gps question

ryudo423 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 05:50 PM

hey i love sprint nav but unforutantly it costs money.... wat are some good free alternatives that have voice nav..ive heard tom tom 7 but doesnt the require astrogps launcher or something? how would i go about getting this to work where to get it and what not.... i dont like google maps cant figure that out and the program aMaze doesnt seem to work for me either... i know this has prolly been asked b4 but sry im new to this tx!

varunb007 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 06:14 PM

i like destinator 7. it requires no priming. it seems a lot of people like igo but i didn't find the interface very intuitive.

sanvara · #3 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 06:21 PM

I love iGo. Nicer interface than TomTom. It calculates routes very quickly for me.

goonie · #4 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by varunb007

i like destinator 7. it requires no priming. it seems a lot of people like igo but i didn't find the interface very intuitive.

I went to there website and it seems it is only an oem product. Since it is not on the stock Sprint rom I am assuming it is not available for purchase etc... And I believe his question is for free alternatives. I am using Tom Tom 7 but have trouble with it detecting my gps which sucks because it is not a cheap program.

ryudo423 · #5 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 10:53 PM

lol i guess i am going to look into igo then..it supports us maps hopefully i can get it to work thx guys

ryudo423 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 11:18 PM

nvmd i guess igo is only for europe??

DeadlyAP1 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 11:30 PM

iGuidance is well worth the money if you decide to purchase something.

**jethro_static** · #8 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 11:43 PM

1 more vote for Destinator. It's simple and very usable. 1 thing about other navigation software is that the maps use a lot of space in ur card. Garmin requires 2 gigs for their maps. Iguidance is about a gig or so. Destinators maps is all separate depending on areas such as midwest, southeast of whatever. I only use 1 of these area coz I do not go out of state that much. It only uses 133mb for my chosen map. If I do however go out of state, I will load the whole maps including canada which is less than a gig and take it out when not in use. So I can use my card space for something else like my mp3's and videos. I have a GPS that uses the same destinator software too that's why I pick this software. I actually took the map off my GPS and use it on my phone so they are exactly the same including POI's. I can even get the voice files if I want but I will leave it different so I wont get tired of listening to her. LOL

sanvara · #9 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jethro_static

1 more vote for Destinator. It's simple and very usable. 1 thing about other navigation software is that the maps use a lot of space in ur card. Garmin requires 2 gigs for their maps. Iguidance is about a gig or so. Destinators maps is all separate depending on areas such as midwest, southeast of whatever.

iGo allows you to select parts of the US as well.

**jethro_static** · #10 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sanvara

iGo allows you to select parts of the US as well.

Good to know that.