Navmii Free Sat Nav App for iphone/ipad

golfball13

Sachin_Joshi wrote: »

Thanks for this - but I already have Skobbler and if they both use the same source for maps, I don't think they will be any different.

Can someone explain why Skobbler uses a fraction of the memory (~ 4MB) on the iPhone as compared to this (~ 295 MB) if they are both sourced from the same data?

I don't know for sure, but I would guess that with navfree the maps were downloaded to the phone, while skobbler accessed them as and when needed?

Rob

HannahIOW

'This application requires the iphone 3.2 software update'

1961templar

I downloaded the Free Sat Nav App for iphone/ipad from iTunes (Navfree UK & ROI) today and used it on a short trip to York. It wasn't perfect, but then no Sat Nav that I have ever used has been. This Navfree app worked very well on my iPhone 4 and my only concern was the drain on my battery,which usually lasts a few days. If I was using this as app regularly for long periods then I would need a charger for my phone in my car. Have any other users noticed the drain on their iPhone battery from using this app?

I would definitely recommend this Navfree app!

joshtbh

If the maps are user updatable, how do they prevent abuse?

waynefox

joshtbh wrote: »

If the maps are user updatable, how do they prevent abuse?

I'd imagine that your updates get submitted to the authors of NavFree/OpenStreetMap, and that they'd authorise the changes suggested.

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I've used Skobbler (that downloads maps from the phone/data network as you progress through your journey) and NavFree (which has all the maps pre-loaded onto the iPhone when you install it from iTunes), and NavFree gets my vote.

Skobbler just can't reliably maintain a 3G-phone signal long enough and fast enough when you are on a motorway (70mph) journey and as such there's plenty of occasions when I looked at the screen only to see me effectively no-where, flying across a featureless white screen with no verbal instructions.

NavFree does make some silly routings on occasion, but there are a number of different methods (fastest, shortest, most effiecent, etc.) and it looks gorgeous.

TomTom. Mind your back...

irish_angel

HannahIOW wrote: »

'This application requires the iphone 3.2 software update'

Yes says this on my phone too but how do you get this update?

littlemissfavored

I've got a HTC HD2. Does anyone know if this will work on a Windows Mobile or if theres any equivalent?
Thanks

HannahIOW

irish_angel wrote: »

Yes says this on my phone too but how do you get this update?

Have to plug your phone into your computer and load itunes, then let it update.

Jeryth

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expressman33 wrote: »

does this work on ipod touch ?

I have IPod Touch 3rd gen 32g - downloaded this app just to see what it was like, and it worked! albeit slowly, it tracked my bus journey. So if you've got space, try it; you never know!

Kittenonthekeys

Has anyone else had this problem? Not sure how everyone has managed to download this so-called 'NavFREE' app, as every time I've tried to download it onto my iphone, payment details are requested, even though it is a free app. How can this be? So I tried downloading it via my pc/USB cable and the same thing happened again.
Tried calling the 'helplines' - both Apple and O2 - but each has referred me back to the other - and both say they can't help.

I have just updated my iphone and also lost another free app in the process - Sky Sports, which is also asking for payment!
Please can anyone advise?