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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate
Never cared about any of it except maybe the HDMI cable until last night. My brother-in-law works for Moto and swears by Google Nav. He then proceeded to give me BS shortcut directions from their house to the interstate; problem is while I may be the one who lives out where the buses don't run (literally and figuratively), they live where none of the streets run north-south or east-west (literally but not figuratively), so that after 20 minutes even my truck's compass wasn't helping. I finally stopped and after cursing everyone but my wife and Ozzie Guillen I fired up Google Nav. It works a treat, as Am might say. However, it's a bit of a challenge to drive a 4WD while holding a Droid X and following the map. Anyway, I got us back on the right route and informed Shel, "I am SO getting the dash mount."
I suppose one reason I was mad about it was that my sense of direction is usually pretty impressive but the in-truck compass says only 'N', 'NE', 'SW' etc. and it was dark out so I got all turned around. On the other hand, if you haven't used Google Nav I highly recommend at least trying it out before you find yourself in a situation where you actually need it (where we were last night was bereft of any place to stop for directions). It does voice nav and turn-by-turn but I leave the voice nav off since it's somewhat slow to respond from what I understand (and I wouldn't hear it in my truck anyway).
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I had to use the voice nav yesterday, because I pretty much can't drive and look at my phone too, and I don't have a dash mount either. Once you have a GPS fix (which admittedly is a bit of a problem on my LG Ally), the voice nav is actually pretty responsive. It kept up with me fine, and even got me into the correct lanes to turn in plenty of time. It seems to work as well, or maybe even better, as VZ Navigator, which I used for a couple of years before I got this phone.