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May 26, 2013
7:02 pm
kenwood
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I am looking for a navigation app for my samsung phone. Any suggestions? The one that came with the phone, gps navigator, doesn't seem to work.

May 26, 2013
7:14 pm
chimpanzee
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google map ?

May 27, 2013
3:51 am
bridonca
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If you are stuck with using a browser, Nokia maps works, though slowly. Take a look http://m.here.com

May 30, 2013
1:24 pm
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Google Maps has turn-by-turn built in - needs a data connection while driving.

MapFactor Navigator (free) uses offline maps that are preloaded - doesn't need/use a data connection while driving. The app's route logic is weird at times, but no more so than Google Maps directions.

July 2, 2013
6:56 pm
NavyNarwhal
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Google Maps for iOS works great on UMB. All the features including turn-by-turn work fine. Give the Android version a shot.

July 3, 2013
3:16 pm
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My Garmin GPS works much better and it speaks to me as well as I can command it to do certain things. I also get as many as 4 updates FREE per year to keep my maps up to date!
I also have the same mapping on my computer!

July 12, 2013
6:40 pm
Adrian
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I am assuming your phone has the unattended navigation feature, so the best app for navigation that I tried and I am using is Osmand (the + version is even better ...). You are able to download with the free version maps from all over the world. Once on the SD, these maps can be accessed without data, or WiFi and it's working really well. The only trick is to set your destination while WiFi is available, otherwise will take lot longer to figure out the desired destination.
I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Adrian