best satnav app for android

Rimsy · 18 Apr 2010 at 20:38

Just wandering if anyone has any recommendations for sat nav software.
Don't like the way Googles solution requires you to download the map from the web as most of the time ill be needing one is when I'm in the middle of nowhere with no mobile signal.

Any suggestions ?

Begbie · 18 Apr 2010 at 20:48

What phone is it for?

djcj · 18 Apr 2010 at 21:10

Co-pilot live

/end thread

Rimsy · 18 Apr 2010 at 23:00

Begbie said:
What phone is it for?

Desire

flexo786 · 19 Apr 2010 at 01:35

ive got igo on my hero and personally find it better then copilot as its faster and has more options when setting the route

Begbie · 19 Apr 2010 at 07:25

flexo786 said:
ive got igo on my hero and personally find it better then copilot as its faster and has more options when setting the route

Pain trying to get it working with Desire though.

Tomsk · 19 Apr 2010 at 07:30

http://mobile.jack-frost.co.uk/android_sat_nav_apps.php

I've used Co-Pilot 7 and Tom-Tom on my WinMo phone.
Tom-Tom has the slicker GUI, but CP7 is quicker at getting satellite locks.
CP7 doesn't have a browse map mode which I find annoying.

HTH

Rimsy · 19 Apr 2010 at 08:44

Thanks for the suggestions guys

Pers · 19 Apr 2010 at 11:54

Just ordered an HTC legend and was reading Co-Pilot 8 has problems with Android 2.1.

Anyone experienced any problems?

Atari · 19 Apr 2010 at 12:07

I've been using Co-Pilot on my Hero. Seems to work perfectly, I get a satellite lock within 20 seconds of switching GPS on usually (A-GPS on, actual GPS off to start off with, and then turning the actual GPS on). Only thing I need to figure out is speed camera's, and for some odd reason, it gets itself in a real muddle when stationary and entering a route, it doesn't know where it is or what it's doing until you move off.

Oh, and I get the occasional GPS error where it loses signal and doesn't relocate until you move away, happened after a stretch on the M1 the other day and took about half a mile for it to figure out where it was. Could be a GPS blackspot I suppose (if that's possible).

insane200 · 19 Apr 2010 at 13:36

i used co pilot 8 on my hero running 1.5 and it was great,2.1 though and it wont load, navigon is supposed to be good, but havent tried yet.

SKILL · 19 Apr 2010 at 13:43

I've got Co-Pilot on my Magic, had a few issues a while back using the Cyanogenmod rom's, but never had any on the stock 1.5 or the current rom, and it works solidly enough, bit of an issue getting to certain race tracks (bit awkward cause you've got a postcode but no real other identifier, only tried the google stuff at Oulton but it worked perfectly there...)

Saying that I've recently started using the Google nav stuff, few issues like the voice commands not coming until at/after the junction, but even with just GPRS I found it worked fine.

ro55o · 19 Apr 2010 at 13:46

I've got Co-Pilot running on my hero. Can't fault it one bit, prefer it to my old tom tom, locks onto a satellite signal much quicker and hasn't steered me wrong, so far.