[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] duman95:
Well just got my upgrade to iG v4.

Here is a short review so far:

The Good:

It works on WM6, no delayed starts on a connected data session, no slow voice prompts, no fullscreen crashes.... My greatest concerns laid to rest.

SmartPhone edition... At least that is what got installed in the directory before I ran it once and it was deleted... nice if so.

Left/Right d-pad scrolls through the key screens (Map, Trip Info, Current Location Data, GPS info, Route List, Destination Info..)

Installed on the main memory performance is quite good and only takes 3-4M for the QVGA version, once you run it once it deletes what it does not need.

Street Fonts are a tiny bit bigger on the closer zoom levels as you approach the street, makes it a bit easier to read with my aging eye sight, but still not good enough for a quick glance... A nice enhancement would be to display the next cross street name, but that comes at a trade off to map view so its a debate there that I am sure the INav folks had. It's a hard balance to keep the map uncluttered and full of useful info...

POI's show up on the map as nicer icons at farther out zoom levels, nice

Of course the street data itself is more accurate now. Most likely the biggest improvement.

Text to Speech. The voice tonation while still female is slightly higher and faster then the normal prompt. It takes a trip or two to get used to it. But it is really pretty good for a first attempt on a PPC platform. The street names are clear and understandable. I always liked the prompts IG gave and having the street name in them is a nice addition meaning I don't have to look at the screen on complex or fast turns...

One map file easy to transfer via a card reader. Simple, complete.

Smaller fonts in the display lists for towns and streets, NOW the street name is decernable and not cut off nor duplicated leaving you wondering which version of the street you were selecting as a destination.

The Not So Good:

Still only the standard color choices. I don't like any of them so I stick with yellow...

Street Fonts - Still can be difficult to read directly from the map while moving, it can be a manuver to get a cross street while on the go.

No WM5-6 menu soft buttons. Come on iNav I thought for sure V4 would get up with the times!

One map file. I like not having to deal with the map loader anymore, but dedicatiing 1.38G of card space to the files really eats up my SD card for street data I may never ever ever ever need... A way to split out half the contry would be a nice add on later on. There has to be an easy way to extract out or split the map data into halves, quadrants??? Gaining some card space back would be nice...

ABC keyboard. I think there is a skin for a QWERTY keyboard out there I may give it a try. It is just a little confusing when typing in street info..

Overall the release is stable and up to date. I was on the fence as the $79 upgrade put me on the verge of moving over to another product but after demoing them I still found them lacking features that I liked in iGuidance. Tom Tom came the closest and still has some very nice features but the hurdle there was cost of entry $50 more and older street data. I think for my use that iGuidance provides the best balance of uncluttered map rendering with useful information display and robust voice prompts in a compact foot print on the device (program wise not the maps... That I think is still a bit large).