Have you tried Google navigation? I have not had it work properly even once so far. The first time I tried it, it didn't tell me it didn't know the exact address before it started directing me. It dropped me off at the wrong street without a way to even get back to the address I originally entered. The second time I tried using it, it had typos in street names, and was telling me to turn AFTER I passed the street I needed to turn onto. The third time I tried it, it told me to turn left, then immediately right at a place where I was supposed to just go straight across an intersecting street. On top of that, you have the fact that you need to have a data connection for it to work at all. If you are outside of your coverage area you are screwed.
Google navigation is okay for a last-resort backup, but it does not compare to a dedicated device at all.
@Player1 Garmin isn't much better, at least in CA... where it tells you to "Keep Right" and that takes u off the Freeway as the "Right" lane is exit only.. so you go in a circle...
Also in Ohio they show an on ramp that is not there... Has not been for a long time like a couple years, at least with my Google nav, it stays up to date, and has never steered me wrong... Heck even Vzn's Navigator works better...
@MJ You should probably update your maps then. A garmin isn't going to do that automatically. And I'm not following your first comment. I would never consider "keep right" to mean go into the exit lane regardless of where I lived.
@Player1 Well if right means left (ur living on bizaro world...), Why say KEEP right if the center/left lane is what you want and will work fine???
... who wants to pay $100+ to update a < 6 month old device? Just paid $400 for.. I think garmin needs to offer free updates for atleast a year...
If you buy a smartphone do u have to pay for software updates under the first year? I hope not, I sure don't, and would not... why should u have to pay for updates on a GPS thats new?
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Have you tried Google navigation? I have not had it work properly even once so far. The first time I tried it, it didn't tell me it didn't know the exact address before it started directing me. It dropped me off at the wrong street without a way to even get back to the address I originally entered. The second time I tried using it, it had typos in street names, and was telling me to turn AFTER I passed the street I needed to turn onto. The third time I tried it, it told me to turn left, then immediately right at a place where I was supposed to just go straight across an intersecting street. On top of that, you have the fact that you need to have a data connection for it to work at all. If you are outside of your coverage area you are screwed.
Google navigation is okay for a last-resort backup, but it does not compare to a dedicated device at all.
@Player1
Garmin isn't much better, at least in CA... where it tells you to "Keep Right" and that takes u off the Freeway as the "Right" lane is exit only.. so you go in a circle...
Also in Ohio they show an on ramp that is not there... Has not been for a long time like a couple years, at least with my Google nav, it stays up to date, and has never steered me wrong... Heck even Vzn's Navigator works better...
@MJ You should probably update your maps then. A garmin isn't going to do that automatically. And I'm not following your first comment. I would never consider "keep right" to mean go into the exit lane regardless of where I lived.
@Player1
Well if right means left (ur living on bizaro world...), Why say KEEP right if the center/left lane is what you want and will work fine???
... who wants to pay $100+ to update a < 6 month old device? Just paid $400 for.. I think garmin needs to offer free updates for atleast a year...
If you buy a smartphone do u have to pay for software updates under the first year? I hope not, I sure don't, and would not... why should u have to pay for updates on a GPS thats new?