sat nav htc desire hd

memaul

hi folks,

i just got my htc desire hd and i'm wondering what the best andoid sat nav is.

cheers

Keith186

Navigation by Google is great if you can afford to use a couple mbs of data each time you use it.

Get a cigarette charger too and make sure its decent power. You should try get 1000 mAh (1 A).

memaul

thanks a million for the advice, very helpful

Boooourns

Keith186 wrote: »

Navigation by Google is great if you can afford to use a couple mbs of data each time you use it.

Get a cigarette charger too and make sure its decent power. You should try get 1000 mAh (1 A).

Bit confused here, i thought that worked by GPS and didn't use your network connection? I haven't used it yet.

iknorr

Google Navigation uses data on the move.

Any GPS app left open will use a fair bit of battery.

I dont understand the comment about 1000mah.... the hd has 1350 or something.

I think an update of navigation recently allows caching of maps and route before u set off.

Boooourns

iknorr wrote: »

Google Navigation uses data on the move.

Any GPS app left open will use a fair bit of battery.

I dont understand the comment about 1000mah.... the hd has 1350 or something.

I think an update of navigation recently allows caching of maps and route before u set off.

So if i wanted to drive from Dublin to Waterford with my google navigation i'd have to be connected to the internet? I hoped the GPS would do it.
Cheers for your help.

donspeekinglesh

The internet is needed to download the actual maps.
The GPS can only work out your location, you still need an actual map to show that location on.

Boooourns

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

The internet is needed to download the actual maps.
The GPS can only work out your location, you still need an actual map to show that location on.

Aha now i get you, thanks.

iknorr

Or just download copilot. Its illegally available online for free.

Fisher Calhoun

The HD allows you to download the maps in advance (e.g. all of Ireland or the UK or any other country you choose) for free. If you want navigation (i.e. turn by turn direction) then you can either use Google Navigation, HTC Locations or a.n.other.

Google requires you have a data connection to get the directions as you go - a bit of a pain if you're driving through areas of poor data coverage (then again you typically only need turn by turn at the start or end of the journey, the in between bits are likely signposted or a main road!).

The HTC option allows you to use Route 66 (TomTom) navigation, however, it's not free. You must purchase a license. You can get a perpetual UK/Ireland guidance for about €20 though. I think it's around €10 a year or €5-7 a month otherwise. I bought a Western Europe perpetual guidance for €40 before Christmas. Now the phone's a "proper" sat nav as I don't require a data connection at any point once I have the maps installed. As such I've not tried any other ones so I can't comment on those.

You'll definitely need an in-car charger though as the screen eats the most battery on the HDs. Using it for guidance will eat through the battery very quickly. The comment about about getting a 1000mA (1A) charger is to do with how fast the charger will charge the phone. A lot of cheap ones you buy may only be 300mA or 500mA which wont charge it as fast as a 1000mA one. The HTC charger that comes with the phone is 1000mA iirc.

memaul

downloaded copilot for free, very good and easy to install

Keith186

Sorry didn't check back here until now.

Fisher Calhoun has it spot on.

If the charger is only 300mAh there's a fair chance that if your running GPS, mobile internet and Bluetooth your phone might use more power than it's getting and will still use battery

Had co pilot before (probably same way you got it!) and it worked good for 10 days or so then the licence expired.