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[agantuk]

Among the offline navigation options in Android, I have been told the best is Sygic. I have tried it, but was terribly disappointed as the damn thing is bloody confused. It just doesn't recognise U turns or mid sized roads branching out, and I couldn't see an option to set it either

 

[Sushubh]

I am using Wave over Google Maps these days. Though it also does not work without internet connectivity. Waze is pretty amazing.

 

[abchopra2010]

I think C2-03 is a 40 series phone. They are laggy phones. So not much choice then?

 

[Sushubh]

well. considering windows phone devices do not offer dual sim functionality today, you are pretty much stuck with android or symbian devices.

i could suggest a simple thing... a 98 rupee monthly plan would offer enough bandwidth for google maps to work. but it is of course not true navigation as google does not offer voice support.

Nokia maps is supposed to be the best offering apart from third party services like mapmyindia. i do not think mapmyindia currently has a functional navigation app available on the google android platform.

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mapmyindia seems to have navigation solutions available for multiple platforms!

 

[rajanmehta]

MapmyIndia has Sygic at the backend but older versions.You can use the latest version 11 of Sygic directly which has hardware accelerated 3D maps rendering. One of the best Offline Maps app i have used. Has turn by turn voice navigation too. Most detailed for India. Has maps for many other countries also.Get it from here first >> ipmart-forum.com/showthread.php?718308-Sygic-GPS-Navigation-v11.2.1-v11.2.0-with-Maps&highlight=sygic (mod: warez? )Install, Don't register, else it will go to TRIAL version. Then download maps either statewise or for whole of India. Beware, the maps download size will be large depending upon what you choose, So using WiFi is advisable but it's a one time job.

 

[agantuk]

That's right. Sygic uses MMI maps and so is pretty good in terms of detailing. What I have a problem with is the routing. The thing is mad. Completely mad. And once on a long journey (> 45 mins), my crazy phone just shutdown because it had become too hot due to continued usage. Thankfully, I never trusted it in the first place and so had my Nokia running simultaneously. Coming to while it was running, for some weird reason, Sygic kept suggesting me routes with the first viable turn instead of looking for shorter alternatives on similar roads.

 

[Sushubh]

here is my experience. waze heats up the phone very fast. and consumes battery faster than car charger can charge the phone. so it is sort of annoying to use on long distances. google maps is fine if there is someone with you to look on the phone regularly to see where you are going and where you should go. battery consumption is much better. phone does not heat up much. i used mapmyindia in friend's xuv500. it was pretty accurate when we went to pandara road in delhi. even had details on lanes in colonies. was rather impressive.

 

[abchopra2010]

My initial plan was buying the mapmyindia device. But its performance was laggy and the cost was also around 9K. My thought was why buy that when you can buy a phone with maps. i think ill go for online navigation then. Now Andriod+ a free 3rd party app + navigation + online mode. This is possible and pretty good, right?

 

[manu1991]

you can get navigation in google maps also. just install the modded version off xda.

 

[Sushubh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9wBxf-NIbbI