[discobay]

Has anyone used their mobile phones as in-car sat/nav with success and satisfaction? Do they provide text to voice, are they quick to find a route, do they offer alternative routes, do you need to buy a data plan?

[mike28]

Originally Posted by discobay

Has anyone used their mobile phones as in-car sat/nav with success and satisfaction? Do they provide text to voice, are they quick to find a route, do they offer alternative routes, do you need to buy a data plan?

Try Nokia Navigator 6110 (Route66 software), rather reliable. However, I still seemed to get lost in Hong Kong Island, especially the Causeway Bay to Central stretch, rest ok. Most of time you only need rely upon the voice navigation, and not really reading the map. Just take a glance or two when the voice navigation is unclear. Voice navigation and alternative routing is typically default for most software. No data plan is needed, unless you use A-GPS. Only cost hence is the phone, gps software, and digital map, which are all one-time cost.

BTW, I tried Mapking on my Treo 750v, but due to the poor instructions, I get lost once every two trips, and it was really frustrating. NokiaMaps (English) was not working for me before too. Read one user successfully used TOMTOM software so far too.

[discobay]

Thanks mike.

[MrMoo]

Apparently TomTom have their software running on an iPhone 3G, looks very interesting. Time will tell if this and other vendors will release onto the market.

Current popular methods is using a Windows Smart Phone and regular mapping software.

[mike28]

[quote=MrMoo;228317]Apparently TomTom have their software running on an iPhone 3G, looks very interesting. Time will tell if this and other vendors will release onto the market.

Great picture! Will be looking forward to the release of TomTom on iPhone. Might be perfect for me...

[Lammarite]

Originally Posted by mike28

Great picture!

That is the beauty of photoshop.