street navigation to suit <span class="highlight">samsung</span> galaxy 10.1 note

Navigon comes free on most Samsung Galaxy devices but this device is new and not on the list at Samsung's site. The only way to find out seems to be to play with it. Navigon is a fine gps app and being free on the Samsungs is a bonus.

Yep they do come with inbuilt navigation but they require internet access a SIM card to operate and this is no good when you are in remote locations as it chews up money as you use it.
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Sorry you are wrong. I use mine in remote places no problem. You have to have the maps on the device if there is no coverage for download. I don't know how many times this has to be pointed out. The gps does use normal satellites as well as 3g when available. The same applies to iphones and ipads.

Kevin, it's ok to download the stuff if you are connected to a wifi network such as your home internet modem/router providing you are on a reasonable plan. The typical size of a gps map application like Tom Tom, Navigon, Copilot or Sygic is around 1 gigabyte. Most home internet plans allow tens of gigabytes per month included in the charge. The 3g data plan on your phone is more expensive and doesn't include as many gigabytes. Many mobile plans only include 1 gigabyte for the month so you could cap yourself out with the one download if it was done via 3g. Any extra traffic can also be charged by many plans so the bill can grow quickly. If you do it overseas it can be thousands because nothing is included in the plan in that case.
To recap, connect your phone to your home modem via wifi and download through that. If your phone connects to your computer it is also possible to download the program and maps to the computer and transfer them to the phone via itunes or kies depending on the phone brand. Cheers

Also, in case you don't understand, your phone has 4 different kinds of wireless. It's main wireless function is making and receiving phone calls over the 3g or 4g network. It can also receive internet data through this if your plan supports it. The 2nd wireless function is wifi where it connects to a local wifi device like your home modem or those available at public places like McDonalds. The range of wifi is quite small perhaps 20-30 metres at most on average, enough to cover a house. The 3rd type of wireless is bluetooth and is used to talk to other bluetooth devices such as headsets, computers or external gps receivers. The range for blutooth is smaller again. The last type of "wireless" is the inbuilt gps receiver that receives information from gps satellites. Usually the gps receiver chip and the 3g chip are integrated so to get gps reception you have to get the 3g version or the gps chip is absent. Most phones also get gps information via the 3g phone service to help them get a fix quicker. Getting a fix is no good unless you have a map to display it on so the phone will try and download a map if it doesn't already have one saved on it's memory somewhere. I make sure my phone has all the maps it needs so no downloads to worry about. Sorry if you already knew this. Cheers

Thanks Mikehzz for that lucid description of the communicating abilities of a modern mobile phone. I knew most of it, but not to worry. I am sure that it will be read by many seekers of this kind of information and is now on record for future searchers.

I was just a bit concerned that if I let the download run that I would blow a huge hole in my 8 Gb wireless plan when it still has 2/3 of the billing period to run. I will wait till near the end and use what is left to do the download.

Just for fun I have been using the navigation facilities in Google maps as I drive around town. I am most impressed by its ability. You certainly wouldn't bother to carry a separate GPS with you when travelling outside of Australia with the range of easy to use navigation systems in quite moderately priced phones.

Thanks and cheers,

Kevin