I didnt read the whole article but i agree i use my google navigation almost daily. about to throw the old garmin on eBay.
http://www.cio.com/article/684230/5_Reasons_to_Still_Consider_Android_Over_the_IPhone_IOS_5
Definitely not sure what I'd do without my Turn by Turn google maps navigation. Fck reading directions off a phone. Discuss.
Android and iOS are getting so similar now-a-days the differences between the two are not as huge as they used to be. The biggest difference is being able to choose the hardware you want, screen size, resolution, great battery life, hardware keyboard, etc, that's what really differs between the two.
Build quality
Screen quality
Battery life
Lag quality
App quality
OS basics (like on screen keyboard - insanely inferior on Android)
There is no reason to buy an Android phone over an iPhone like there is no reason to buy a Kia Rio over a Lexus - other than money.
Choice fixes first one. Plenty of phones have equal quality
Super Amoled + Would like a word with you
Battery life on some phones superior than iPhone. Completely depends phone to phone. most phones have replaceable battery, which is superior.
Most people don't care, non existent on new phones
App quality is subjective
OS basics are solid and can easily be replaced with others.
None.
Still inferior to iPhone.
On some shitty phones.
No it's not. An equivalent App on Android is usually just shitty beta level crash fest.
You would use your brain, which theoretically is faster at routing and getting somewhere without needing to pay attention to a voice.
Key word, theoretically, in your case.
You could also pay $80 for a far superior REAL GPS application on an iPHone. One that gives you options for routing, avoidance, histories etc.
Google Nav has an Avoid Tolls option and routes around traffic if there's traffic data. What else do 99% of people need?
Avoid highways? Use highways only? Fastest way? Longest way? Waypoint Routing? Avoid traffic? Have you ever used a real GPS before?
Avoid highways? Use highways only? Fastest way? Longest way? Waypoint Routing? Avoid traffic? Have you ever used a real GPS before?
Are you always going to be throwing out wrong information? Google maps does have avoid highways, avoid tolls, rerouting and live traffic information so you can avoid streets.
And at least I dont have to look at a tiny 3.5 in screen either.
The GPS on both my and my wife's Fascinates has decided to stop working in the past two weeks or so, lock on time is ridiculous.
I still maintain that Android just isn't nearly streamlined enough to be "the" OS. That's where Apple wins and no amount of default keys or voice commands can overshadow that. I wish that before they start pumping out more and more phones and features and stuff that they'd go back and fix the existing errors.
Yes.
Avoid Highways is also an option (thanks for showing everyone you've never used Google Nav, btw).
Avoid traffic is done by default if there is traffic data for your area.
Highways only is impossible unless your destination is on the highway. It's also not an option I've ever seen on any TomTom or Garmin unit I've used.
Fastest way is the default (and the only option 99% of people ever use).
Longest way? Really?
Waypoint routing is the only thing in that list that is actually lacking. Most standalone GPS units do it (though few do it well), but it's also a functionality that I personally never used.
If it has Avoid Highways, that is new to me.
The rest of your post was useless and duplicated information. You can't TELL it to avoid traffic levels.
I meant "shortest" way, obviously.
Highway only is preferable if you want to go a LONGER way (via MORE highway), but is FASTER because you drive faster on the highway than a local way.
You can't manually change any route either.
Do I have to spell everything out?
Because it won't route you around traffic if all the alternate routes are still slower (which is often the case in cities where all the streets have traffic).
Samsung seems to have a lot of issues with GPS for some reason. The slowest lock-on I've ever had with my Evo is about 10 seconds.
It does that for you when it calculates the route like any other modern GPS unit. This isn't a GPS from 1999 that thinks that surface roads and interstates have the same speed limits.
You could also pay $80 for a far superior REAL GPS application on an iPHone. One that gives you options for routing, avoidance, histories etc.
There are tons of iPhone GPS apps, and you always want to suggest one of the most expensive ones (that you never name by name). Says a lot about your mentality.
Keep at it though, the near-daily iOS vs. Android flamefests is the backbone of this board.