Hi Mark, One simple reason I prefer Navigon is the cost factor. In 7 months of using the AT&T product you've bought Navigon and, I don't feel the functionality in the AT&T product justifies paying $10 per month on an ongoing basis. I suppose I do miss the call feature to get an address and set your destination but to be truthful, I found that unless conditions were optimal the system just didn't recognize streets and numbers all that well. I never got the audio repete button to work. At some point I'll try to do a side-by-side comparison but don't hold your breath. One gripe I guess I'll throw out about Navigon is that one needs more lead time and warning when in a car doing a route with short d distances on a section of the route. It just doesn't announce things soon enough and the inability to see a route summary adds to that frustration. Both didn't seem to be issues on the AT&T product as a route summary is available at the touch of a button.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries+ow...@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries+ow...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:05 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Using A T & T Navigator Hello Larry, Thank you for the input. A couple of hours ago, I installed A T & T Navigator and I must admit that I was/am very impressed with its ease of use. However, I cannot get the app to repeat the last spoken instruction, either. The pedestrian routing works marvelously well and the business lookup and route summary are superior. If I can only get the repeat button to work ... One feature that amazes me is the fact that one can merely call in the address or intersection and it gets updated to the phone. This is nice for when you are in a moving vehicle and don't want to type in the address via the virtual keyboard. You said that you prefer Navigon? If you have time, can you tell me a couple of reasons why? I'll be honest, I have not looked at Navigon in a while. The last time I checked, which was quite a while ago, I seemed to get stuck. I know that sounds weird but I couldn't seem to make heads or tails of it. I remember not being able to get it to do anything. Since many of the people on this list love Navigon, I will have to install it yet again on my iPhone and give it a whirl. If only Mobile Geo were ported to iPhone, how happy I would be. I wish there was some kind of iPhone app that would announce the names of cross streets as they are passed, like in Geo. Such a feature virtually eliminates the need to ask a bus driver to tell you when your stop is approaching. Oh well. Thank you for any info. Mark -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries+ow...@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries+ow...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Wanger Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 6:51 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Using A T & T Navigator Mark, I too have used AT&T Navigator and only recently dropped it in favor of the much preferred Navigon. There are a few on screen buttons that are not accessible. One I found most difficult is a button that you press to cause the app to repeat the last audio instruction. I only could get that to work if I turned off voice over and hit the particular spot on the screen. I found the Navigator app to be very usable but like Navigon better. I'm not familiar with a podcast but several months ago, perhaps in July or early August, I posted a pretty detailed review on how to use the Navigator application. Good luck. On Dec 7, 2009, at 7:17 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Matt, > > This is very interesting to me. You are the first, that I know, to use A T > & T Navigator. > > Any information you can share with us on this would be greatly appreciated. > You mentioned that the buttons have to be memorized? Please explain. > > Also, does this work for pedestrian routes as well? > > To Everyone, > If any of you know of a podcast or a tutorial on this, I would greatly > Appreciate the link to it. > > Thank you, > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Roberts [mailto:n9gmr...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 5:30 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Is the IPod Touch just a toy, or what? > > On Dec 7, 2009, at 2:35 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > >> What do you use to plan and follow routes? > > I currently use AT&T Navigator and the Maps application built-in the iPhone. > AT&T Navigator works well with VoiceOver. Some of the buttons in the > program are not labeled, but once you memorize the screen the program is > usable. I like the fact you can call in destinations as well as type them > in the application. > If you have an address in contacts that can be used if you want to go to a > particular place. > > Matt Roberts n9gmr...@gmail.com > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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