Review of the GPS reviews :)

It won’t be long now until I’ll be able to test other versions of the software that I’ve reviewed in my past couple of posts. Then I’ll have some new material to keep me busy on this blog everyday 😀

But until that happens, I really don’t want to neglect it… so today I’m planning a review of the small competition that ended last Friday. In the next couple of  days I’ll do my best to keep you entertained with some cool and fresh news from the GPS and navigation industry.

…. this being said, in the past couple of week I began reviewing 7 of the best, biggest and most known GPS software on the market…

My first 3 reviews were:

• TomTom vs Garmin
• Copilot vs NavNGo
• NDrive vs Route66
• Sygic was going through to the semifinal, in lack of an opponent

In the semifinals, the winners of those 3 reviews met Sygic and battled it out to get into the final:

• TomTom vs Copilot
• NDrive vs Sygic

Finally, only 2, the best of the best, could reach the highest point of the competition and hope to win the big prize: the title of  “GPSreviewer best GPS software”. And those 2 were:

• TomTom vs NDrive

And the winner and official holder and defender of the GPSreviewer title:

• NDrive! 🙂

Stay tuned and stay safe!

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GPS Review – Grand FINAL: TomTom vs NDrive !

TomTom was waiting for his opponent in the FINAL today and, after yesterday’s semi, NDrive is here to try to match the GPS giant.

Unfortunately, although given a good opportunity for a spot in this final, Sygic Drive didn’t manage to take advantage of it and ended his run for the title.

It’s clear that TomTom and NDrive are the two best GPS software I had the chance to review. The first, a big name for many years in the industry and the second, a somewhat of a newcomer, but with great skills and a lot of innovation.

Let’s see who wins today and takes home the title! (still couldn’t find anything better that “GPSreviewer’s best GPS software” but I’m opened to suggestions) 😀

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I give you the FINAL:

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1. Computer graphics / Display perforeymance

	TomTom	NDrive
In 524Mhz processor – Frames per second in routing and non routing	4 FPS	10 FPS
Support of Anti-aliasing on routing	No	Yes
Support of LandMark	No	Yes, with dynamic view on touch
3D free camera view on routing and map	No	Yes
In navigation get street or POI names by pick in LCD	No	Yes
Configurable map design based on templates	Yes	Yes
Uses real 3D aerial navigation photos	No	Yes

GPS Review – SEMIFINAL: NDrive vs Sygic Drive

After the first semifinal, it looks like TomTom is in for the final tomorrow. But who is going to follow him there, well, that’s a question which we can hopefully answer today.

Because today we have the second and last semifinal, where the winner of my third review, NDrive battles it out with the “lonesome software”, 🙂 Sygic Drive, the one for whom I did not have an opponent for a first review of it’s own.

So, it looks like Sygic was lucky enough to get a spot in the top 4… let’s see if it is capable to take up NDrive and fly to the final:

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1. Computer graphics / Display performance

	NDrive	Sygic Drive
In 524Mhz processor – Frames per second in routing and non routing	10 FPS	4 FPS
Support of Anti-aliasing on routing	Yes	Yes
Support of LandMark	Yes, with dynamic view on touch	No
3D free camera view on routing and map	Yes	No
In navigation get street or POI names by pick in LCD	Yes	No
Configurable map design based on templates	Yes	Yes
Uses real 3D aerial navigation photos	Yes	No

GPS Review – SEMIFINAL: TomTom vs Copilot

Yeaaah, that’s right… another bright day, yet another review… this blog is called GPSreviewer, so you should have expected it! 😀

I was thinking that I have 3 reviews until now and only one other software at may disposal… soooo, I’ve decided to look at these first reviews like at a pyramid contest, meaning that the winners of the first 3 reviews are going to battle the 4th software I was telling you about. Battle for what? For the title of “GPSreviewer’s best GPS software” I guess! 🙂 If I’ll think of some other, more glamorous title, I’ll change it in the meanwhile…

After this short presentation, today I have for you the first semifinal: TomTom, winner of my first review and Copilot, winner of the second one.

Let’s see who’s going through to the FINAL?!

1. Computer graphics / Display performance

	TomTom	Copilot
In 524Mhz processor – Frames per second in routing and non routing	4 FPS	4 FPS
Support of Anti-aliasing on routing	No	Yes
Support of LandMark	No	No
3D free camera view on routing and map	No	No
In navigation get street or POI names by pick in LCD	No	Yes
Configurable map design based on templates	Yes	Yes
Uses real 3D aerial navigation photos	No	No

GPS Review – NDrive: symbian and windows mobile GPS software for phones

Hey!

I’m back, fresher and better! 😀 Although this may come as a big surprise, today I’m not gonna review yet another GPS software (or maybe I will, later on 🙂 ).

