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What is the best GPS software for Driving Directions?

What is the best GPS software for general driving directions? I have been using Odyssey Mobile... had numerous problems getting my AT&T 8525 to work with an esternal receiver with BlueTooth... finally gave up and bought an AT&T Tilt at the full upgrade price ust fore the built-in GPS... very expensive but one of the best purchases i made ina long time...
Anyway my question is, I cannot even find a well written review of all the GPS software out there for PPC's specifically for driving directions, comparing the features of the application for all the biggest players; Odyssey Mobile, Tom Tom, iGuidance, etc...
Does anyone know of any such review and where I can get my hands on it? I feel as though I am just 'stuck' with the Odyssey Mobile because I don't know any better... have spent hours and hours looking for any reviews comparing them....

KruseLudsMobile said:
What is the best GPS software for general driving directions? I have been using Odyssey Mobile... had numerous problems getting my AT&T 8525 to work with an esternal receiver with BlueTooth... finally gave up and bought an AT&T Tilt at the full upgrade price ust fore the built-in GPS... very expensive but one of the best purchases i made ina long time...
Anyway my question is, I cannot even find a well written review of all the GPS software out there for PPC's specifically for driving directions, comparing the features of the application for all the biggest players; Odyssey Mobile, Tom Tom, iGuidance, etc...
Does anyone know of any such review and where I can get my hands on it? I feel as though I am just 'stuck' with the Odyssey Mobile because I don't know any better... have spent hours and hours looking for any reviews comparing them....
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There are many you can try. Google Maps, Live Search with Speech input, and Yahoo Go all are free. Pick which one suits you. I use Wayfinder which is a pay but it has speech output for the directions as well as some other cool built in features. They all work with the internal GPS. I also use GPS test to prime my internal GPS when needed. Use google search or lurk around the kaiser newsgroups for info on GPS software.

Thanks but stil no reviews
Thanks for the information, but I still cannot find any reviews comparing them. I have looked allover the place. Note, you said this:
"I also use GPS test to prime my internal GPS when needed."
Why would this ever be needed and what does GPS Test do? I still would be eternally grateful if anyone could find a review comparing the major players out there (I heard that iGuidance has more POI's than TomTom in the US)...

KruseLudsMobile said:
Thanks for the information, but I still cannot find any reviews comparing them. I have looked allover the place. Note, you said this:
"I also use GPS test to prime my internal GPS when needed."
Why would this ever be needed and what does GPS Test do? I still would be eternally grateful if anyone could find a review comparing the major players out there (I heard that iGuidance has more POI's than TomTom in the US)...
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Once again there are many threads with these items mentioned scattered all over the Kaiser and Kaiser Upgrade forums. Did you do an actual search on xda? GPS test is used, as I actually commented in a thread, to help make it easier to use GPS software programs such as Live Search, Google Maps, Tom Tom etc. It is another version of Quick GPS but it is better becuase it has more nuances to it. Did you do a search on Google for GPStest? It has a very nice website.
The information you seek are in the threads you just have to look for it and do your own comparisons. No one knows what is best for you but you.

KruseLudsMobile said:
Thanks for the information, but I still cannot find any reviews comparing them. I have looked allover the place. Note, you said this:
"I also use GPS test to prime my internal GPS when needed."
Why would this ever be needed and what does GPS Test do? I still would be eternally grateful if anyone could find a review comparing the major players out there (I heard that iGuidance has more POI's than TomTom in the US)...
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The one which has reviews and was tested in USA is i-go, try this, I have the gpstuner software it is also a good software, but you need to do your own maping through google earth or google earth and recal. it.

KruseLudsMobile said:
What is the best GPS software for general driving directions? I have been using Odyssey Mobile... had numerous problems getting my AT&T 8525 to work with an esternal receiver with BlueTooth... finally gave up and bought an AT&T Tilt at the full upgrade price ust fore the built-in GPS... very expensive but one of the best purchases i made ina long time...
Anyway my question is, I cannot even find a well written review of all the GPS software out there for PPC's specifically for driving directions, comparing the features of the application for all the biggest players; Odyssey Mobile, Tom Tom, iGuidance, etc...
Does anyone know of any such review and where I can get my hands on it? I feel as though I am just 'stuck' with the Odyssey Mobile because I don't know any better... have spent hours and hours looking for any reviews comparing them....
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First, I am about to receive CoPilot Live 7 in few hours that came out last week on Wednesday I believe. I will let you know of my personal experience with it. However, the best place for any GPS hardware, software, etc question would be to go to GPSPassion.com where they have everything you need from reading reviews to adding addons to your navigation software.
Hope it helps!
- TKN

The Best GPS Software
Garmin Mobile XT is the best. It's just like the garmin interface on the one's you buy for your car. It's comes loaded on a 2gb micro sd card. I'm using a AT&T Tilt also. I paid the extra $25.00 for shipping so I had it within 3 days otherwise it might take up to 3 weeks to get.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=11413

i-Go is pretty, i-Guidance is great for turn-by-turn with audio.
will check out the Garmin suggestion as well.

