Man, its articles like this that make me wish there were folks in Canada that would do this kind of testing.
Obviously Google Nav and the Verizon offering don't apply to me (I have a Nokia 5800 and love the Ovi Maps) but there are other offerings, for example Telus has a subscription service that I would assume is similar to Verizon's and is one option to use on the Motorola Milestone here.
In reality it would seem that Ovi Maps really is the best option as a navigation device. There will be many instances where you will not have cell coverage and require navigation, mostly because you're probably lost and your GPS would be your only lifeline. This makes Ovi Maps the only software that turns your phone in to an actual GPS device. For some reason I thought Google Nav could store map information locally and not require a data connection but I was wrong.
@xraycat82 I did quite a bit of testing with Google Nav and Ovi Maps in Canada. Ovi Maps was the clear winner there for obvious reasons, but Google Nav did give decent directions -- except in one case it didn't know a road near Mt. Tremblant existed that Ovi did.
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Man, its articles like this that make me wish there were folks in Canada that would do this kind of testing.
Obviously Google Nav and the Verizon offering don't apply to me (I have a Nokia 5800 and love the Ovi Maps) but there are other offerings, for example Telus has a subscription service that I would assume is similar to Verizon's and is one option to use on the Motorola Milestone here.
In reality it would seem that Ovi Maps really is the best option as a navigation device. There will be many instances where you will not have cell coverage and require navigation, mostly because you're probably lost and your GPS would be your only lifeline. This makes Ovi Maps the only software that turns your phone in to an actual GPS device. For some reason I thought Google Nav could store map information locally and not require a data connection but I was wrong.
@xraycat82 I did quite a bit of testing with Google Nav and Ovi Maps in Canada. Ovi Maps was the clear winner there for obvious reasons, but Google Nav did give decent directions -- except in one case it didn't know a road near Mt. Tremblant existed that Ovi did.