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I was wondering. My brother has Navigon on his HTC, and I have TomTom on my iPhone. Navigon on his phone has this feature where it can navigate him to a nearby parking lot or parking garage. Say you want to go shopping in an unknown city and have it navigate to the city center, it can then navigate you to a parking lot.
I can't seem to find this function in the TomTom? It lets you turn on parking lots that will show up on the map, but it won't automatically navigate you there? Even tapping the lot on the map won't do anything but show it's title.
It won't give you an option to navigate you there? Is this possible in the TomTom app? Wow I can't decide which of these to get!
After a solid seven figure investment by angel investors and fending off a lawsuit by former parent company Navigon, Skobbler releases an update to its popular and free turn-by-turn navigation. Navigon released a European version of MobileNavigator late last month. The new North American package contains maps for the United States (including Puerto Rico.
They both have so many pros and cons. And I also can't decide if I should just get the my region version from Navigon. Is there any way to view their maps before buying them to see which is more accurate in my area? I wish that they had a trial version of each of these, even if it was only a trial of a few days it would really help my decision to just be able to play with both. I have never bought a GPS unit or app, and I am still debating on buying a stand alone unit or the app, but it sounds like the apps have gotten so good that you don't really need a stand alone unit. Man I wish there was a more clear winner!
But with the sale right now maybe Navigon is the current clear winner. I'm still thinking if I should wait for TomTom to go on sale too or just go for Navigon's 50% off. Tempting Some posts here said they first bought Navigon but after trying TomTom they finally just sticked to TT. A very nice post also about how great these two products are, Navigon is more on features while TomTom focused more on great routes.
Going to Leavenworth, WA soon so a fully-robust GPS is a must (I had Magellan but they haven't updated their app). EDIT: Went and bought Navigon and all the in-app purchases. Thanks for the very detailed answers comatose81. I find myself in quite a difficult spot.
Navigon is so inexpensive right now, with the big sale going on. But TomTom sounds far more robust when it comes to routing and traffic.
I really like that. But it'll cost me $70 for that with a year of traffic. Though I suppose it will pay for itself after a few long road trips. I will probably have to go that route.
Unfortunately I've never heard of TomTom having a sale. They don't seem to care what Navigon does. Wow I can't decide which of these to get! They both have so many pros and cons. And I also can't decide if I should just get the my region version from Navigon. Is there any way to view their maps before buying them to see which is more accurate in my area?
I wish that they had a trial version of each of these, even if it was only a trial of a few days it would really help my decision to just be able to play with both. I have never bought a GPS unit or app, and I am still debating on buying a stand alone unit or the app, but it sounds like the apps have gotten so good that you don't really need a stand alone unit. Man I wish there was a more clear winner! But with the sale right now maybe Navigon is the current clear winner. Click to expand.There is a clear winner - just decide what is important to you. If routing and traffic avoidance are at the top of your list, then it's TomTom because the routing between the two just isn't even close.
If you want the best looking map, best text to speech voice, and the more user-friendly interface, then it's Navigon. Obviosuly, the routing isn't a huge deal to everyone since Navigon is outselling TomTom by a ton right now with their sale. So it may be the case that the routing in Navigon is adequate for most people and they prefer the look, features, and price of Navigon (the add one being discounted helps a lot too!). Click to expand.No one has suggested that Navigon's routing is bad, just that TomTom's routing is notably better; especially when factoring congestion history for accurate ETA and/or alternate routes.
In general they both provide very similar routes, but TomTom may provide a shortcut here or there that Navigon misses. Also the ETA is shockingly good.
It's rarely off by more then a few minutes. Initially I second-guessed the ETA and assumed it was estimating far to long, but time and time again, it has proven itself correct.
Click to expand.TomTom seems to use a bit less power, but it's close enough that it hardly matters. They both use a lot of power and I would recommend a charger for any trips over an hour. Keep in mind that the GPS power usage on the 3G/3GS is much higher then the 4 (the GPS on the 4 is also faster and more accurate). An iPhone 4 running either app will last almost twice as long as the older phones. Since the maps (and TomTom's traffic congestion history) are stored locally, very little data is used. You will notice the following if data is not available.
Well, after a lot of consideration, I went with Navigon. I picked up the US version along with traffic and panorama view before the sale ended.
What a terrific deal that was! The better routing of Tom Tom was tempting, but the price wasn't, coupled with the fact that Tom Tom is inferior in a number of other ways. After reading a lot of different posts, it seems to me that the routing quality is not hugely different for the most part. And I've read comments from some people that the automatic traffic-based rerouting on Navigon works quite well. There's that post from the guy in Southern California that said it saved him over an hour stuck in traffic on the freeway. That's pretty much all I'd ask for. I realize the ETA's won't be as good, but I always try to allow extra time anyway.
Anyway, I've been playing with it for the past two days, and it's great. The traffic function appears to work really well, though I haven't put it through the paces yet. I'm happy with the performance of this app on my iPhone 4.
And the panorama 3d view, while mostly eye-candy, does have some real value. I've compared it to standard 3D. The rendering is completely different with Panorama - roads are more detailed and you can see them much farther off into the distance. It's definitely a little easier to see where you are going.
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At the discounted price, I couldn't go wrong. Even at full price, it's worth it to someone who really cares how maps look. Not everyone will, but I do. No one has suggested that Navigon's routing is bad, just that TomTom's routing is notably better; especially when factoring congestion history for accurate ETA and/or alternate routes. In general they both provide very similar routes, but TomTom may provide a shortcut here or there that Navigon misses. Also the ETA is shockingly good.
It's rarely off by more then a few minutes. Initially I second-guessed the ETA and assumed it was estimating far to long, but time and time again, it has proven itself correct. Click to expand.I have to disagree. I have both with traffic and found TomTom's routing to be pretty bad, reliably sending me right into the very heaviest of traffic while Navigon's traffic routing urges me around traffic issues much more often. Navigon's routes in general are also much better.
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TomTom routinely found oddball routes that not only didn't save time, they were usually aggravating and slower than the ones they were attempting to route me around. I've given up on TomTom - Navigon is clearly superior in my usage. In fact, I'm dumping my dash-mounted Magellan with traffic add-on because the Navigon app is better!