Is there any way to get a different voice for GPS directions. I'd like to be able to hear it tell me directions on long trips, so it gets my attention. But the stock voice is murder on my ears. Like nails on a chalkboard. Any market apps that do navigation using google maps? An overlay app? Anything? TIA.
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Is there any way to get a different voice for GPS directions. I'd like to be able to hear it tell me directions on long trips, so it gets my attention. But the stock voice is murder on my ears. Like nails on a chalkboard. Any market apps that do navigation using google maps? An overlay app? Anything? TIA.
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Waze is a free 'social' based Navigation tool. It has some cool little features (including a different voice ). The routing on it has typically sucked for me, but its fun to play with.
I also use Co-Pilot (not free). It uses Off-line maps, which is helpful in areas with no/little signal. It also has multiple voices to choose from.
There are a few other paid apps as well.
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So currently I'm using google maps for my navigation, however I hate its long time searching. It takes almost 10 min for it to find me but once I'm found it stays on while it runs. However I would like to know if there is something better than this?
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I think google is one of the best, they are on top of there game, imo. Hopefully you find something else that suites your phone.
Google...Sprint Nav...
Google maps is great... I have to say (my opinion though) that the new version of Sprint GPS is pretty good too. (but u have to have sprint).
I say both are very average compare to other software: Iguidance, Garmin XT, Tomtom, IGO.....paid but much better, 10 minutes isn't normal Eclipse, you may wanna eclipse Google and try something new...plenty or resources out there
If you just want to know where you are and want to find businesses close to where you are at then google is nice.
If you want to use your GPS for driving directions get a true turn-by-turn app like igo, tomtom, Garmin, CoPilot, etc.. Not to mention you don't need a data play for these apps. Maps are loaded on the phone.
I've got garmin XT and I love it.
I agree with above.. sure the google one is cool for what it does.. so is the new one in Bing for that matter... but really, nothing beats TomTom... it will work even if you have no internet connection...... (assuming you have a map of your entire country on an SD card).... But the voices are cool, the diffrent options for a car icon is cool.... the layout is cool... and the "show off" effect is cool...
"Oh, your phone has AT&T Navigator that only works where you have coverage?, Well, my phone has real TomTom, just like the ones you buy at Best Buy for $200, and it works everywhere"..
lol... sorry, but it is fun... And if you you do have an unlimited data plan, and are willing to pay hte monthly fee, you can access TomTom Plus which offers live traffic (and it can auto-reroute you if it is faster another way), along with gas prices, weather, etc....
That is my 2 cents...
The reason why I hate google maps is because it takes a long long time for it to locate me... takes a good 5-10 mins till it finds me. I want to know what app or what I need to do so that I can use a gps that will pick me fast. What do I do ?
does tomtom locate fast? and is it free?
I have started using Waze with my TP. I love it. Its user based so if there is someone stuck in traffic, they report it and you get updated. Im a huge fan.
tom tom locates very fast but is not free. my google maps takes a few seconds to locate me. i would try changing your radio. also use quick gps it makes google locate faster.
Garmin XT
Run it on my Fuze and it works great! It's not free but I was part of www.lg-incite.com forum before getting my Fuze and they have a thread over there dedicated to Garmin GPS. If you have a data plan, you get live traffic and can search a business in your area using the built in Google Search.
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Hey Eclipse I would reccommend trying quick GPS, it updates satellite info from the internet so beware but attains a much faster lock on once it has run the update, it DOES use the internet so unlimited data is reccommended.
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Hey Eclipse I would reccommend trying quick GPS, it updates satellite info from the internet so beware but attains a much faster lock on once it has run the update, it DOES use the internet so unlimited data is reccommended.
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Yea I usually do update the quick gps. However it still takes awhile.
where can I get the latest sprint nav?
Off topic but here, read
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=362745
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The reason why I hate google maps is because it takes a long long time for it to locate me... takes a good 5-10 mins till it finds me. I want to know what app or what I need to do so that I can use a gps that will pick me fast. What do I do ?
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This is not an application issue. This is a phone GPS issue. You will have this same issue with every GPS application until you resolve the GPS acquisition issue.
I have an issue with the GPS device every few months. Some bad data corrupts the memory location and won't find satellites. To fix it I change some settings and it seems to force overwrite the nonvolatile memory files.
1. Open Quick GPS
2. Tap Menu at the bottom
3. Tap Options
4. Uncheck "Auto download when connected to PC via ActiveSync"
5. Tap OK
6. Close out of Quick GPS and quit the application
Now it may take 30 seconds to acquire satellites for the first time. Each time after you should acquire satellites very quickly.
I need some help with some Nav on my Flyer. It seems there are three (3) to choose from, Car Panel, Locations and Google Maps. I know that Google Maps requires internet connection but not sure if Car Panel or Location requires it. I am not sure if I have a busted Flyer or I am just not using it correctly.
It also seems that in Car Panel when I click on Get More and try to download US- Northeast Map it takes forever. Anyone else having these issues?
Car Panel is just an interface really... not a navigation program. It can use either HTC Locations or Google Maps.
Google Maps (Navigation) is free, but requires a data connection
HTC Locations will do offline Navigation from what I've heard but it is not free.
If you think it is taking forever to download, keep it mind it is about 900MB to download.. make take awhile. Plus the HTC server's have been pretty slow lately since most of it is still Beta.
Hi,
ive had my X10 for a few months and only tried the "wisepilot" navigation app that came with the phone recently, after activating it and typing in the address, i realised that it is NOT turn by turn voice navigation.
has any1 got it to run by voice navigation?
what other navigation programs can u recommend that have got turn by turn voice navigation??
CoPilot live Standard. 4.99 on the market.
ndrive men
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Vingo... free
CoPilot Live
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CoPilot live Standard. 4.99 on the market.
