ZTE Blade/Orange San Francisco GPS

[Guest sujone]

Thinking of buying the Orange San Francisco to replace my Nokia 5800. Seem to be able to get £84 for the Nokia from mobile phone exchange.

I want to use it for sat nav as well. The Nokia 5800 has a great OVI maps application and I was wondering if I could find something on Android to replace this.

Does anyone know if the google maps app on the San Francisco has voice guided navigation on it? I'm not interested in the Orange maps application, from reading the other threads it seems you have to pay to use this.

Also can anyone recommend another decent sat nav app on Android that will work in europe and does NOT download maps on the go?

[Guest Frankish]

Well Google Maps Navigation does have voice guided turn by turn instructions. For NON DATA sat nav there are paid solutions but no free ones i think.

[Guest MIKEYMC]

Copilot 8 is what I'll be buying when I get my San Fran. I believe it doesn't use data also. The videos I've seen of it running look pretty good.

[Guest shawn0]

I've been using google satnav and its amazing!

I've had tomtom,navigator,copilot,and still have ovi and google is in another league.

You can drive in satallite mode and see individual houses as you pass them. When you reach your destination is loads the google streetview of the house or building destination. Of course all maps are up to date. Last time I used tomtom it thought I was in a field on a new stretch of motorway near Leeds.

[Guest abbas_sheikh]

Well Google Maps Navigation does have voice guided turn by turn instructions. For NON DATA sat nav there are paid solutions but no free ones i think.

Works perfect until you loose your data connection or phone switches to roaming network (your home network doesnt have coverage, like 3 UK uses other networks where it hasnt got its own coverage).

[Guest robot1000]

Works perfect until you loose your data connection or phone switches to roaming network (your home network doesnt have coverage, like 3 UK uses other networks where it hasnt got its own coverage).

It's now possible to cache map files (if you have access to wifi before travelling)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630887

[Guest john306]

It's now possible to cache map files (if you have access to wifi before travelling)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630887

I'm just waiting for my £84 back from Fonebank for my 5800, hopefully tomorrow.

The sat nav on the SF is in a different league altogether, Google maps finds me in less than 5 seconds, I've loaded up co pilot but havent used it yet, my 5800 could take minutes to lock on.

I'm pleased.

[Guest IronDoc]

Seem to be able to get £84 for the Nokia from mobile phone exchange.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1572229

As I googled the name its autocomplete suggestion was 'mobile phone exchange scam'. I dunno if you knew their reputation and I've no experience with them personally, just thought I'd bring it up.

[Guest fradleyp]

COpilot 8 is working great for me

[Guest sujone]

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1572229

As I googled the name its autocomplete suggestion was 'mobile phone exchange scam'. I dunno if you knew their reputation and I've no experience with them personally, just thought I'd bring it up.

Thanks IronDoc, I will most definitely avoid these guys in fact I've sent the phone off to fonebank like john306.

It seems that Copilot is the sat nav app to get for android.

Here's a review at the register:

Copilot sat nav review by the register

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

[Guest john306]

Thanks IronDoc, I will most definitely avoid these guys in fact I've sent the phone off to fonebank like john306.

It seems that Copilot is the sat nav app to get for android.

Here's a review at the register:

Copilot sat nav review by the register

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

Can't fault Fonebank, sent on Tue got cheque on Fri.

I've used Co-pilot now and yes, it's very good