What do you GPS apps do you recommend?

Google Map is a bit slow...

Please advise...Thanks!

For in car navigation co pilot 8 is very good indeed.Only 27 quid too.

Ndrive (http://www.ndriveweb.com/homepage/) is great!

Sygic is perfect.

For in car navigation co pilot 8 is very good indeed.Only 27 quid too.
I second Co Pilot8, been using it since my last HTC Hero

I vote Sygic!

Co-Pilot 8 is now only £19.99! I use Sygic right now, but am about go to test out Co-Pilot 8.

Co-Pilot 8 is now only £19.99! I use Sygic right now, but am about go to test out Co-Pilot 8.

Whoa, that's a good price... I might have to try it myself!

I love the iGo interface. So sad no Garmin on Android.

I bought Sygic and had nothing but trouble with it.

I installed it succesfully on my phone's memory, then went ahead to activate it.. I couldn't do it because the Device Code field was empty, there was no way for me to see my device code in order to get the activation code. At that point I had no SD card installed on the phone.

Then I put on the SD card (I had no idea it was related to the problem, I was going to put in the card anyway), and when I opened Sygic again, my device code magically appeared! But when I tried to get the activation code with that, it said that my product code had already been used! WTF? I bought it directly on the official site, and didn't give the code to anyone (hell, I don't even know anyone who has an Android phone).. maybe it "spent" my code when I tried to activate with an empty device code? I don't think so, because if I remove my SD card, the Device Code field becomes empty again, and the app is still not activated..

And during this whole time, Sygic's support hasn't answered my emails, and their FAQs and manuals are useless..

I used to try Sygic 8 and I am now using NDrive 10 in my Galaxy S (international version)

HI
For outdoor activities 'Viewranger' off-road navigation is the best of the best. You don't need internet connection to use it.

HI
For outdoor activities 'Viewranger' off-road navigation is the best of the best. You don't need internet connection to use it.

Hi!
How reliable is it on Galaxy S, when you are not in range of mobile network?
I had a look at it before but I find it quite expensive as a smartphone product. I used MotionX on iPhone which costed me £4.99 and it was doing quite decent job, the thing is when you are ready to spend £150 for maps, you maybe actually better buying just normal GPS device, which will do this job much better, that's why I'm interesting how good it actually is?

indeed, here in Australia you can buy a 3.5" GPS with all the maps, mounting brackets, etc, for just a tad over $A100.....

Everything mentioned is for SATNav use. But another use of the GPS is for tracking your routes when running or walking. For this, I use Runkeeper. An excellent piece of software that has motivational customised voice readouts for your current progress and upload stats unline to share and compete with other runkeeper users. Other similar software thats recommended is Cardio trainer which you can enter all of your workouts, not just cardio but exercises etc.

Is it safe to assume the GPS on the Galaxy S works OK with 3rd party software? Because it's a known fact it's rubbish with google navigator/my tracks.

Yes, I bought Maverick Pro software (http://www.appbrain.com/app/maverick-pro/com.codesector.maverick.full), and I'm quite happy with it, It does allow to use cached maps in many formats, for me quite useful, you can predownload them on your PC and then transfer to the phone. They do drop the price from time to time, so best is to wait for opportune moment :)

Based in the UK, I've been using the free app Skobbler for the last month. On certain areas on the M8 motoway the Google Sat Nav would lose position, however, Skobbler has worked perfectly to date.

Based in the UK, I've been using the free app Skobbler for the last month. On certain areas on the M8 motoway the Google Sat Nav would lose position, however, Skobbler has worked perfectly to date.

Thanks for the recommendation, never heard of this one before now.

Just bought Co-Pilot 8 very happy with it.

Has anyone tried GPS Aids? Supposedly it speeds up the SGS to get a location by forcing the phone to download new LTO. Some people have claimed to see huge difference.

Has anyone tried GPS Aids? Supposedly it speeds up the SGS to get a location by forcing the phone to download new LTO. Some people have claimed to see huge difference.

Yes, infact I posted about it a few weeks ago. It defiantly helps!

Thanks Briggs, I found your post. I tried it out and noticed a slight improvement, but overall my GPS performance has been very good after I made a few tweaks in the GPS menu via *#*#3214789650#*#*

Apparently the creator of GPS Aids is working on implementing many of the features of GPS test into his app.

Can anyone verify that copilot 8 works on the s2 as i asked copilot customer services and they replied " it is not on our compatabillity sheet"

so i just want to know if any one has it on theres berfore i buy it, also i herd you can get it for £19.99 is this true and where from

cheers
johnny

Yes, Co-Pilot 8 does work on the SGS2 - I have it on mine, along with Sygic Aura.

I have (of course) used both applications, but find Sygic Aura the better of the two - the voices are better, I don't seem to get as many weird instructions and the software is ultra smooth on the Galaxy S / S II.

i have used cp8 for a long time on all of my htc phones and its a one off payment but i noticed sygic want 29 quid for one year for the maps . so do you have to pay this each year

i have used cp8 for a long time on all of my htc phones and its a one off payment but i noticed sygic want 29 quid for one year for the maps . so do you have to pay this each year

I hope not - I just bought it :eek:

Actually, there is no mention anywhere of any limit on the license lifetime so I really don't think it is yearly. The traffic info subscription is clearly labelled "1 year" so they know the concept. Plus, it's 29 euros, so slightly cheaper than £29.

I think they tend to leave the license locked to a particular product version so you can keep using it as long as you stick to the "GPS Navigation" product. Of course, in a few years time they might release a new, better product that you can pay to upgrade to... or suffer the slow death of map irrelevance with the old product.

I'm using Google maps, and i also have a great camera warning app called Cameralert, it's 0.59p and well worth it, it comes from pocketgpsworld.com

Sygic is available as a 7 day trial on the market, so I assume you can try it out.

Sygic +1. Haven't had any problem with it! Installed it, downloaded maps from build in map downloader. Works like a unicorn running over the rainbow.

hope this works...

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I can (as I have done here) reply but if I try and send a PM or a new post I get a blank page (http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/profile.php?do=dismissnotice) and then nothing???????

We need a poll to decide which gps app is the most popular on the SGSII !
Could someone set one up?

Thanks

no_fear

hope this works...

TOTALLY OFF TOPIC.............i cant seem to post anything messages or new posts HELP ME PLEASE

I can (as I have done here) reply but if I try and send a PM or a new post I get a blank page (http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/profile.php?do=dismissnotice) and then nothing???????

I have the exact same problem !!

I have the exact same problem !!

Singasling , theres a thread about this in the New member section:
http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/showthread.php/4238-To-all-new-members-unable-to-post!

option 2 -Click away the PINK banner messages informing you about fighting spam (cross in corner)
seemed to fix it for me when I had the same problems!

no_fear

I have used "Outdoor Navigation" for a while. It works ok but is not the 8th wonder of the world. I give it 6 on a scale from 0 to 10.

+1 for Sygic. I also have Maverick.