Garmin Launch StreetPilot For iPhone Today

mikealder · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:00 pm Post subject:

The app is very good in use however there are a few missing bits:

1/ mp3 control, you have to switch the app to the background to sort the audio out before switching back to nav, it would be better if basic controls were available from the main nav screen.

2/ Accept a phone call while the app is running and the iPhone doesn't automatically switch back to nav screen post call.

3/ The UK voice needs to be sent away for some lessons in elocution.

4/ The built in speed camera warnings are very difficult to read with most showing ?? against the camera name, or is it the speed, eitherway its not easy to read at speed or while driving around a built up area.

- Mike

Sproing · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 11, 2006 Posts: 25

Odd that they should have a UK edition, a US edition, a North American edition but no European edition!

Do they think we never cross the Channel? Very Happy

(Don't suppose this has 3790-like voice control with a trigger word? That, plus European maps, plus that improved HD-style traffic, would get me to replace my aging TomTom 920 in a snap...)

MikeB · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:26 am Post subject:

ttrevor · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:28 pm Post subject:

Does it have portrait mode aswell as landscape ????
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mikealder · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:40 pm Post subject:

cartman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Posts: 49

A few problems I've encountered since installing :
1) As far as I can see, the Garmin website doesn't list the iphone(4) anywhere when trying to register.
2) It can't find my device when trying to install the Communicator plugin software
3) I have safety camera alerts selected "On with Audio" but none are showing.
[The website says they are part of the downloaded package]
4) I've set up a route off the M8 into Glasgow but no junction pics are appearing. Do I actually need to be following the route live to get them ?

Any suggestions welcome.

MaFt · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:02 am Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:25 am Post subject:

The built in camera warnings are not too easy to spot on the screen, here is a mobile camera warning:

The software doesn't support "CP" mode, you need to be out driving following a route to get camera warnings and the motorway junction pictures - Mike

PeirreOBollox · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:40 pm Post subject:

Although highly unlikely, I`d like to see the ability to interface with Mapsource, in the same way as I can with my zumo PND.
Also I think I will wait for the europe version as its more useful to me. I suspect price of the europe version won`t be hugely different to the UK & Ireland offering, especially when you look at the price structure of the similar TT offerings for the iphone.
Also to encourage the take up of the UK & Ireland, maybe Garmin could sell it for a limited time at an introductory price Confused

mikealder · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:44 pm Post subject:

As the UK&ROI version is over 800MB imagine how large a full European version would be especially if they maintained the photo "Reality View" images for each of the major road junctions across the whole region. Probably end up with something around 5GB which I doubt users would want from a download/ install perspective, let alone the storage capacity it would consume on the iPhone - Mike

PeirreOBollox · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:11 pm Post subject:

I don`t think 5Gb is excessively huge for euro map coverage.
As someone who swops and changes their music collection regularly, especially to refresh the list & keep the number of file stored on my iphone down. I still have at least 5.9Gb of free space left before making any effort to reduce the used space. No doubt deleting many of the junk "free apps" would also free up much more space.

Though I do wonder how long it will be before this app ends up on file sharing site such as Newzbin?

dougproctor · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject:

Well, like a lamb, I bought it - another Sat Nav application! But I do like the clean look in Garmin products and this is no exception. Bought a month's traffic as well but yet to use it.
There is room for improvements, I must admit, but certainly worth looking at. Not sure about the price though as other contenders i.e. IGo Primo and Copilot Live Premium are much cheaper.
Let's hope for some quick updates and it is my main satnav at the moment. Well, until the next one.......

Oh and Mr Alder - speed 79mph in a 70mph zone(picture above) but I suppose this is a demo although I thought there was no demo setting in this app yet!!!!!
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mikealder · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:46 pm Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:14 pm Post subject:

zebsogo · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:20 pm Post subject:

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