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[hercules]

has anyone used them ie navfree and is it anygood 

[tunnie]

I have tried it on my old 3G-S, its shite, as are all Sat Navs on mobile devices.

[Plomien]

Well they are recommending to google or Nokia as their maps are pants

[Plomien]

I have tried it on my old 3G-S, its shite, as are all Sat Navs on mobile devices.

I disagree on the Nokia side of things theirs is really good

[TheBoy]

Navfree works, and works well enough, once you get used to its clunky interface.

It constantly displays small ads at bottom, so if you haven't got a data package, turn off data!

Its free, try it. I've used it before, and it does what it says. Like all navigation devices, might not always pick best route, but you only need it for the last mile anyway.


All portable devices are poor, phone GPS is even poorer, due to compromises in design, resulting in poor reception. And no portable device works well in "difficult" areas - cities, woods, tunnels etc etc.

[TheBoy]

Well they are recommending to google or Nokia as their maps are pants

That has precisely 9/10ths of buggerall to do with satnav 

iOS 6 mapping is poor, esp compared to earlier Maps app based on Google's data, but every satnav app will have its own maps.

[Martian]

I have tried it on my old 3G-S, its shite, as are all Sat Navs on mobile devices.

On the few occasions I have needed it, Google Maps has never let me down.
Granted it doesn't have anywhere near the features that my TomTom 910 had, but I don't need to know the locations of things like speed cams in order to get to my destination.

The only potential drawback of Google Maps is you need a reasonable sized data allowance to use it (500MB per month is more than enough for me though).

[Martian]

Navfree works, and works well enough, once you get used to its clunky interface.

It constantly displays small ads at bottom, so if you haven't got a data package, turn off data!

Its free, try it. I've used it before, and it does what it says. Like all navigation devices, might not always pick best route, but you only need it for the last mile anyway.


All portable devices are poor, phone GPS is even poorer, due to compromises in design, resulting in poor reception. And no portable device works well in "difficult" areas - cities, woods, tunnels etc etc.

Ad Free Android sorts that out.

[TheBoy]

I have tried it on my old 3G-S, its shite, as are all Sat Navs on mobile devices.

On the few occasions I have needed it, Google Maps has never let me down.
Granted it doesn't have anywhere near the features that my TomTom 910 had, but I don't need to know the locations of things like speed cams in order to get to my destination.

The only potential drawback of Google Maps is you need a reasonable sized data allowance to use it (500MB per month is more than enough for me though).

Thats the killer, esp if you use it often, with "online" mapping systems.  Also, not an option for iOS6 users, due to crApple making a faux par. Serves the fanboys right for being stupid enough to upgrade

[TheBoy]

Navfree works, and works well enough, once you get used to its clunky interface.

It constantly displays small ads at bottom, so if you haven't got a data package, turn off data!

Its free, try it. I've used it before, and it does what it says. Like all navigation devices, might not always pick best route, but you only need it for the last mile anyway.


All portable devices are poor, phone GPS is even poorer, due to compromises in design, resulting in poor reception. And no portable device works well in "difficult" areas - cities, woods, tunnels etc etc.

Ad Free Android sorts that out.

Its an iPhone thread

Think there are similar for jailbroken iPhones, or could implement it in /etc/hosts, but its not enough of an issue (in this case) to worry about.

[tunnie]

I've experimented quite a bit with Mobile Sat Navs, as I was keen for it on the bike. I was/am still hoping to do blasts around Euroland. One ability of the expensive Garmin bike units is to plan ahead, design a route on a PC, researching where is best to go, sights roads ect, and plot it in. As it won't be a direct or fast route, it has to be manually plotted.

But they are super expensive, around £400 

I tried Navigon, even made a how2 on the GS forum: http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260843&highlight=custom

But all of them suffer with GPS positioning, as the surface to get a signal is small. On camping road trips with mates off in Cornwall or Wales, it really struggles at times.

Often in Scotland and Applecross area, I had zero signal, so data based maps are useless.

I've used TomTom on my iPhone while in Greece/Portugal on holidays, they work to a degree, found it very useful in Portugal for finding a supermarket. But it struggled in Greece, though the maps were a bit crap. I'll continue to use it for trips abroad, but in UK i'll either use a dedicated unit or map print out.

Last time I went somewhere I'd not gone to before, I just wrote down key junctions for motorways & roads, just before I left I checked Google Streetview to see what buildings to look out for.

Worked a treat going into central Bristol to pick up MrsT 

[TheBoy]

I've used TomTom on my iPhone while in Greece/Portugal on holidays, they work to a degree, found it very useful in Portugal for finding a supermarket. But it struggled in Greece, though the maps were a bit crap.

A lot of people immediately thing TomTom when thinking of satnav.  I quite like the product, aware of the restrictions and limitations of portable units, but their maps outside of what was "Western Europe" are very, very poor IMHO. For Greece and Cyprus, I use iGo on the iPhone - clunky interface compared to TomTom (might be my familarity with TT though, having used it for over 10yrs now), but superior mapping.

[tunnie]

I've used TomTom on my iPhone while in Greece/Portugal on holidays, they work to a degree, found it very useful in Portugal for finding a supermarket. But it struggled in Greece, though the maps were a bit crap.

A lot of people immediately thing TomTom when thinking of satnav.  I quite like the product, aware of the restrictions and limitations of portable units, but their maps outside of what was "Western Europe" are very, very poor IMHO. For Greece and Cyprus, I use iGo on the iPhone - clunky interface compared to TomTom (might be my familarity with TT though, having used it for over 10yrs now), but superior mapping.

Yeah I found that out hard way, when in Greece it sent me down dirt tracks. 

Still, nothing handles like a hire car 

[hercules]

Navfree works, and works well enough, once you get used to its clunky interface.

It constantly displays small ads at bottom, so if you haven't got a data package, turn off data!

Its free, try it. I've used it before, and it does what it says. Like all navigation devices, might not always pick best route, but you only need it for the last mile anyway.


All portable devices are poor, phone GPS is even poorer, due to compromises in design, resulting in poor reception. And no portable device works well in "difficult" areas - cities, woods, tunnels etc etc.

cheers i can give it a go for nowt 

[Aundie]

Nokia drive never let me down.