My #1 gripe about Sprint Nav is how they clearly let an idiot pick the color scheme and put it out without usability testing, thus leading to the distance to next turn and ETA info to be presented in white text on a yellow background. I get that Sprint's colors are black, white and yellow, but they couldn't use the black on yellow? It's unsafe as it is!
I'm confused- I was able to use sprint navigation on the Evo at launch- but since this weekend- I now get a prompt: "click here to get turn by turn GPS directions with Sprint Navigation PREMIUM"
I click on that and they want to charge me $2.99 for a 24hour pass, or $9.99 for the month!! I thought this was FREE on EVO! Is anyone else getting this now?
I had something similar happen with my Pre. It worked fine for 8 months exactly then one night I went to get a route and I received an error that my account had expired and to call TeleNav. That began a hellish three month ordeal where I probably wasted 8-10 HOURS on calls, chats, and emails with every incompetent and clueless CSR in the entire Sprint organization. It got so bad that my girlfriend would say,
"Uh-oh," and put her fingers in her ears the moment Dan Hesse's stupid face appeared in a TV advert because she knew within the next 30 seconds I'd be bellowing the 12-letter synonym for a male who engages in incestuous relations with his maternal parent. I wanted to register
www.imgoingtopunchdanhesseinthejunkandtosshimofftheguggenheim.com and make it an entire shrine to my desire to meet Dan and introduce his face to a crowbar and a few bricks. The only "fix" they had was to whack my phone, thus losing all my text messages, patches, etc. I just did without nav for the final four months of my Pre's life. Jerks.
I liked using the SN app on my Pre better than on the EVO. It was much easier and faster at letting me know traffic updates and alternate routes which is the most important information I need in order to get home on the least congested route. Logging in and loading of the maps takes longer on this phone as well.
I've noticed the slower speeds and lack of frequent traffic checks, too. Problem is, Google Nav doesn't have this capability at all, much less partially as good.