TomTom for Android now in SA

Eish... An Android forum post for this iFan... The TomTom app for iPhone and iPad is fantastic and I'd assume the Android one would be the same or, at the very least, mostly similar. Since installing, it hasn't missed a beat for me, including finding addresses on dust roads in informal settlements. My dedicated GPS has been collecting dust for the last four or five years... Its that good. You'll need a cradle, or a car charger 'cos it drains the battery 'tho.
 
I use Telmap on my S3.

Apparently it is in Intel company and so far it has been great and FREE.

Had TomTom on my iPhone and still do on my iPad. Will consider it when they sorted the issues.
 
ClintZA said:
Proper offline navigation is the attraction for me when it comes to sourcing other navigation apps. Data costs scare me.

I am currently using Sygic, which I am lead to believe uses Tom Tom maps, so I see no need to spend money on this. Not sure what more it will offer?
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Google maps doesnt use that much data. Before maps were able to be cached, i used about 7Mb for a 30 min trip.

For the whole month of September I used 4 Mb total! Admittedly I only used my GPS 3 times that month. Still at 0.15cents per meg i paid R0.60c. As compared to paying R377 for an app??? To me it doesnt make sense.
 
Ecco said:
Google maps doesnt use that much data. Before maps were able to be cached, i used about 7Mb for a 30 min trip.

For the whole month of September I used 4 Mb total! Admittedly I only used my GPS 3 times that month. Still at 0.15cents per meg i paid R0.60c. As compared to paying R377 for an app??? To me it doesnt make sense.
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I love Google Maps myself but it has its annoyances.
2 weeks ago we were heading down to St Lucia from JHB. Along the way my wife wanted to make a detour. So she punches a new address into maps and the wheels fell off. We were in a weak signal edge only area. Took maps about 5 minutes to reroute us. I had to pull over on the side of the road and wait. Not good.
 
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Mike Smit said:
I love Google Maps myself but it has its annoyances.
2 weeks we were heading down to St Lucia from JHB. Along the way my wife wanted to make a detour. So she punches a new address into maps and the wheels fell off. We were in a weak signal edge only area. Took maps about 5 minutes to reroute us. I had to pull over on the side of the road and wait. Not good.
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Agree - had this issue too.
 
crxboy said:
Option paralysis. I'm flicking between the two (both apps work on all my devices) - cannot make up my mind.
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I feel your pain, either they are equally good, or equally bad. I might be leaning towards the latter, but since Garmin is more "mature" in my opinion, if I was forced to choose, Garmin would be it, that said, I had Garmin for Symbian, and it was horrible.
 
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