Best GPS Navigation System
Nov 27, 2015, 5:18 pm
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Yes I'm aware of what you wrote, I just didn't know any phone had this issue....especially with USB Type C these days...
Nov 27, 2015, 6:59 pm
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So long as your travels are confined to areas with service the phone is fine. The Garmin keeps on working when you lose cell service, though. Around here that means any highway other than an interstate.
Nov 27, 2015, 7:49 pm
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Dec 1, 2015, 3:41 am
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I use my phones for GPS navigation. Not worth it for me to pay to carry around another electronic device above what I already transport; and having to use car rental company navigation systems is no panacea either.
My phones use Google Maps, Waze, TomTom and Navigon. Better than a dedicated GPS device.
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Dec 1, 2015, 3:46 am
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You could but then you're shutting down the primary purpose of the phone. I might be getting important calls and/or notifications. Better to have the main GPS function doing the navigating and the phone doing what a phone's primary purpose is.
Dec 1, 2015, 4:00 am
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To each their own, but I find no need to pay for another electronic device to port around and risk having some busy-body check-in agent make an issue about whether or not my cabin baggage is a fraction of a pound over some limit or not -- as happened with AA on one of my wide-body international flights just a few days ago, even as my cabin baggage allowance usage was nowhere close to the maximum allowed to me.
Dec 1, 2015, 6:00 am
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I find that my standalone Magellan (that does traffic) only gets the major accidents on the highway and major slowdowns on the highway
not the accidents on the local roads (that Waze/google maps would have), or minor bottlenecks
USB Type-C (on phones so far) are limited to 15W (5V/3A)...
QC 2.0 is limited to 18W (12V/1.5A or 9V/2A)
i'm looking to get a GPS unit with dashcam (don't want two devices[GPS+dashcam], don't want to permanently install a dashcam and deal with wiring).
I only see one version from Garmin (Garmin nuviCam LMTHD) and one from Magellan?
not the accidents on the local roads (that Waze/google maps would have), or minor bottlenecks
QC 2.0 is limited to 18W (12V/1.5A or 9V/2A)
i'm looking to get a GPS unit with dashcam (don't want two devices[GPS+dashcam], don't want to permanently install a dashcam and deal with wiring).
I only see one version from Garmin (Garmin nuviCam LMTHD) and one from Magellan?
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Dec 1, 2015, 10:46 am
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Also agree that there's no need for a separate device. I don't look at my emails and texts when I drive so there's no distraction there (especially when I turn them off). The occasional call I may answer but doesn't bother my navigation too much. I find that waze is so much better than anything, even my built in map that I just updated 3 months ago.
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Dec 1, 2015, 2:37 pm
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Not an issue for me. It's not that difficult for some of us to turn off the notifications of text messages/emails (and even phone calls) while using phones for GPS navigation.
I use my phones for GPS navigation. Not worth it for me to pay to carry around another electronic device above what I already transport; and having to use car rental company navigation systems is no panacea either.
My phones use Google Maps, Waze, TomTom and Navigon. Better than a dedicated GPS device.
I use my phones for GPS navigation. Not worth it for me to pay to carry around another electronic device above what I already transport; and having to use car rental company navigation systems is no panacea either.
My phones use Google Maps, Waze, TomTom and Navigon. Better than a dedicated GPS device.
Dec 2, 2015, 1:37 am
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Navigation apps don't stress the CPU/GPU very much, and don't transfer that much data, so it's basically just the screen and the GPS receiver pulling power, so it's especially unlikely in that particular use case... (the last time I drove 4 1/2 hours with my phone in a cradle with it on as a GPS the whole time, my Nexus 6 ended the trip with a full charge.)
Dec 2, 2015, 2:33 am
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And it helps that I can quickly flash over my coordinates via phone's GPS mapping tools in case I need to relay a meeting point to/for someone else. Not so easy to do with a dedicated GPS device when it's not a phone.
Dec 2, 2015, 4:19 am
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There are a myriad of GPS apps on both iOS and Android that go from the very basic to the very advanced 3d text-to-speech (TTS), with 3d building renders, traffic integration, satellite overlay, offline POI database, and are offline operational etc etc etc
And many of these are free
Personally, for me, the dedicated automobile GPS units are now redundant
Potential downsides are that (1) some are more cumbersome to use (2) generally a serious battery/cpu hog [dont run it without car charging] (3) and depending on phone model GPS acquisition is slower than dedicated unit
And many of these are free
Personally, for me, the dedicated automobile GPS units are now redundant
Potential downsides are that (1) some are more cumbersome to use (2) generally a serious battery/cpu hog [dont run it without car charging] (3) and depending on phone model GPS acquisition is slower than dedicated unit
Dec 2, 2015, 4:27 am
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(e.g. can prevent all notifications and popups except calls, except calls from recognized numbers, calls from "favorites," etc. Can prevent all app usage, prevent everything but phone and "recognized apps," such as Waze and Spotify, etc.)
Dec 2, 2015, 4:35 am
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Google Maps has at least some offline re-routing support, although AFAICT Waze can't do any re-routing if it loses the server connection.
There are a number of other apps that can do full routing just like a dedicated GPS (including versions of the software of a couple of the major dedicated GPS unit guys.)