I still think Tom Tom is simple to use with quick response if you got it working. The only problem is the map, which I paid $250 for US and Canada CD from Tom Tom and it works great.
Google map or Live search is good and free.

atheus22 said:
Garmin Mobile XT is the best. It's just like the garmin interface on the one's you buy for your car. It's comes loaded on a 2gb micro sd card. I'm using a AT&T Tilt also. I paid the extra $25.00 for shipping so I had it within 3 days otherwise it might take up to 3 weeks to get.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=11413
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Do you have to pay extra for their traffic updates?

Checked out some of the suggestions
So far Wayfinder 6 has the best upside. No sd card needed just set the cache and away you go. I am hoping they will allow the kaiser/Tilt to have the Wayfinder 7 update soon. I will take a look at I-Guidance tho. There is a 5 day trial for Wayfinder also.

Garmin ! Garmin is the best

Garmin Mobile uses old maps. I got rid of it and used iGuidance instead.

iGuidance maps incomplete too
powerppc said:
Garmin Mobile uses old maps. I got rid of it and used iGuidance instead.
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I have the new iGuidance v4 - its maps are far from perfect - a major I-25 freeway exit here in Denver is not recognized even though construction was completed more than 1 year ago! I emailed the company regarding this, and they essentially said "wait for next year's updated maps".

I have Garmin GPS units which all all very nice.
On the Tilt, I'm using TelNav which is also nice. It doesn't need any large memory area for map storage where the Garmin software does.
Drawback is you need to be within cell range to get the data (i.e. map, locations, best prices on gas (yes! Something Garmin lacks.), traffic info, route style, 2D or 3D maps, contacts from phone, etc.). They offer three versions: personal, business, and tracking services.
It's a bit cheaper to get it online from them rather than AT&T which is monthly. Online from TeleNav they give you 12 months for price of 10 (or used to be). They have a 30 day trial, but I decided I needed it quicker.

I like iGuidance a lot. I have a stand-alone Garmin and like it as well. Both companies use NavTec maps and rely on their updates for current map data. I'm not pleased with Garmin's current PPC software and won't buy it or anyone's that is locked to a specific memory card, that's BS. So I'm sticking with iGuidance for now. It's very stable on the kaiser, calls can be answered while navigating just be sure and use a BT headset to avoid juggling hardware on the road.

You can get a TMC receiver for a one off cost. After that it's free traffic info.

GPS Reviews
another good source for comparisons of gps software and hardware is PDA Essentials forum. They carry a periodical PDA Essentials and GPS Advisor which there forum is based on. It's worth a try for details on GPS questions.

I started playing around with CoPilot Live 7 yesterday. One of the reasons I bought this software is the free traffic updates you can get if you have internet access (GPRS/EDGE/WIFI) which I do.
- TKN

MQ Navigator?
Edit: nevermind, only for certain phones - not ppc

Garmin App?

Hello all,
I've recently migrated from WM6.1 to the Android platform, but have been dissapointed with the nav apps available.
Now that Garmin has released their own Android-based phone will there be an Android app coming available so I can use my maps again?
Can it be extracted from a nuviphone ROM?
The app itself is free for smartphones and WM so...
Thanks.

The Garmin Nuvifone is based on Linux but it is not Android. It's Garmin's own mobile OS and in no way compatible with Android.

As I've said before, with the NuviPhone line, I'll be surprised if Garmin makes a navigation app for Android. This may change as Android becomes more common on non-smartphone mobile devices though.
In any case, I'm a big Garmin fan. I've been pleased with nearly every one of their products and their customer support should be the standard by which all others are measured.
If you are looking for a solution for Android, I'd highly recommend CoPilot Live. It's not quite as polished and complete as Garmin's stuff. But it works. And it's head and shoulders above any of the other navigation apps available at the moment. It's a $30 investment, but that's still a bargain.
I use mine very often for travel and have been pleased with it. I just wish Google would bite the bullet and provide realtime navigation on their maps app. They'd put everyone else out of business.

