Hi Michelle and Anthony, First, pricy is a relative term, I don't think $40 to $60 is all that much for a full-featured turn-by-turn GPS solution considering my Trekker Maestro was $2,000 about 4 or so years ago and a Breeze is still $800 I think. On top of that the maps as well as POI listings on it were horrible, maybe this is much better now, but it sure wasn't then. As for buying map updates, you only have to pay the $20 if you want quarterly map updates and that, by the way, is $20 for a 2-year period. If you don't pay this you still get map updates, but only once a year or so.
Secondly, if you go hiking or off-road Navigon is about as good as nothing because it only has street maps. The only solution of any use for hiking is something like MyWay Classic or the upcoming "BreadCrums" app from the LookTel developers because these apps allow you to set your own points along a trail and then give you directions as to how you navigate along these points. BreadCrums, as far as I know, will not have all the maps like Navigon so I am not sure if it will allow for putting in an address or searching for a POI and then to have turn-by-turn directions. I think it's more a competitor to MyWay Classic and will allow a person to enter in a manual route and then follow that route. I have heard nothing new about Sendero's full-featured turn-by-turn GPS app which one would assume would bring Trekker like features to the iPhone. In the meantime for me a combination of Navigon with Sendero LookAround or Ariadne does very well. Of course this may all change in what seems to be mid to late September when the new iPhone is rumoured to be released and, of course, iOS 6 along with it and Apple's new maps and built-in turn-by-turn directions. That rumour about a September 12 announcement does seem to take on more substance and there is talk about a September 21 release. This is according to Rob from the Today in iOS podcast and a number of sources he mentioned. If it's true we all know what's what in 5 weeks. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
