>>> In order to have this option with an IPhone (and I assume the IPad) you have to have a purchased program like Navagon (currently, the favorite from what I have read on the web). I think it costs $40 for the app. Tom Tom also has a popular app, but I think the Navagon is known to be the best.
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>> Particularly if you ask Navigon.
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>>> The Android Google GPS vocal guidance is free - and it's terrific. I have it with my Droid 2.
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>> I wouldn't like to have to continually be downloading Apps. Particularly out in areas where I have no cellular connectivity.
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> On a few occasions we've ridden through mountainous areas, or through the Arizona dessert where there was no signal.
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> Are you saying that with Navigon it's not data signal dependent?
> Isabel
The Google Maps App depends upon cellular or Wifi connectivity to download its maps. Navigon, like TomTom, includes the maps in the 1.5+ GB App on your device.
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