Would you still keep Google Maps app after installing Garmin Mobile XT?
 

Is there any reason to still keep Google Maps app after installing Garmin Mobile XT?
If I'm not mistaken, it looks like Garmin Mobile XT now incorporates google search.
So, I'm wondering if there is incremental benefit to keeping Google Maps app.

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if you want to just quickly look at a map. Google maps loads faster than garmin xt.

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yup, i use both what is the harm?

google is better for quick lookups plus has the star/favorites, etc.

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Does the Garmin program show current traffic and accidents, etc?

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yes it does

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I actually use latitude

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When google does turn by turn, I won't use anything else :)

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I use turn by turn as well as the tracks feature for XT. I use both, but Google simply for the satelite map.

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i have igo but use google for finding phone numbers of companys ect, gm isnt a big file so i keep it, not sure why you wouldnt.

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Is there any chance of happening that in future?
With their own OS on the line (android), I'm not sure if Google finds it to their interest to enhance any features of Google Maps for other platforms.

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no doubt google will never do this except for andriod.

it's a huge marketing point they have (and google needs them really to attract casuals/iphone-like users)

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Moved to the Software Forum.

late,
Coz

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I use both so it would be better to keep it.

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I kept TomTom as well as GoogleMaps/Bing. I like being able to search businesses quickly. Bing would also search near your current location for them and map it out all around you. Not to mention showing you gas prices too.

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Yes, they mentioned in a video I saw earlier that it's on the way. Of course Android will be priority. Plus Goggles and Wave are coming along nicely- again, Android is the Pilot platform.

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Yes it does, but Google maps is considerably more convenient (and accurate) for this.

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I use both:
-Google Maps shows address #'s when you zoom in far enough
-Garmin Mobile XT is not good with address # accuracy when it's off of main roads.

I was doing deliveries in one of the largest land-area towns in Connecticut and Garmin would send me to the wrong end of a road occasionally. But you gotta love how GMXT is using Google Live services that only their brand-new/high-end GPS models are using.

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I use both...but to be honest, the only thing I use Google Maps for is Latitude. Otherwise I use Garmin for any sort of navigation.

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I completely agree with this, I just wish they would update the app, and maybe lessen the lag or make it more smooth like iGo. I mean, come on, it hasn't been updated in over a year!!!

You can also import the Trapster database and it'll alert you of user-submitted police hideouts.

The only thing I like about iGo is how smooth it is while driving, zooming, etc compared to Garmin. I hate the routes iGo chooses though and I haven't been able to make them any better.

To the OP's question, I have both installed still, but I mainly use Garmin. If I just need a phone number I usually end up using Google Maps though.

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I'll have to try garmin XT, but I do use Latitude. I usually use 1-800-GOOG-411 for directory assistance.

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I have the garmin xt with external gps(little grey box) is there a way to use the internal gps with the garmin maps with my touch 2

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i say keep google maps for the simple fact that garmin is no good for directions if ur gps is not locked, u can still search and get phone numbers but when it comes to getting directions u cant do anything until u get the gps lock. Google works regardless of a gps lock or not so u can at least get directions in a text form when u are in a pitch. As for igo 8 i personally am about to uninstall it because there are alot of places around me that igo does not seem to know exists yet. I can find anything i search for in google maps and garmin xt but igo almost always comes back with a blank search list


my .02

Wirelessly posted (Touch Pro 2 (Sprint): Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 8.12; MSIEMobile6.0) Sprint T7380)

I run both apps. To me, they compliment each other.

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I kept it but I almost never use google maps. I have unlimited everything with Sprint so its easier for me to just use sprint navigation...for free.

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quick question, if i have the map installation files for garmin mobile xt, is it possible for me to get the map installed to a umpc running windows xp and garmin mobile pc?

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As long as you have a license for each map installed on each device, there is no issue...

I like Garmin a lot... I originally got it because driving cross country, there are dead spots for cell service, and I still wanted a way to find out where I was... Also better for the water...

