Travel maps for a500 tablet

**Charlesleonard** · 09-25-2011, 07:44 PM

I need a decent map app for the A500. I currently have CoPilot installed but it constantly freezes. I don't mind paying but would like a trial version to make sure it will work. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

**MeshiaSamurai** · 09-26-2011, 01:57 PM

Are you looking for something for turn by turn navigation? Given that you've been using CoPilot, that would be my guess. I haven't tried navigation on my tablet yet, but I have never had a problem with Google's Navigation app on my phone. Have you tried it with your A500?

**Tronmech** · 10-01-2011, 04:41 PM

Given that the A500 has no cell radio, the Google Nav app won't help. I know there are other offline GPS apps, but I don't know who makes them. Sorry.

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**Tronmech** · 10-01-2011, 06:00 PM

Replying to myself...

There are a couple of somewhat sanely priced competitors. Sygic looks nice, claims Honeycomb compatibility, and has a 7 day free trial.

Then there is Navit, which is GPL and uses free maps. Still waiting for the map download to finish so I can see what it can do.

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**MeshiaSamurai** · 10-03-2011, 11:08 AM

No cell radio on my transformer either, and Google Nav works great.

**Tronmech** · 10-03-2011, 07:29 PM

Once you have the directions, yes, but miss a turn when you don't have data coverage available... "Rerouting... Data connection lost... [now your directions are lost too]"

Speaking as someone who has missed a turn or 2 with no data coverage (hey, I have T-Mobile, so coverage gaps are no stranger to me), it's no fun. So Google nav can be problematic at times.

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