Esther, I was under the impression that these sort of gps apps were largely pointless on the touch? I'd love it if I was wrong, but the only way I see this working is if your near a wifi access point?
On 22/01/2010, Amber Pearcy <aj102...@gmail.com> wrote: > HI LIst, > > My husband and I were so excited to read about Navigon. We've been > searching for accessibility options so that we could have GPS on our > IPhones. Could folks comment in greater detail about the accessibility of > Navigon with voice over (i.e. bugs or things that work particularly > smoothly)? > > I would also be curious to hear about some of your experiences using the > Maps and the Compass apps. I have used Maps to find walking directions and > public transit directions, but I have never found that Maps gives turn by > turn navigation in pedestrian mode as a program like Navigon or tomTom would > do. I really have not done much with the compass. > > We were originally interested in the TomTom app, but after some research, we > have discovered that this app is only intended for use by people driving > cars. > > Any advice and feedback you can give will be extremely helpful as we would > like to purchase a GPS system for our phones in the near future. > > Best, > > Amber > On Jan 21, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> The latest version of "AroundMe" for the iPhone/iPod Touch features >> integration with Navigon's MobileNavigator GPS app for points of interest. >> As with the "Where To? - GPS points of interest" app integration with >> Navigon, the routing application can either be Maps or Navigon >> MobileNavigator. >> >> Choose a category or your "Favorites" and double tap to bring up a list >> view. Select your point of interest and double tap. Find your selection on >> the map area of the Info page and double tap the "More info" button. In >> the current version of "AroundMe" double tapping the "Show Route" button >> allows you to select the routing application as either "Maps" or "Navigon >> MobileNavigator" if you have this app on your iPhone or iPod Touch. >> Double tapping the "Navigon MobileNavigator" button opens the Navigon GPS >> app at the start page, then takes you to the point of interest you >> selected. Double tap the "More" button to (optionally) save this location >> as a Favorite and to choose the "Route Profile" (that allows you to set >> your speed profile to "car", "bicycle", or "pedestrian", etc., specify >> type of route, allow or disallow highways, residents only streets, etc.). >> When you're done double tap the "Back" button in the upper left corner to >> return to the point of interest. Double tap the "Start Navigation" button >> in the top right corner to start navigating. >> >> Earlier versions of Navigon's MobileNavigator limited your ability to use >> points of interests to what was already in Navigon's app -- so if you >> wanted the flexibility of searching with the various category filter >> options of AroundMe you'd have to first use that app and save a point of >> interest to your contacts so that when you used MobileNavigator you could >> access it through your contacts. The current version of MobileNavigator >> is supposed to offer better points of interest support both through the >> "Search for POI" button in the app and through it's integration with other >> apps like AroundMe and Where To? and through support for Google searches. >> >> I haven't used Navigon very much (I'm still accessing this from an iPod >> Touch without a GPS add-on), so I'm much more familiar with using AroundMe >> (got this free app among my earliest downloads) and Maps than Navigon or >> Where To? for points of interest. I didn't find a settings entry for >> AroundMe that lets me make Navigon's MobileNavigator the default routing >> app choice. Those of you who use Where To? should note Geoff's nice post >> noting this settings option. >> >> I'd be interested in hearing more comments about differences in the way >> points of interest are identified or laid out under categories in these >> apps. For example, Where To? breaks down restaurants by kind of cuisine, >> and locates "Apple Stores" under "Shopping" that include authorized >> dealers that aren't just Apple retail locations (such as AroundMe uses). >> >> AroundMe (free) by TweakerSoft: >> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aroundme/id290051590?mt=8 >> >> HTH >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> -- >> 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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