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MotionX GPS Drive Review: Hands Down the Best Value In GPS Apps
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The only problem for me is that the voice prompts come through my bluetooth headset during the conversation. Of course some may see this as a boon, but I usually mute mine.
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Now I know there are people out there that say this is what keeps the apps or movies or whatever so cheap but it is just driving me away. I respect these companies and their abilities but I just plain do not want to look at these apps...
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One thing you need to mention though is it does use a cache, to the tune of 250 meg of on board iPhone memory. I have been at home on wifi and run the simulated trip at 8x speed. It downloads all the 3d map data on wifi and keeps it in cache so it doesnt have to use 3G while Im driving. As soon as you change scale or switch to 2D maps it has to d/l again so that is predicated on leaving it alone during the trip.
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I do wish they offered the app with the voice feature for a single one-time purchase, but they may do this in the future. I am no fan of repeated on-demand purchases.
Also, it's not clear is whether you can use this on multiple iPhones linked to the same iTunes account, since the in-app purchase of the voice feature likely has no clear path to get to the other phones. I didn't test it, though.
There are a few bugs with selecting music playlists for playback. A subsequent try usually fixes it.
And the iPod buttons are too small, and other buttons, such as the popup button to change from 3D to 2D are at the bottom next to other buttons, so it's easy to miss.
But, Giz is right, for the money, there is no better GPS iPhone solution right now. Kudos to the app maker. This is good stuff!
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(By the way, it only works on the iPhone 3GS)
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