Holiday sales on GPS Navigation apps for Smartphones (iphone, android)

I've used MotionX on iphone. It's "good" to "very good", but wouldn't call it "great". Can't beat the price: $11 for a 13 month subscription that includes map updates and live traffic.

I have not used Copilot Premium, but I used the prior version (V8) on Android. I really wanted to like it, but the program was quirky and I found the tech support to be terrible. YMMV. At $9.99, it's not too bad a risk. Not sure I'd pay full price for it @ $24.99.

poison7FL said:   Personally, i've been happy with the free google nav that comes on android.Yes, the Android app is very good, much better than what hte iphone comes with. My son has been using Mapquest on his iphone but I suspect that one of these would be better.

Navigon, Copilot, and Garmin Onboard all have the maps pre-downloaded on your phone so you don't need a data connection. The trade off is, they take up much more space on your phone (although Navigon gives you the option to download just the states you need)

MotionX Drive uses your data connection (3G or wifi) to calculate your route and download map tiles. If you happen to leave coverage for a little while, the app will still work so long as you don't detour off your route.
Note that with MotionX Drive, you have the option to cache (pre-download) your maps at home using wifi so when you are out on the road you don't need full data coverage. (Even with maps pre-cached, you will need at least a spot of data coverage if you cancel your route and want to calculate a new one)

Have been using copilot live v8 (android) for a year and is fairly good. No data connection required. can download states region or entire us.
Also have been trying waze (android) free for a while now. fairly good too. needs data connection but you can pre-cache the map tiles of your route with scrolling. free navigation, free traffic, free weather, police alert , traffic cams, police traps etc. It is community based so if somebody reports police trap you have it.same goes for traffic.

Regarding copilot premium (v9), there is still an option to download regions, but not individual states.

Last time I tried navigon, it seemed clunky, and not as robust/modern as copilot. One feature that copilot has is pinch zoom, which makes it more inline with google maps. The new version (v9) seems rather snappy and its POI is seems decent for the brief testing I've done thus far. For $13 ( I went with the entire NA region), you really can't go wrong.

If I'm in a data (3g/Sprint) area, then of course, I'll be using google maps as that gives traffic info, and the map data is likely to be more current. If i'm in the middle of nowhere and need gps and/or the Garmin/vehicle navi craps out, then this is a good backup. Also, regarding traffic, if you're in an area that doesn't have 3g data (1x or no data at all), it's is very UNLIKELY there will be any traffic anyways

I'm still hopeful that Garmin will produce a street pilot like app for android sometime in the near future. I've used this product on windows mobile platform in the past and found it to be most feature rich of all.

shallot said:   Do these work with the iTouch and tomtom's GPS receiver?

They all should but I know that Copilot definitely will, got the GPS receiver for cheap but didn't want to spend another $50 on the tomtom app. Thinking about upgrading my iPod Touch from Copilot 8 to 9, right now I don't like the interface/display as much as iGo8.

I've used tomtom and using copilot now on iphone. copilot is ok, but tomtom on iphone was the best

NeuroSynapsis said:   does MotionX GPS Drive offer anything for an iPhone user who does NOT care about turn by turn navigation?

If you don't need the voice guidance, then there is no cost other than the initial app purchase. So if you are looking for just an electronic map, and POI look ups, etc. then you should be all set. The only subscription item is the voice guidance which has been on sale for the past couple of weeks (supposedly since iOS 5 and the 4S came out).