Comments on: Opinion: Google maps satnav drives overreaction frenzy http://androidbloke.co.uk/2009/11/02/opinion-google-maps-satnav-drives-overreaction-frenzy/ Google Android Phone News and Reviews Fri, 18 May 2012 16:25:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: whiteapp http://androidbloke.co.uk/2009/11/02/opinion-google-maps-satnav-drives-overreaction-frenzy/comment-page-1/#comment-232 whiteapp Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:50:15 +0000 http://androidbloke.co.uk/?p=452#comment-232 Really looking forward to this.. Shady network coverage and speed will blight the usability in practice, though. :( Really looking forward to this.. Shady network coverage and speed will blight the usability in practice, though. :(

]]> By: Steven Jones http://androidbloke.co.uk/2009/11/02/opinion-google-maps-satnav-drives-overreaction-frenzy/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Steven Jones Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:33:42 +0000 http://androidbloke.co.uk/?p=452#comment-215 The problem with any mobile based satnav I've looked at is they rely on downloading the maps as you go. Fine in your home country, if you have an unlimited internet option, but the moment you step onto foreign soil you are either lost or looking at a massive data bill! I'll happily use Google Maps in the UK but in our bi-anual trip to Denmark it will be the old TomTom that will guide us there with it's on device maps. Of course if Google gave you the option to cache certain maps to the phone and only update them when an internet connection was available then we would have a far different landscape. The problem with any mobile based satnav I’ve looked at is they rely on downloading the maps as you go. Fine in your home country, if you have an unlimited internet option, but the moment you step onto foreign soil you are either lost or looking at a massive data bill! I’ll happily use Google Maps in the UK but in our bi-anual trip to Denmark it will be the old TomTom that will guide us there with it’s on device maps. Of course if Google gave you the option to cache certain maps to the phone and only update them when an internet connection was available then we would have a far different landscape.

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