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Originally Posted by Sable99
I do have an Android smart phone. But, my contract is up and I am seriously thinking about changing to an iPhone. Could I use my iPad or an iPhone with Google Navigation?
If I am alone on a trip I find using the smartphone awkward. The GPS is also easier for my 89 year old mother if she is with me. She is good with her computer but, not with my smart phone or iPad. And, she likes maps! Go figure?!?
When I am traveling alone, I like the info the TomTom gives me on the main screen. It gives you total miles and time to go, arrival time and the same info on what you have already traveled. And, more. It was easy to see with a quick glance.
It looks like I have to switch screens to see most of that same info on the Garmin. It was awkward.
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I agree with you. I find the gps on my smart phone to be helpful only when I'm using it as a passenger, not as a driver. Too small, for one thing, and too hard to push buttons to change screens, etc. Not enough info easily viewed.
Our Garmins, both built into the car and portable, mispronounce street names all the time, and frequently get confused in TV even though they are both updated. a lot of times they will say a residential address location is on one side of the street when in fact it's on the other. In Tampa it wanted us to make an immediate right turn when we were on a bridge over the water.
Maybe someone who owns a Tom Tom can give you a review on how it works in FL. There is a lot of road construction in FL, and I think "they" just don't keep up with it.