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| Thread ID: 115457 | 2011-01-19 04:22:00 | Internet on the go and GPS device. | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 1170973 | 2011-01-19 10:38:00 | :thanks: But yeah .. quality 3rd party apps are prob gonna cost more than Nokia's free program to many users or else some of the non free handsets - $5.99 month or $29.99 (?) for the year. For those interested a quality NZ has one for free. I use it for my trekking Garmin and it's pretty good but doubt many other countries are as fortunate. gwprojects.org I've tried searching free maps for the Garmin, they're pretty much barely done. Some are just maps with no POIs. Some others only have the main st and no POIs. So you cannot even do a search. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1170974 | 2011-01-19 10:41:00 | Not quite what he's after though Chill, Google Maps / Nav still needs a data connection for searching destinations, figuring out routes etc. Judging by what Nomad says, he won't have *any* mobile data connection at all, so one of the third party apps would be a more appropriate choice here. Nomad - both platforms do have third party apps that don't require adata connection at all, but I'm not sure what the quality is like, as I've never tried them - Google's navigation apps have always filled my needs perfectly. :pf1mobmini: Boss at work has the navman app for his iphone. Seems to work a treat. He didn't get the cradle I don't think. Well its never in the car. Gps works fine on that. Not sure if its using data or not |
plod (107) | ||
| 1170975 | 2011-01-19 10:50:00 | Correct me if I am wrong but after a bit of research, the Androids might not have offline maps from factory.In most cases, Android phones come with Google Maps preinstalled, and Google Maps does not support fully offline operation. There is nothing stopping you from installing another app however; you are *not* restricted to using only the apps that come with the phone. There is a NZ GPS group which makes them available for free, I have them on my Garmin 60CSx which is pretty good but not that professionally colourful.If this is the map set I'm thinking of, it should be available for use in Android mapping applications too. My concern is that quality free third party apps are prob v limited (if one wants for them for a lot of countries). OTOH one could buy them off Garmin or TomTom doubt it would be cheap thou.I simply don't know what's available for free - have you looked? There are an awful lot of apps in the market; it's extremely likely that there will be one available that does what you want. I've heard a few friends recommend CoPilot - it sells for NZ $66.71 (includes Australia & NZ maps), and does exactly what you're asking for. I love a iPhone or Android, v trendy phones as they are but lacks in oveseas GPS travel.Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds to me as if you don't quite understand the concept of apps. Android & iOS are operating systems - complaining that Android doesn't support offline maps is like complaining that Windows XP can't edit PowerPoint files. If you want to edit PowerPoint files, you install MS Office (or similar) - the same principle applies here. :pf1mobmini: |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1170976 | 2011-01-19 20:58:00 | I simply don't know what's available for free - have you looked? There are an awful lot of apps in the market; it's extremely likely that there will be one available that does what you want. I've heard a few friends recommend CoPilot - it sells for NZ $66.71 (includes Australia & NZ maps), and does exactly what you're asking for. :pf1mobmini: I haven't looked at what's free for the Androids or iPhones. My guess would be that quality free maps might be difficult to get if one wants 20+ countries. I have a travel bug. Garmin has been around for a much longer time and it's poor. You could buy the official $$ Garmin maps. Options like the CoPilot is an option but it gets expensive if one needs it to go overseas. Ie., if a person needs to buy a few maps every year. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds to me as if you don't quite understand the concept of apps. Android & iOS are operating systems - complaining that Android doesn't support offline maps is like complaining that Windows XP can't edit PowerPoint files. If you want to edit PowerPoint files, you install MS Office (or similar) - the same principle applies here. :pf1mobmini: Some of the "older" MS portable units supported offline usage but I guess the market might have shifted. Well there are Garmin trekking units ..... I am looking at the end user's perspective. They might be ok in the home country where data plans might be affordable but who can afford a international roaming data plan. One could pick up a simcard but then again one might just be in a country for a few days. Nokia has operating systems too and afaik they might work fully in offline. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1170977 | 2011-01-28 10:42:00 | iphone (has it all) | merien (16149) | ||
| 1170978 | 2011-01-28 19:26:00 | iphone (has it all) Why are you pushing the Ipoo so much do you work for Crapple? |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1170979 | 2011-01-28 19:43:00 | Why are you pushing the Ipoo so much do you work for Crapple?The user "merien" was just trying to make 10 posts so they could add their advertisements/spam to their signature. He/she is no longer with us. ;) | Jen (38) | ||
| 1170980 | 2011-01-28 20:20:00 | I thought so which is why I reported it | gary67 (56) | ||
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