Until you lose cell coverage, then you're stuck. On device map storage is the only way to go.

tdusen said:
Until you lose cell coverage, then you're stuck. On device map storage is the only way to go.
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Agreed. I have the TOPO maps for Canada and have used them quite a bit. They may be old, but how much does that stuff change anyway?
I love the Garmin stuff, but it sounds like I'll have to get used to something else until the assimilation is complete...
I will look into CoPilot, thanks.

The current nuviphone is not Android, but they have said that the next version of the nuviphone will be running Android. Just not yet. Once this happens, they may have an Android app out who knows.
For everyone talking about losing coverage, don't you think Garmin has thought about something like that? They probably the biggest GPS company. They would be dumb if all the data wasn't all pre-loaded into the phone somehow in case you go out of coverage.

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Until you lose cell coverage, then you're stuck. On device map storage is the only way to go.
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Who are you responding to?
If the message immediately before yours, then your response is misleading and incorrect since copilot has all maps and nav soft ON DEVICE. Cell coverage is irrelevant.

f4phantomii said:
I just wish Google would bite the bullet and provide realtime navigation on their maps app. They'd put everyone else out of business.
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Yes, it was directed at the comment right above mine. My point was that relying on online only mapping works only as long as you can maintain a data connection. And that storing the maps on the device, like Copilot, is my preferred mapping solution.
In short, we are in agreement.

Another vote here for copilot (and storing maps on your device).

f4phantomii said:
I just wish Google would bite the bullet and provide realtime navigation on their maps app. They'd put everyone else out of business.
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Damn I love being right!

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Damn I love being right!
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Too bad cell phone coverage is not ubiquitous quite yet.
I doubt you would even be able to have a smooth experience at 50+mph on EDGE.
But having said that, Google is definitely posturing itself quite well for the future capability of wireless.
I <3 innovation.

Why is this such a big deal? As I see it, the only thing impacted is Telenav and that's only because it's free. There's no reason to think it will impact the sales of Garmin or TomTom.

Any Good Navigation Application for Hero, Please Suggest? (Europe Maps)

I would like to know what Application do you use for Navigation (but not Google Maps). I'm not sure does the Navigon has app for Android phone or Tom Tom.

I used navigon and works Perfect in the Hero, you need to have in your SD card minimum 2 Gigabytes free, try the Demo that is in the google market.

Copilot seems to work flawlessly for me ?

Should I root the Hero to see the paid apps on the Android Market? If i should what rom is the best for Hero? I downloaded some Modaco's 3.2 rom but couldn't install it...

you'll need to root the phone to run a custom rom, follow the many guides on here, then you can install the modaco rom, as said though for sat nav, copilot is probably the best out there.

I rooted and installed a modaco 3.2 rom . but still can't see paid apps on the market?

tboss7 said:
I rooted and installed a modaco 3.2 rom . but still can't see paid apps on the market?
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you may need market enabler search it on these forums

I installed market enabler but still can't see paid apps? should I set smth on the program?

I see now paid apps on the market with the Market Enabler. But just need free space for the Navigon.... got to buy SD card with more space ...

as i can see comments the Copilot crashes often, i see good comments about Navigon.
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co pilot never crashed on me, i tried to get navi gone but never managed to download uk maps.

what about cracks and serials? is it easy to find?

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what about cracks and serials? is it easy to find?
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We cannot discuss that here! So don't ask!
Copilot is really cheap! I have used it on Iphone and WM, found it slow on Iphone and crashed on a HTC HD2 a lot. So I have stayed away from it on Android.
I use Navigon and it is great.

I use Sygic Mobile Maps, which is very good. You can't buy it in the Market - either download from their site or buy a retail version from Teleatlas.
I have heard a lot of bad reports about Copilot's support. I suggest you have a read of the forums on this site

I think for my country the best one is Navigon. But first I need Sd card with more space at least 4gb,(need to create again a goldcard on the new Sd card .... )got to buy the license for the Navigon ... I still haven't unlocked the phone yet kinda don't believe those sites who sell the codes ...
I see now why Android makes you a hard developer ....

I just thought I'd stick up for CoPilot, I have been using it since before christmas on many ROM's (including 1.5, 1.6 and 2.1 both sense and vanilla) and I have never once had a single crash or freeze with it. Works perfectly, would recommend it it highly

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what about cracks and serials? is it easy to find?
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go away.....
sorry but this really really annoys me. People put a lot of work and effort into making apps for phones like ours and prices are mainly cheap. If everyone started hacking apps all the time then prices would rise or in extreme cases dev's would just stop making apps altogether (less so when its a big company making it).
You should respect both the dev's copyright as well as the rules of this forum.

i like Igo Myway. Has 3d & turn by turn. Plus instead of a car you can have a bloke on a bike, a tank or a boy on a magic carpet.