Google Maps is nice for Streetview and Lattitude... Family can track where I am... ;)

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yeah google maps is nice n quick if you just need to see a few roads ahead, but if you're ready to start a crazy journey id go with garmin

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Garmin does not show traffic on the route you are dring. YOu have to go to garmin online to see it. it is the same as google map and much slower.

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also,
some other questions.
1. Garmin mobile XT WM does not report street name on all turns, right?
2. You can not drag map around like google map or igo, right?
3. The POI is so crowded and so slow. Can I turn it off on map?

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Personally I have iGuidance 2009, Google Maps, Bing, and Waze.

Waze is my favorite in concept but still in beta and it shows. On the other hand it has voice turn-by-turn and real time traffic. I have iGuidance because I don't have nationwide data and have to travel outside my coverage area often enough to need it. Bing I like for finding stuff around me locally and the voice search although I don't get why it can't use the GPS as the current location as the default upon start and update that periodically. Google is really my least favorite of the bunch but I keep it around in case the others are not giving me what I want.

If Google would add voice turn-by-turn and a few other features from the Android version my opinion of it could turn around real quick.

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I have both. I use google for very fast checks, otherwise Garmin. One of the best features of Garmin imo is the ability to flag roads or sections of roads to avoid, which is huge if you have traffic bottlenecks in your area and don't want to keep hearing "recalculating" every time you hop off the route to avoid a snag.

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Just leave both on

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For those that choose to operate your phones without Data Plans like me, Garmin XT is the best way to go. It can operate exactly like a standalone GPS, with no data plan required. Obviously the online stuff doesn't work, but it has POI's (Points of Interest) as a part of Maps so it will still find your local coffee shop or stuff around your current location.

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Every program have its pro and con, so no harm having two

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I use google maps and telenav for sprint. both free and some times bing.

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Telenav for Sprint IS NOT FREE! There are alot of people that do not have the Sprint Navi service in their plans, so to avoid confusion, Sprints Telenav is not free for everyone.

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my bad, I pay the $69 everything plan, wasn't thinking.

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I usually pull up google maps for a nearby business lookup becuase it is quicker for me. I used to use bing instead because it could lookup stuff and give real-time on route directions ("turn right in .7 miles") but the "new" bing was nerfed by microsoft and now it sucks. If i am ever trip planning or looking for a gas station gotta get out garmin though.

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I like Garmin the most. To drag the map you first have to click on the car icon (your current location) then the map will jump to a top down north up dragable view. You can change the level of detail to include on the map. You can turn POI on and off and choose what size lable with the POI. It says turn right in 50 feet but can not speak the street name. You can send a text to a friend of a map showing your location. You can view photos people upload to google eatrh. Find sun set time and weather for any city. And Garmin can also search google if you cant find what you looking for in the garmin database (I use this a lot because my map is kind of outdated). Garmin can also sort by live fuel price. And show flight numbers and times. I dont like how many times I have to hit BACK to return to the map view. Garmin integrates and can access your contacts and show them on the map but there is much room for improvement with the integration of WM. It has a hard time importing the contacts address. I wish it could show a live dot on the map of my friends locations with out me having manually send the request location message over and over. (Peer point).

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SInce some one revived this thread.
Garmin no longer supports the WM platform, to bad, I love Garmin Mobile XT, and I still use it, they told me they stopped supporting because they now have their Garmin phone, but they still support Black Berry, go figure! I am wondering if enough people contacted them requesting that they support WM if they would start again, I just can't imagine a company like Garmin abandoning all of us just to try and sell their phone, which is only available on AT&T, and T Mobile, if they knew how many people use WM, and are not with those two companies I wonder if they might rethink the whole deal.
It appears that SprintNav ie Telenav have started using GoogleMaps as their database, that dissapoints me because where I live there are a LOT of mistakes with Google maps, and when they fix them, they don't really fix them, I have a business, they had the street wrong, and my business on that street, they finily kind of fixed that mistake, I am on 580 East, they had 580 east on the next street over, now they have 580 east where it is supposed to be, and 580 east on the next street over, and my business is still routed to the next street over, just can't imagine that, and there are other streets that are like that all over...that said I do use Google Maps for some things.
Terry