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i dont want to pay for it.
i want something free to download
i think new google maps version offers turn by turn navigation...try that
hash94 said:
i think new google maps version offers turn by turn navigation...try that
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have downlaoded copilot live, will try that out now and see
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i think new google maps version offers turn by turn navigation...try that
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+ 1 for google maps turn by turn navigation and its free
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the reason I believe that CoPilot Live is worth the cost of less than a Big Mac at McDonalds is that you can use it when you've got no signal...
Any software based on Google maps cannot do that, and so unless you plan ahead and cache your map ahead of time using google maps..you're liable to be out one day...decide to go somewhere, fire up google maps...lose the signal half way there and spend the rest of your trip cursing and watching it "searching for signal...."
trust me...it's worth the 4.99 (I think it might be even less on special right now)
rpavich makes a good point, but I still think google maps turn-by-turn voice navigation is the bomb, in my (admittedly limited) experience. It actually caches quite a lot of map data too. Perhaps it even does so predictively; I'm not sure about that. (Plus, I use Verizon (MiFi 2200) for my data connection, so my coverage is pretty good.)
Improving
Google Maps / Navigation now includes (in a "Labs" feature) explicit map area caching. You can point it to one or more spots, and it'll cache all the map tiles within a 10-mile area (it's a square area, so "10 miles" must be approximate).
I just wonder what'll change when this stuff is no longer 'beta'. I'm worried.
Google maps is good to use its free and does the job well
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Hello.
What is the best Navigation app for the Atrix.
I am looking for one that works without data connection, only with GPS and for USA & Canada.
How do you expect one to work with no data connection? Must transfer GPS data somehow.... lol
while we're in the topic, how do portable GPS devices work? do they use data as well?
if so, how well do they work in places where there's no data signal?
I mean data signal as compared to low reception on your phone.
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How do you expect one to work with no data connection? Must transfer GPS data somehow.... lol
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Your laughing, but your wrong
ifalldownalot said:
while we're in the topic, how do portable GPS devices work? do they use data as well?
if so, how well do they work in places where there's no data signal?
I mean data signal as compared to low reception on your phone.
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I use CoPilot live. Bought it when I had a tablet (no data connection). Now I use it so I don't have to use data to download the maps and for when I'm in areas without cell service.
edit: GPS tells you where you are (latitude and longitude). Maps saved on your GPS device or in my case my phone let me know where that actually is in relation to streets and such. I also mountain bike and theres no signal in a lot of those places. I can record the track and it looks like nothing at the time but once its transposed (if thats the right term) onto a map then it does.
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Your laughing, but your wrong
I use CoPilot live. Bought it when I had a tablet (no data connection). Now I use it so I don't have to use data to download the maps and for when I'm in areas without cell service.
edit: GPS tells you where you are (latitude and longitude). Maps saved on your GPS device or in my case my phone let me know where that actually is in relation to streets and such. I also mountain bike and theres no signal in a lot of those places. I can record the track and it looks like nothing at the time but once its transposed (if thats the right term) onto a map then it does.
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ooo nice.
do you use Copilot live or Copilot live premium?
wish they had a trial. :\
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ooo nice.
do you use Copilot live or Copilot live premium?
wish they had a trial. :\
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It's called CoPilot Live USA in the market I believe.
Backcountry Navigator Pro works good.
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I use iGo8 on all my standalone GPS units, so I tried it on my Atrix. I was less than impressed when comparing it to its GPS cousins, but it is better than AT&T navigator. Even though all the data is local to the phone, I still tend to use Google Navigate instead on a regular basis (I haven't been anyplace where a data connection is a problem). iGo8 just didn't intgegrate well into the Android environment and experience from my point of view.
I have seen other "heavy" GPS programs in the market and mentioned on various GPS websites. Google around. That's assuming you are looking for navigation and not trails.
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I use iGo8 on all my standalone GPS units, so I tried it on my Atrix. I was less than impressed when comparing it to its GPS cousins, but it is better than AT&T navigator. Even though all the data is local to the phone, I still tend to use Google Navigate instead on a regular basis (I haven't been anyplace where a data connection is a problem). iGo8 just didn't intgegrate well into the Android environment and experience from my point of view.
I have seen other "heavy" GPS programs in the market and mentioned on various GPS websites. Google around. That's assuming you are looking for navigation and not trails.
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I agree with this for the most part. I use Google maps for the most part, but its nice to have downloaded maps there when you need it. I tend to use it on long trips as well. The interface could use some work though.
Copilot works, but the maps are old. Sygic works really well.
I'm just throwing this out there...
how about waze?
Looks interesting, but the OP requested a complete navigation package that includes maps, POIs and everything else local on the unit. Most navigation packages seem to use "live" maps where there is nothing on the phone and only what is needed for immediate navigation is downloaded OTA.
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I'm just throwing this out there...
how about waze?
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Waze is definitely not going to work as a no-data solution.
Sygic is a good offline navigation software. navigon is also not bad, but they're having trouble since the last update.
I wanted to start a new thread on navigation for the PAS. The other thread is just way too long, and goes down many paths. I would like to get info an what people are using for nav, both online and off. I currently have Scout navigation installed, as well as google maps and navigation.
Google maps and nav are great when online, but are not really functional offline. I have downloaded an offline map for my city, but when offline trying to do a search, it just hangs looking for places. With Scout, I have an offline map of the central US. It works fine, but the load time is a little annoying.
I have looked into navfree, and waze. I like waze, but I am not sure if it works in any sort of offline mode (maybe it uses some cached data). I installed navfree, and removed it. I cannot remember why. It may have been laggy.
I would also like to know peoples opinios on the tomtom and igo apps. I removed the igo app on the device since I replaces the sd card. But I know there is the ability to purchase it from the market.