Smartphone GPS Followup

After our disaster with a smartphone based GPS yesterday, I was given another phone to try, this time not a smartphone, but a Sanyo Pro-200. We used the Sprint Navigation service and we were quite pleased with it. It gave us directions and spoke the turns. I took another look at the Treo 800w and found the issue; I was using Google Maps’s navigation instead of the Sprint Navigation (which was available on the 800w). However, Sprint Navigation has a monthly fee and still won’t work when you don’t have data coverage. So while my initial review was a bit harsh, I still think I want to get a Garmin nüvi as it doesn’t require a data connection, has a larger screen, and just works.

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