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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
I didn't experience anything near that severe. The timing was rarely off by much when I used it. Detail looked crisp and clear for me at all levels. And I don't sweat the lack of visible arterial street names at wide zoom-- the map would be a cluttered mess otherwise. ANY map for this purpose.

The issues I had were already reported but I'll briefly repeat here:

-app crashed twice
-satellites slow to lock
-voice gave wrong instructions at one point

I also don't really have an issue with the fees. I think they're very reasonable, and it's unrealistic to expect EVERYTHING to be free. There are significant costs involved with obtaining and maintaining the required data.
It is ok to pay for value added but routing and voioce commands are already offered by all embedded car navigation devices - price starting from $100.
So what you get is not added value.
Obtaining and maintaining required data (meant maps, POI, routing)
is financed by maps updates.

There is already a number of virtual navigation systems on a market oferring no maps but device generated roads graphics from vector data delivered to navigation device by GPRS, cell phone connected and always on.
WayFinder, NaviExpert and others.
But what you pay is for data transfer only, not for routing data, voice commands.

It is ok if you have flat-rate and always on, as on connection lost your gps navigation generates nothing, no streets, no voice commands, no routing, as no maps are preloaded on memory card.

Darius
Darius