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Originally Posted by cdmoore74
Here's my take on the matter. I have 3 gps programs; tomtom 7.9, garmin 5.20 and Igo 8. I'm on verizon and I never had any issues locking onto satellites. In fact out of the box locks are very quick (10 to 30 seconds).
GPS lag (Difference in time when physically crossing an intersection to whats on the display.) This test was done after doing the no lag tweak found on this forum. I really did not see a difference.
Igo8 = 0.5 to 1 second delay
Garmin = 3 to 4 second delay
Tomtom = I stopped counting. Very unusable in 2d or 3d.
I'm no expert but maybe it's how tomtom uses the internal gps chip or it could be resolution issues and should be fixed via software. Igo 8 beats both with the amount of selectable features and text to speech engine but can be overwhelming for a newbie if you use the custom 480x800 skin. Garmin is newbie friendly but the navigation instruction is not to my taste. Tomtom is a mix between the 2. It's simple, the menus are well laid out, the navigation instruction makes sense but could benefit from tts.
I spent almost 2 hours making IGO 8 work just right and could be tweaked/changed even further. Garmin is fine if you want something more then google maps and if you can deal with the minor but usable lag. Tomtom needs some serious help on our phones.
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It is not as bad on Sprint as Verizon i guess but still really not great.I do not want another mobile gps and i hope they fix this.