Garmin vs TomTom for iPhone Comparison Video - App Review
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- Опубликовано: 29 янв 2011
- Garmin StreetPilot vs TomTom USA for iPhone/iPod Touch is compared using two iPhone 4's, one with the Magellan Premium Car Kit and the other with the TomTom Car Kit. We test both GPS apps on the road and look at things such as TTS voice guidance and traffic.
Garmin StreetPilot (v6.5.3)
TomTom U.S.A. (v1.6)
Garmin StreetPilot is available in the App Store for $39.99
TomTom U.S.A. is available in the App Store for $49.99
Thank you for your time and energy to create a side by side comparison. I appreciate your help!
The fact that the Tom Tom saves the maps...I think it's the winner...I don't want to end up paying a lot of money to keep downloading data..
Thanks for the comparison...I learned a lot with this video :)
terrific video. Direct and to the point. Fantastic job that made my iphone navigation choice easy.
@iiiAwesome That is correct, you don't need data. There's even an option within the TomTom app to turn data off completely so that it doesn't attempt to access the data network at all (ie. traffic services will be disabled, etc.). Also, the complete maps are installed on the device.
love this video better than the other ones, you were actually which one was talking initially!
Why was I obsessed with this video when I was 6
Great comparison. Thank you for it!
Thanks for your suggestion! Waze is exactly what I was looking for...very user friendly, fast & fun, and with the little I've practiced so far, very accurate. Motion X didn't even get my current location right! It was off by several blocks! So glad I didn't spend the xtra 2.99/mo to try the voice navigation!
Great review, wish more people made things as simple.
Wow! Thanks so much for this! Very helpful.
very good and thorough review! thanks
Very useful video, thanks! I'm liking the TOM TOM app better despite the additional fee you mentioned and like having offline maps. I prefer not worrying about data when abroad.
I've had a Garmin handheld for years. I was never really impressed by TomTom's handhelds. But after watching this I may need to rethink it. TomTom iphone app FTW.
Way more detail in the visual maps & way more detail with the audible speech too. Good vid!
No problem. Happy to help. I use Waze every morning to drive since you never know what is happening on the road (before you drive or while you're driving) without it. It pretty much saved me from being late today since heavy rain here indirectly causes bad traffic. I just navigated around it with Waze and arrived at my destination with a few minutes to spare :D
hey, thanks for the review. im glad i purchased the tomtom app. though at times i lose gps signals. dont know if this is common with other iphone4s users
Even though this is a slightly old upload, it was very helpful for me. Thank you very much for taking the time and energy to provide this demonstration with commentary. It really is appreciated!
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@NormanE123 I have them in the description as well as on-screen for the first few minutes... Magellan Premium Car Kit and the TomTom Car Kit. That's exactly what they're both called. It's probably harder to get them now because I think they've both been discontinued if I'm not mistaken.
Point is, if I get off track in my six saved areas, I won't have guidance help, and if I am out of those six areas, I'm screwed other than maybe having a very general zoomed out map. (far as I know from the bit I've used Gmaps.) And yes, that's plenty for a lot of people.
Alternatives include things like the free Navfree and CoPilot Standard. They have their quirks too, but, especially with CoPilot, you're guaranteed to have a solid map and POIs.
Fantastic review. I've had the Navigon app for sometime now ($14.99). It's decent, but there's plenty of room for improvement. Either one of these would be a better choice, but the TomTom is just more appealing to me overall.
@AllThingsAviation You would just use pinch gestures to pan/zoom the map view.