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I use Zygic on an android, having purchased "the World" and "Australia", why they charge separately for Oz I don't know, I download updates or maps whenever I expect to drive in a country. The only place they do not map is Japan for some odd reason.
I only use the basic navigation which is very good and getting better all the time, they have a bunch of premium stuff that I just don't need so don't pay for.
Sucks a battery rather quickly so I always plug it into the car charger. Would recommend it.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I use my Android phone for navigation quite often.
Overall, it is a very pleasant experience. It has always been quick and accurate. Newer versions of the Maps app allow you to download maps to use offline for areas where you'll be travelling. Otherwise, you'll need to use mobile data. I've found that it uses very little data overall, though.
One of the benefits to using an Android phone as a GPS is that if you use data, your phone will have real-time access to traffic data. When it plots the route, it'll take the usual traffic patterns for your route into account and pick the quickest one accordingly. If traffic changes due to unexpected congestion or a crash, it will figure out the new fastest route and ask if you'd like to switch to the new route or stick with the old one.
It also works well with voice commands. If you use the 'OK Google' search box on the phone's home screen, you can just tell it something like "Navigate to Toronto" or "Navigate to the nearest McDonald's", and it will fire up the Maps app and plot a route to where you told it you want to go.
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I use OSMAND (Open Source Maps, Android) on a couple of Android devices. Free, no tracking, works well. Maps and code updated regularly. If battery usage is an issue, I just plug it in.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Use Garmin GPS device.
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I had the similar dilemma a year back and I used my android to see how it works but honestly I had few nitpicking issues and switched to GPS.
1. Whenever I used android, I was really annoyed when I got/made phone calls when I was middle of downtown with tricky streets. the navigation paused allowing me to attend the call and missed some turns.
2. Battery life was getting tanked.
3. Same as 1, with phone as GPS, I lose the functionality of having a mobile while it is being used for GPS. So when my daughters ask "Are we there yet?", I cannot give my android to her so that she can play some games.
4. Also when I go to long trips, I prefer to have some backup and so with GPS, I have phone as back up for navigation.
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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I used to have TomTom's, and I loved 'em.
But updating maps? OUCH!
Now I have Here Maps[^] on my tablet and phone instead.
The interface isn't as good but once you get your head round it, it works well.
And map updates are free and you can use it offline (which is a major plus compared to the Google effort).
It's got some nice touches as well, such as a "speed bong" which sounds to tell you you are exceeding the speed limit. Or rather, tell Herself I'm exceeding the speed limit... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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HERE maps for Android, free, offline navigation, turn-by-turn voice guidance...
Originally developed by NOKIA, it's been bought by BMW, Volkswagen...
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You can get a decent Garmin for less than $200 with free lifetime map updates. I hate using the nav on my phone. The screen is smaller, and it doesn't appear to be as accurate as the dedicated nav device.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I have one, and only one, complaint against the Garmin device: You enter the destination address in the same order as you would commonly speak it over the telephone to someone.
TomTom and Magellan do that exactly backwards, and I truly feel that that is the better way.
i.e., (in the USA) you enter...
- First the state or zip code
- Next the city
- Next the street
- Last the numeric ID (e.g., street number)
If Garmin has made that a configurable option in recent editions (i.e., you can change it to entering the address in reverse order) please correct me. I like everything else Garmin does with their units.
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After my TomTom died a year ago I've been using my phone.
I did end up paying for the TomTom app after becoming dissatisfied with the free options.
Googlemaps doesn't understand smooth automatic zooming. It would wait until an intersection was about 3/4ths of the way down the screen and then abruptly zoom in again to show it in more detail. The sudden change at the edge of my vision would cause my hunter/gatherer brain to jerk my eyes off the road to see what it was.
Waze failed as a roadtrip app, and I don't need a GPS for my daily commute. A few hours before I paid up for TomTom I tried planning a trip to somewhere about 6 hours drive away. The night before it came up with a stupid all interstate route (an interesting change from local driving where it likes to find the most obscure back streets to use) that was I70-DC Beltway[^]-I95 instead of cutting sideways across secondary roads far enough away to avoid the insanity. Its find an alternate route feature repeatedly timed out. The next morning I gave a final try, and it timed out trying to find even a first route. Also, it's color scheme was outright hideous. 
Edit: I've thought about buying a new TomTom mostly because I can leave it on my dash between stops without worrying about it being stolen unlike my phone; but for 2 or 3 trips a year can't be elephanted to bother.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I use Osmand on Android -- the UI can be a pain, but it's good for cycling.
The words "Single Point of Failure" are always ringing in my ears, though.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Should you see someone wearing mismatch socks, despair not, for it merely is but a set of identical twins married off at wash 'n dry.
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If I ever happen to put on mismatched socks, and someone asks, the response I have at the ready is that I have another pair at home just like it.
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yaaaaaaawwnn.
Someone post something of value... PUULEEAAZE!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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We interrupt this thread for BREAKING NEWS!
The typist of this post just broke a nail (and the bit it off, like all good typists do).
We now returnd you to our regularly scheduled thread... 
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Will Bruce Willis continue making action movies? Because you know what they say about old habits...
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They usually contain old monks? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Only in Cadfael.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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as far as they don't contain twelve monkeys
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I had a sixth sense you would say that.
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You Kschuler wrote: had a sixth sense
And those who claim to be Unbreakable must have six packs 
*I can't find my coat anywhere here* 
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Will Will Smith smith? Yes, Will Smith will smith
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Sander Rossel wrote: Will Smith will smith
So who'll pay the Bill Owen?
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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yaaaaaaawwnn.
Someone post something of value... PUULEEAAZE!
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