HTC and TomTom Team Up on Custom Maps Product
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errrrr ok?
google navigation works fine unless this is true gps like the garmin phone for T-Mobile
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This is true gps using map data that is stored on the phone, and not delivered from the web when needed. There are pros and cons to both approaches. Having the data stored on the phone means you have good mapping data regardless of your cell phone covereage. So it works just like a stand-alone GPS device. The downside is that the maps will eventually get out-of-date, and probably cost something to update. Using Google navigation means you'll always have current maps, but if you're in an area with poor cell phone coverage, you may have issues getting any map data, and old data is better than no data. Another negative is that you are constantly paying for data usage as you travel, which is fine with an unlimited plan, but could be an iss...
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I like google navigation and its FREE. You make valid points about the maps being stored to the phone, but I swore I read once that the next Android OS will include map cacheing. Finger crossed.
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I hope that's true about a future Android OS doing the map caching. When I got my Captivate 2 months ago I signed up for AT&T's $25 data plan with the idea that I would lower it to the $15 if I didn't use much. But one of my concerns is what happens when I drive to Texas next summer and I end pulling down a lot of map data on the fly. Other than that, I have WiFi at home and WiFi at work, so I don't really need a data plan for much.
Right now my phone has about 12G of free space on the internal card. My old Garmin iQue 3600 GPS was able to store all the maps for the US plus 6 million points of interest on a 2G SD card. So it's not like it's a space issue. If Google doesn't end up doing the caching thing right, I may look at getting one...
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