GPS for my car

**smoky004** · 25-02-12, 05:43 PM

Need a gps for my car that offers voice guidance and automatic route recalculation in case you miss a turn and detailed street level maps.Don't need any "fancy" stuff like music or video playback. How is this one :- http://www.mapmyindi...t/overview.html . Is the 8.9 cm screen good enough or do i need to buy one with a bigger screen?? Also what abt the software.Does it come free or do you to purchase it additionally ?? What abt yearly updates? Anything else i should pay attention to while buying one?

**agantuk** · 26-02-12, 12:01 PM

We gifted this recently to a colleague of ours, and it is pretty nice and detailed. Maps / support for the first year is free, further upgrades are chargeable.

That said, if the screen size isn't an issue, I would suggest using a phone based GPS for navigation as that would justify the price, as also be something you can take along everywhere - even when not in your car. MMI themselves provide some, else you can get Sygic which uses MMI.

**manu1991** · 26-02-12, 01:04 PM

Seems to be available for a cheaper price on ebay:

http://www.ebay.in/itm/MAP-MY-INDIA-...ht_1184wt_1139

**CH3NCO** · 26-02-12, 09:58 PM

I also feel getting a dedicated GPS is a bit too much unless you drive around a lot and go on long trips. Then a large screen makes sense.

Originally Posted by agantuk

MMI themselves provide some, else you can get Sygic which uses MMI.

Is there someway that I can run mapmyindia on a Windows Phone?

**agantuk** · 26-02-12, 11:35 PM

^ Sygic says they are working on it, so right now you cannot access them I think

**smoky004** · 27-02-12, 04:41 PM

Does gps on a phone work as well as a standalone gps?

**agantuk** · 27-02-12, 08:55 PM

I haven't used a standalone GPS long enough to be able to compare, but a standalone is supposed to do better than the one on a phone. That said, my phone has never given up on me - except on a few instances when I didn't charge it and so it died in a long journey.