Samsung galaxy s4 motorcycle nav?

[gebrauchtwagen83]

Samsung have of course announced the new S4 active which is waterproof, think i might get the tom tom nav for it and it should be a great bike navigation device, also it will be free for those on contracts.

www.samsung.com/uk/galaxys4active/

 

[Deleted account 181015003]

Have a look at Sygic free trial before you buy tomtom I bought it when in france through when my Zumo packed up uses tomtom maps works well and got me home no problem

Also have a look at MapsWithMe for free world maps

 

[Deleted account 250319001]

This S4 Active really could make my Zumo redundant. Interesting.
the days of stand alone devices are nearly here....

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

Done this a few times with a couple of different phones, it's always the vibrations that kill them. As a result I would recommend you buy a cheap Chinese phone for about £80 and mount it in a bag for waterproofing. Tom Tom on android sucks by the way. Sygic is good but can be a bit crashy, Copilot doesn't look as good but it's rock solid and has good routing. It also has the advantage that you can import routes from Google maps and earth. For a free one lookup OSMAnd. It's a great bit of software to have as a backup, you can even edit the maps yourself if you see something wrong.

 

[topcat2006]

Can you create a route to follow with these apps in the same way you can with map source?

What about data charges?

Thanks

Tom

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

Can you create a route to follow with these apps in the same way you can with map source?

What about data charges?

Thanks

Tom

You can create routes for Copilot and OSMAnd easily. Copilot has its own software but you can do it on Google maps or earth as well. Probably a good few other bits of software as well as its KML and GPX formats that they use
There is no data charges, all these apps are completely off line. You don't need an Internet connection of any kind for them to work. Unlike Google navigate, Waze and a few other apps that are completely online. That said they don't each that much data but you wouldn't want to use them while roaming.

 

[topcat2006]

Thank you.

Will give this a try instead of a zumo.

Tom

 

[jasext]

Done this with 2 phones and cooked both of them, the battery doesn't last long when using as a sat nav so you have to keep it powered somehow, add to this a waterproof case and the phone gets really hot and in the end it just breaks down.
Get yourself a Peaklife gps sub £100 in some places, it is a motorcycle sat nav that is rugged and waterproof, you can then buy a card of me that will come with IGO 8 and Memory Map 1:50 of the UK installed and ready to use