+1 for iGo Myway! I love it.

Another vote for IGo
IGo seems to be the best one available so far. I tried CoPilot but it has issues with the routing it chooses, although I had fastest route selected, it sometimes routed me through small roads when I had the motorway available. Other than that it worked fine. Tried Navigon, it works fine but I don't like the fact that it doesn't display enough information like speed, distance to destination, time left to travel (or I couldn't find how to do it?) but my favorite so far is IGo.

Whats your favourite Navigation Software

I have tested a few, and my favourite is Navigon.
However, it is one of the most expensive applications, and I can not buy maps for Scandinavia alone, so I'm looking for a replacement.
Unfortunately Google's Navigation is not available in Norway.
Which do you prefer?
Please take my poll, and I appreciate additional information and tips if you have tested several navigation systems.
Thanks!

I prefer copilot as google navigation does not allow or let you save fav places which are not on the map say for instance I am looking for a shop not in the search result so I look on the map,pin it but cannot save it in say shops or eating places like you can in copilot.

Yeah, me too. Copilot is great.
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am using Copilot too and am pretty much happy about it!

I found Navigon to be a very good and "light-weight" navigation software. It's easy to use, gives great directions and has a clean layout. Still it could benifit from more options and customizations as it's really not that advanced.
CoPilot is a great application also, but I think it's interface is too cluttered.
Yesterday I read a review about Sygic Aura, and bought the Scandinavian version for 19,99EUR. This is by far my favourite of these three as it has a really nice UI, great (and I mean really great) graphichs and is really easy to use but still has a lot of advanced feautures.

I agree, sigyc Aura is greate. Easy to use and really grate grafics and UI.

im useing "waze", you can find it on the market.

Guys, don't you think CoPilot is a bit inaccurate when calculating travelling time though?
My commute into work takes 1 hour, always has, TomTom agrees with me, but CoPilot thinks it'll take 1.5 hours.... strange...

Sygic Aura doesn't give you the price. you only can download the free version. Don't like this. I want to know how much I'm going to pay if I buy it. Won't even try it.

I've got LOCATIONS, but for me the best is TOMTOM. I had it on my Kaiser, and with its so small screen I was able on one little glance to read all important elements (next way out, speed, etc..)

NDrive is good and has fairly up to date australian maps, Aura lacks maps for australia it seems which is unfortunate.

Brut maps all the way buddy. Google it
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Sygic Aura all the way! But I do miss my igo8 on wm6.5
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Nobody talks about LOCATIONS PREMIUM.
Interesting navigation, but missing a lot of options. Not expensive.
Missing :
- enter adress from contacts (as MAPS)
- enter GPS with the coordinates.
each time you want to configure you have to go back to locations. it means shut the navigation down and open LOCATION.
Otherwise, its very clear navigation. GPS is very precise (suppose it doesn't depend of the program)
hope we'll soon have a good update...

bdacier said:
Sygic Aura all the way! But I do miss my igo8 on wm6.5
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Same here...as a former HD2 user,I miss full customization of igo8.3(skins at the first place),so I still use igo primo,BUT I am fascinated with the graphics and speed of Sygic AURA

ujkadusko said:
Same here...as a former HD2 user,I miss full customization of igo8.3(skins at the first place),so I still use igo primo,BUT I am fascinated with the graphics and speed of Sygic AURA
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do they have maps for australia?

im content with google maps! lol

ikhzter said:
im content with google maps! lol
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Sure you're living in a big country. In Switzerland you walk 2 steps and you are in roaming!!!

In CoPilot I miss the following funktions.
When they are fixed I think it will be the best Nav-app:
Foto-nav - When I get qa photo by mms or mail, it would be great to be able to navigate to it.
Navigate to contact - Now I cant click a contact in my phone-book and navigate to him/her. That sux!

cubitusclaudius said:
Sygic Aura doesn't give you the price. you only can download the free version. Don't like this. I want to know how much I'm going to pay if I buy it. Won't even try it.
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check price here:
http://www.sygic.com/index.php/en/how-to-buy.html

GPS NAVIGATION SUGGESTION except sygic

i have used sygic for a long time for gps. but i hate it. it seems too slow and gps searching.. for few minutes. i decided to find a good sloution for my device (p990)
is there anyone has any experience with GPS nav.
thanks

navfree.

