Tom Tom or Sygic on iPad
Submitted: Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 at 15:56
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Member - res.q.guy (Vic.)
Hi
My father is thinking of running Tom Tom or Sygic on his iPad, for street navigation.
Just wondering if anyone is using either on there iPad, and what they think of the apps.
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Neil
Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 at 17:41
Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 at 17:41
If you can put up with the small screen size, they will work
well.
I don't have either of the apps mentioned, however I run CoPilot Premium on my iPhone and it compares favourably with the TomTom Go720 device I also have.
The TomTom is the primary device I use for street navigation, however CoPilot Premium is a worthy "backup" for times when I don't have the TomTom with me.
Regardless of which application you use, I have one "problem" when using it in my vehicle. My vehicle has bluetooth capability and I use this for hands free communication for the iPhone through the vehicle's audio system.
When running the CoPilot app, the audio keeps swapping between the radio function and the voice guided directions, which is rather annoying.
I could disable bluetooth, but then I wouldn't have hands free communications which I believe is a must for safer driving, not to mention the heavy fine for using a hand held phone in the vehicle.
Apart from that it works extremely
well as the small screen display is not particularly important if relying on voice guided directions.
I tend to use the TomTom Go 720 in my vehicle, but the iPhone app is useful for the work vehicle, or when travelling in my wife's car.
I did think of purchasing the TomTom app at one time, but CoPilot Premium was a mere $29.95 and as I have used CoPilot before on a PDA, I couldn't resist the temptation.
I am fond of TomTom, but CoPilot Premium on the iPhone is a worthy alternative.
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Follow Up By: Sand Man (SA) - Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 at 17:45
Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 at 17:45
Chit! I just reread your post after submitting my reply and you were referring to the iPad, not an iPhone, so ignore the bit about the smaller screen size.
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Follow Up By: Member - res.q.guy (Vic.) - Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 at 19:24
Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 at 19:24
Thanks Bill, I will tell him about co pilot.
Cheers
Nei
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Follow Up By: Member - Rich - Friday, Jan 13, 2012 at 08:54
Friday, Jan 13, 2012 at 08:54
I have copilot premium on my ipad for australia.
I had use coplilot europe hd when overseas last year on my ipad and it worked
well.
I have had copilot on a pda.
I like the product BUT it is designed for an iphone size.
You can run at 2x on your ioad to make it bigger but the graphics etc are not as good, thry are a bit blocky.
I think there is or may be another form of copilot for ipad which may be better.
Hut the price of the premium version was tempting, and it is a good product, but not perfect
Richad
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Reply By: mikehzz - Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012 at 08:00
Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012 at 08:00
I have Sygic and my son has Tom Tom, both on ipad. I think Tom Tom is better. Also, I have not been happy with some parts of Sygic that don't get the speed limits right. For instance, it has the speed limit on the Hume Hwy from Albury to
Melbourne as 100kph. It gets the speed limits wrong in many many
places especially in Victoria. It sometimes picks crazy routes as
well. That's my 2 cents from personal experience. Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - res.q.guy (Vic.) - Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:01
Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:01
Thanks Mike, have passed it on.
Cheers
Neil
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