Wife and kid got Iphones and are wanting navigation.
My Android Phone works great with Google Navigation but I'm not finding it in the Apple app store.
Can you get Google Navigation for iphones? The AT&T Navigation is weak....
TIA
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Wife and kid got Iphones and are wanting navigation.
My Android Phone works great with Google Navigation but I'm not finding it in the Apple app store.
Can you get Google Navigation for iphones? The AT&T Navigation is weak....
TIA
No you can not have Google Navigation on iphone.
Really??Quote:
Originally Posted by jeff_man
Well that sucks.... What does Mr. Jobs want his mindless followers to use for Navigation??
POS,
I have been using Motion X GPS and has worked really well for me. Has a very unique feature of integrating the ipod music functionality while giving direction; ie music playing then music lowers and gives turn by turn directions then music resumes. Also audio directions goes thru bluetooth headset if using. Basically made my Garmin obsolete.
J
Whaaaaaat? My lowly iPhone 3GS has Google Maps and it'll give you directions if you want. Color me confused...
I haven't used my Garmin in a while, but I haven't been on an epic road trip in a while either. Even though the iPhone is a great multitasker (phone, maps, email, p0rn, stocks, dfwmiata, etc etc etc), I still prefer the Garmin as my nav tool of choice - mainly because it mounts nicely to the window and doesn't go dead if you don't touch it for 2 minutes (I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere). And if you keep the maps updated, it's quite the bloodhound when it comes to sniffing out food and gas in the wilds of West Texas.
Google Navigation makes Google maps work like your Garmin only better. ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by trickyrix
What I don't get is why don't they let you use Google Navigation but Google maps is standard equipment on an Iphone??
I can't believe you gave the evil empire (AT&T) more of your money!
The wife and I are both on Virgin Mobile (Sprint network) now with Android smart phones. She gets 1200 mins/unlimited text & web for $40 a month. I get 300 mins/unlimited text & web for $25 a month. No contracts.
Wow, that sucks. My Android came with 2 nav programs pre-installed... Google Navigation and TeleNav. Check to see if TeleNav is available for the iphone.
I'm moving to Sprint tomorrow and look forward to Apple/ATT blockades kissing my ass goodbye.
The Family will not leave the Family plan.... I'm on Sprint with a Android Phone and I like it! ;-) Well let me try that again not so crazy about Sprint but love the Android phone! ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
Same here! And I use the shit out of Google Navigation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
So, what's the catch? It seems like nothing in life comes free (or cheap, in this case).Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
I had a Virgin Mobile prepaid (on sprint network) for several years and loved it. I switched to T-Mobile last year because 1) I wanted a smart phone and Virgin didn't have one then, and 2) I was perturbed at the lack of sprint coverage anywhere within 30 miles of my parents house in NorCal.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
No catch. You have to buy a phone (mine was $125 - LG Optimus V). Looks like they have raised their rates since we joined. The plan I'm on is now $35 a month, and my wife's is now $45 a month. (We are grandfathered and locked in at our original rates)Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-...talk-plans.jsp
So, with an AT&T phone, I rarely find myself without coverage to at least make a call. I sometimes have to roam and use other cell company's systems if I am traveling, but at least I can use it if needed. Is that an option with Virgin, since it is a pre-paid phone?
Hey you two start your own post! ::Rant::
Google Navigation for Iphone!!!!
I don't think you can roam. 99.9% of the time it shouldn't be an issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
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Originally Posted by POS Racing
With the Sprint plan I'm on I get unlimited roaming (including data). That's one of the reasons I keep on Sprint even though their phones blow. Their CS has gotten way better over the last couple years though.
So now that Steve Jobs has left the building can we have the Google Navigation please??? ;-)
Android for iphone: Coming soon to the Apple App Store.
I just switched to Sprint two days ago and picked-up an Evo 3d...the navigation is awesome. Apple lock-down = fail
iPhone 5 coming to Sprint in October :D
I'm pretty sure Verizon has the VZ navigator available for the iPhone. Not that that helps you any. I want to say the lady asked us if we wanted it on our iPhone 4s this last weekend (I hate Apple too, but kind of had no choice), so there's at least something available for the phone itself.
Is Google Navigation an internet thing or an app? I'll see if Verizon has it. I am pretty sure someone mentioned that they have it on an iPhone. Jailbroken maybe? I never cared about iPhone crap till just now...I feel like a 90 year old woman trying to use this thing right now.
I'm sticking with my car GPS though, as the phone dies in a few hours just playing games and crap, so I can't imagine it'll last all that long in the car (I have no desire to buy/build a car adapter for it).
Thanks for the suggestion on MotionX - I was looking for something with voice guidance to use in our upcoming cross country road trip. I'll let you know on Monday if I like it or not. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by ALL88
OK I'm dusting this post off!
I see Apple finally has navigation - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18393993 & http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/12/a...-turn-navigat/
Any of you cool kids know how one could get this update before Autumn??
Get a dev account and you can have the beta.
You can always jailbreak the iPhone and download one of the actual navigation apps? I know TomTom or Garmin makes an app that you can buy or get for free if you mess with the iPhone :)
Jailbreak is the plan for better apps, and won't get you in trouble. I'm also wrestling with the iphone/att or droid/virgin/boost conundrum myself. We are totally out of contract on our phones, but I do love my iphone, so I just called ATT with another "please cancel my service" call, got routed to Customer Retention again, and they took my family share plan down to $75 total for the next 6-months with no contract (1400 minutes, 2gb data on the iphone, wife has a dumb-phone)
I really want to make the move to Boost (Sprint network is good, same as Virgin, but Boost gives you a $5/line discount for paying on-time every 6 months up to $15/mo), but I can't bring myself to pay $250+ for a phone that will be comparable to iphone.
I still advocate in favor of the new generation of pre-pay services. If I ever quit my ATT habit, that's where I'll go. They just keep giving me free crack...
I disagree... I used Sprint forever. Went through a slew of androids over recent years.Quote:
Originally Posted by OZMDD
Went to ATT on an iPhone 4s earlier this year... Glad I made the switch. 4s is faster on ATT than either of the 2 4g phones I had on Sprint.