I use navigon. Does a good job for me.

I am using igo my way and that application helped me a lot times
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Waze? No probs for me plus you get live traffic updates from other users.
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Waze is great for online nav. Navit and its fork great and free for offline nav.

Lavina said:
I am using igo my way and that application helped me a lot times
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i installed i go my way primo but igps searching problem occured. i cant solve this problem i have arranged gps settings. but still i couldnt use clearly.

drfettah said:
i have used sygic for a long time for gps. but i hate it. it seems too slow and gps searching.. for few minutes. i decided to find a good sloution for my device (p990)
is there anyone has any experience with GPS nav.
thanks
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Slow gps fix is not problem of the sygic, but of your device

jura55 said:
Slow gps fix is not problem of the sygic, but of your device
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I second that. I'm using sygic with CM72 and gps always lock within few seconds.

i have been using sygic for a long time too...the problem lies in ur bb/ril....try changing it.
PS: Sygic is a great app..just wish traffic info should be available for India
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My points to navigon!

sygic broken custom ROM
rachit_rox said:
i have been using sygic for a long time too...the problem lies in ur bb/ril....try changing it.
PS: Sygic is a great app..just wish traffic info should be available for India
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Sygic WAS a great app when I was running OEM ROM Honeycomb on Lenovo K1 tablet but after upgrading to ICS and
later JB Sygic is broken and their tech support says 'we don't support unofficial ROMS.' Too bad. Don't upgrade if
Sygic is very important to you unless it's an upgrade provided by your device manufacturer.

What's wrong with google maps?

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Sygic WAS a great app when I was running OEM ROM Honeycomb on Lenovo K1 tablet but after upgrading to ICS and
later JB Sygic is broken and their tech support says 'we don't support unofficial ROMS.' Too bad. Don't upgrade if
Sygic is very important to you unless it's an upgrade provided by your device manufacturer.
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Hmm ... I use Sygic with JB and for me it is working OK.
As 2D map app only I use Locus .. this comes with good extras ( varios plugins .. free and nonfree).
Openstreetmap using Mapquest or Navfree is also good to use.
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I'm using OsmAnd with quite good results. It can work in offline mode with no network access at all (i.e. all data required to search town/street/number are on-board). It uses Open Street Maps (hence the OSM part in the app name) in vector format - they are pretty good, at least for the area where I live - errors are not that frequent.

My two cents here,
I travel a lot, and have used GPS:s I like, and those I dislike. I will not get into a debate, but just show some of my experiences here.
When I had my Windows Mobile I was happy with Navigon back in the old days. When I bought my Android phone, I also bought Navigon again, and was VERY dissapointed. It have matured, though, over the versions. The problem for me is support. I have complained on the maps several years, but haven't gotten a single response. In my area, we have 2 major roundabouts, which where built for about 5 years ago. I have complained three years about the faults i those maps, but I haven't gotten a single response. I've sent satellite photos, coordinates, all the things, but not a single response.
Evolution on Sygic is good, but then, it's a rather small company. But the feedback on their software is somewhat better from support.
When it comes to maps, remember, there are just about 2 major companies delivering maps all over the world (Navteq/Teleatlas). It really depends on how good the maps are for your country/area/destination. First, choose who delivers the best maps for your country, then choose the software showing those maps.
Over the years, I've worked different areas of my country. These last months I have depended on Garmin hardware, and all I can say is that it did not work well... My phone with Navigon came to resque many times. But as Garmin use Navteq maps (I think), as Navigon does, I'm a bit surprised over the differences. The Garmin device had very slow updates, but I'm VERY sure that Garmin and Navigon went to different addresses with the exact same search parameters...
For me, Navigon have worked best for me. But it still annoys me that they haven't updated my home are yet, after years of complaining. But, even after a b*er or two, I usually find my way home But remember, try the software before buying it. It really makes a difference where you live.
Cheers,

Used sygic, navfree and navigon
Liked navigon best because of superior user interface. Muti- route selection and route planning.
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After using iGo my way, iGo primo, Navigon, Maps my strongly advise is to use CoPilot. It has an unique function "drag edit route" that is important for me. It also have traffic info free for 1 year.
The ergonomic design of CoPilot and speed makes it the best in my opinion.

Be on road.. It is decent
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Navigon: best in class for me (I have tried'em all, for real)... I also rareky use Copilot for the free trafic info. Oh, yeah, and iGo when I go to the US
Look forward to TomTom to join the Android crowd.