Guest Tommyukuk Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Can anyone clarify the gps support the pulse mini has? i went into the t-mobile store and had a go with the phone.. to be told that it only supports basically google map basic navigation. The rep explained that the pulse and the pulse mini due to having a very weak processor wouldn't support any kind of proper navigation such as sygic and others.. is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Nah, baloney I reckon! :P I'll put a SIM in my mini to test for ya... 1 sec... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 I'll try GMaps and Co-Pilot, but Telenav even comes preinstalled, so I think he's wrong! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tommyukuk Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 (edited) Cool, also tried to buy a pulse at lunch time today, to be told at 10am they were told (or ordered as she said) by head office to send back all remaining pulse stock as it was no longer been sold.. shame really as by the looks of things, it looked better than the mini! Still in 2 minds weather or not to get the mini though.. I guess it would beat the balls off my current lg! Is the telenav like the rubbish you get with lg phones.. its full gps navigation but you need to be constantly be connected to the internet for it to work and download the map data as it goes along? Edited May 10, 2010 by Tommyukuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 No Navigate on GMaps... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tommyukuk Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 No Navigate on GMaps... P ok so gmaps doesnt do navigation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Doesn't appear to... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chrish2009 Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Doesn't appear to... P ive just been on the google maps on it, asked for directions and it has navigate (if that is what you are talking about), it all loaded but couldn't find my GPS position. but i think this is just my settings a bit funny at min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest battletank Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Doesn't appear to... P Without wanting to state the obvious, have you downloaded the maps update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 No, but I believe the version on there should do it. I'm building up a custom ROM now before I have a proper play! :P P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tommyukuk Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 What im on about is the apps like nav and igo, navigon, and sygic (pretty similar to tomtom). I was interested in the pulse mini and the pulse, but as said above when i went into the store, the woman explained that, even tho the phone has android and gps its processor isnt fast / strong enough to run any of the above apps.. it would only run google maps and that would be about it.. and half of the apps from the android store wouldnt run as they would need more power or something :S thats why i was asking if anyone has the pulse mini.. if they could clarify weather its possible to run those apps like sygic with full turn by turn voice navigation.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chrish2009 Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 What im on about is the apps like nav and igo, navigon, and sygic (pretty similar to tomtom). I was interested in the pulse mini and the pulse, but as said above when i went into the store, the woman explained that, even tho the phone has android and gps its processor isnt fast / strong enough to run any of the above apps.. it would only run google maps and that would be about it.. and half of the apps from the android store wouldnt run as they would need more power or something :S thats why i was asking if anyone has the pulse mini.. if they could clarify weather its possible to run those apps like sygic with full turn by turn voice navigation.. ill try and sort ma mates GPS out on his pulse today, if i have chance ill give it a quick test on the way home. cant promise anything today though. chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Just got round to updating my mini to Maps 4.2.0, yes, Google Maps Navigation DOES work! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chrish2009 Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Just got round to updating my mini to Maps 4.2.0, yes, Google Maps Navigation DOES work! P yep, just done it myself aswell. works, takes a while to load though. that may be because my mate has loads of s*** on his phone :/ chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Haha! :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest battletank Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 No, but I believe the version on there should do it. *whistles* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tommyukuk Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Right ok, what about Sygic maps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest webjames Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 i can also confirm that the google maps navigation app works with speech etc perfectly, even found my location indoors sitting a couple of meters away from a window to within 5meters. A+ for the GPS on this device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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