[Vibrant Themes and Apps] engineer14:
wasnt sure if i should put this here or in the general forum.

Disclaimer: I used igo with my winmo device (ATT tilt) so i may be a bit biased. igo was also the first navigation software i used

So i do not have a data plan, i use wifi most of the time. Does anyone have a recommendation on the best gps software for our phones (unlike most people my gps works, even though it takes about 2-3 minutes for a cold fix.

Here are the ones i know:

COPILOT 8

I got copilot 8, sweet interface (truly the best gps interface out there), runs quite smoothly. only one problem:

-It calculates the best route horribly.

-POIs are great.... if you do not like popular chains ( can you beleive it has no burger king, mcdonalds, popeyes or any of the popular fast food places).

-you need to specify a city to find the street (just never liked that)

-super fast and smooth, no lag and hardly any choppiness except when panning the map

- live weather (traffic to come soon)

- great detour options (can choose to avoid any road on your route)

- displays pois right on the map so you can see every POI right on the map without having to go searching in the menu.

kinda nice just to click an icon and see everything around you.... now only if it had half of the things around you in its database

-uses your default keyboard (could be good or bad)

* the poi issue can kinda be fixed if you have a data connection, it can do an internet search for places, then you can save them to your favorites, but next time you want to find some other place you have not been to, get ready to use the internet again. but if you want that, might as well stick with google/bing navigation

so basically copilot 8 UI : SUPERB

actual navigating: Crap

IGO

so igo has 2 navi softwares, and unfortunately for us, none work on our devices properly.

igo motonav (the one i actually tested): resolution is meant for motorola android devices, which are 54 pixels longer.

igo myway: resolution is way smaller (320 x 480 i think), only takes up about a third of our screen real estate.

there is a work around for motonav to make it fit our screen, but for some reason it still produces a very choppy/laggy experience, but still very useable.

so basically: igo has the great navigation capabilities

-, an ok UI,

-EVERY POI YOU WILL EVER WANT

-ability to search for a street without specifying a city

-also has live traffic

-NO OPTIONS FOR DETOURS, only detours i could find was traffic detour, and that it does automatically if it finds too much traffic on your route.

-has its own keyboard, kinda makes it easier for finding places since it eliminates letters while you type

-You do have alternate routes depending on how you want to travel (fast, economical, short etc)

SO OVERALL:

igo: better maps, poi and actual navigation

copilot: better UI, ease of use, smoothness/speed of software and quite a few more navigation options.

does anyone have any suggestions on a gps app that combines both igos 'actual navigation' ability and copilots 'features/smoothness'? Or a quick fix to get better POIs on copilot easily

hopes this helps anyone looking for navigation software, feel free to leave input