Ask Us: Is it worth buying GPS navigation for the iPhone?
By Derek Fung on 25 November 2009
Derek Fung weighs up the pros and cons of trying to get your iPhone to double as a GPS unit.
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Topics: gps, iphone, navigation
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Comments (4)
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anubizz commented on 06/12/2009 10:52
i have stand alone gps which is tomtom one xl. i purchases sygic apps and my girlfriend tomtom 1.2,i generaly happy with them.
for gps signal if you put the location service on i found out it help alot,and almost no drop, sydney cbd as an exception, well all my gps i ever own did the same thing in cbd.
in my current experience iphone gps apps are a great value and works well. may be better than stand alone one.keep in mind i never own high end gps system and the latest one is 1 years old. -
Desmo commented on 26/11/2009 10:18
Dereck,
The Sygic app that is shown has the US pricing i believe, the AU pricing is $79.95. Otherwise I believe you covered the main points well.
The only thing i would add is sometime phones are touted as great ways for people to navigate by foot around cities.
But the reality is you are lucky to get a GPS signal at all in the concrete canyons of most major cities,this applies to all phones. -
DerekF commented on 25/11/2009 22:47
Tbone, we've yet to use an iPhone nav app with a signal booster. We're still waiting for our TomTom cradle.
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tbone commented on 25/11/2009 18:15
can cnet clarify if they tested using a signal boosting cradle? (like the tomtom)
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