS have the little brownie points - works a bit faster, better designed for car with the many lil info meters, it may warn you more as you approach the turn off, when you take the turn off, the roads might have arrows to show the different lanes. Ie we used Google to a restaurant yesterday, didn't need GPS but I tested it. On the motorway, we had to take a exit, it does voice tell you but there might be latency but on the map itself it doesn't show the diff lanes so vitually a bit more difficult, it was just one color one heads straight ahead and the same color joined together heads just a tad left. And you had to look at it closely. If I was in diff country/city, I may of well taken the exit too late and missed it. But there are cons - no internet, no traffic update, unless you pay for those, cannot google search if shop name isn't on it, when you walk around or take public transport and want advice on what bus/train to get on and what time, on holiday. Also I heard the updates of the maps are just the lifetime or the lifecycle of that product. So it's not lifetime as in 10yrs.	Nomad (952)
1349652	2013-07-28 12:11:00	I have a Tom Tom GPS that stays in my car. Recently I bought myself a Samsung GT-I8190T iphone as I need to have access to a cell phone, a camera, internet and GPS. This is an Android phone that allows me to have all of these things plus a few extras in one gadget. I have tried the iphone GPS navigation recently in Christchurch and it worked for me. The only down side I found was battery usage so I need to be able to recharge the phone quite often. I have noticed that a lot of tourists to New Zealand use similar iphones for navigation.	Bobh (5192)
1349653	2013-07-30 06:26:00	I had a go with CoPilot app trial, they offer 2 weeks . It does offline and online . So you can download a entire country at a single click, really handy . No need to continually cache . Works offline, does online with Wikipedia, share your trips on social networks, does online traffic reports etc . Yes, the CoPilot like the Nokia Maps only give you two meters like ETA and Speedo or pick your choice . My Navman while 4yr old, does default to one only but you can tap it again and show 5 of them but two is more than enough . . . . But what I really like about CoPilot is that it shows the the lanes or lines so you see one line going straight ahead and one to the left and/or to the right . So you have more confidence esp if you are in a foreign location, when to really take that turn . V useful in the city if you have turn after turn or roundabout after roundabout . A Google function but in NZ due to data cost you may not be using street view, :lol: In terms of navigation I prefer CoPilot over Google . I still think my old Navman has it better in a few buttons like a home page big fat icon for hotels or petrol or parking but those things are not that essential, they are on the CoPilot it might just be a click more away and smaller . The CoPilot or other commercial apps like that would be 98% good for me . Dedicated GPS may still work faster b/c it has a larger antenna . If I wasn't doing driving I would use the Google b/c the public transport feature is very handy for a tourist if I had a sim . For NZ driving if it wasn't for I very seldom use GPS here and its $30-50 price, I would use CoPilot . But if you are looking at going to some countries that is difficult to get commercial maps for such as Japan, Korea, Google might have a larger database . Not that is is relevant to the OP .	Nomad (952)
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