Talking about big surprises, after yesterday’s review, I was pretty impressed with NDrive’s GPS software and I decided to take a better look at what else they have to offer. So I ended up checking out their website and this is what I found:

• Not only that they make the thinnest and lightest GPS on the market, the NDrive Touch, but it also comes in a XL version, with a larger 4.3″ widescreen and in the Real Navigation version, that allows you to navigate using 3D Real Photos for a big number of cities.
• Browsing on, I found that they also make GPS software for symbian and windows mobile phones, smartphones and PDA’s. I’m going to list here only the compatibilities… for the numerous features, just click on the following links I’ve inserted in the names:
• NDrive Symbian is compatible with:

Nokia

Nokia N95, Nokia N96, Nokia N73, Nokia E63, Nokia N81, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 5630 XpressMusic, Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, Nokia 6121 classic, Nokia 6124 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6290, Nokia 6650, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia E50, Nokia E51, Nokia E55, Nokia E61, Nokia E61i, Nokia E62, Nokia E66, Nokia E70, Nokia E71, Nokia N71, Nokia N75, Nokia N76, Nokia N78, Nokia N79, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N85, Nokia N86 8MP, Nokia N91 8GB, Nokia N93, Nokia N93i, Nokia N97

Samsung

Samsung i8910 (OMNIA HD), Samsung i550, Samsung i450, Samsung G810, Samsung i560

• NDrive Windows Mobile is compatible with the following:

Asus P550, P526, P320, MyPal A639, MyPal A636, A632,
Dell Axim X51v,
Eten X500, V900, G500,
Fujitsu Siemens LOOX N560, LOOX N500, LOOX C550,
HP iPAQ hx2790, iPAQ hx2490, iPAQ hx2190, iPAQ 600,
HTC X7500 Advantage, TyTN II, TyTN, Touch Pro, Touch Dual, Touch Diamond, Touch Cruise, Touch Cruise II, Touch HD, Touch 3G, Touch, Touch Viva, P4350, P3600, P3470 Pharos, P3400,
Mio A701,
Qtek 9100,
Samsung Omnia,
Palm Treo Pro,
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1.

Oh, and you can also choose what map you want for your phone software. I can tell you that there is a variety of countries from Western and Eastern Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa, Middle East… and Russia (which is in between continents 😀 ) The exact names of those countries, prices and other info HERE.

That’s it for now, hope you find it useful! Laterz!

GPS review: NDrive vs Route66!

I was telling you the other days that a new, “shocking” review is close. Well, the wait is over, and today I have for you a comparison between the navigation software of NDrive and that of Route66.

Why did I say “shocking”? Because the results are a little bit unexpected: NDrive is one of the best nav software that I’ve reviewed until now (I have to compare it to the big boys also, to see what’s it really capable of) and, on the other hand, Route66 which, sad to say, is one of the less performing software here at GPSreviewer.

Here’s what I’m talking about:

1. Computer graphics / Display performance

	NDrive	Route66
In 524Mhz processor – Frames per second in routing and non routing	10 FPS	1 FPS
Support of Anti-aliasing on routing	Yes	Yes
Support of LandMark	Yes, with dynamic view on touch	No
3D free camera view on routing and map	Yes	No
In navigation get street or POI names by pics in LCD	Yes	No
Configurable map design based on templates	Yes	Yes
Uses real 3D aerial navigation photos	Yes	No

GPS review: Copilot vs NavNGo

After the “battle of the giants” that we had yesterday, I have yet two more interesting names in the GPS world to compare. Today I give you the navigation software of Copilot and NavNGo.

You will also find after each table, 2 videos with each of the software. You can watch them like they are, go to my Youtube channel and watch  them there (if you prefer) or check them out in the vodpod box in the sidebar here in the right. Your choice… 🙂

But enough talk… enjoy:

1. Computer graphics / Display performance

	Copilot	NavNGo
In 524Mhz processor – Frames per second in routing and non routing	4 FPS	2 FPS
Support of Anti-aliasing on routing	Yes	Yes
Support of LandMark	No	Yes, static
3D free camera view on routing and map	No	Yes
In navigation get street or POI names by pick in LCD	Yes	No
Configurable map design based on templates	Yes	Yes
Uses real 3D aerial navigation photos	No	No

GPS review: TomTom vs Garmin

I’m starting strong, comparing 2 of the “big boys” on the market, TomTom and Garmin.

This is it:

1. Computer graphics / Display performance

	TomTom	Garmin
In 524Mhz processor – Frames per second in routing and non routing	4 FPS	1 FPS
Support of Anti-aliasing on routing	No	Yes
Support of LandMark	No	No
3D free camera view on routing and map	No	No
In navigation get street or POI names by pick in LCD	No	Yes
Configurable map design based on templates	Yes	No
Uses real 3D aerial navigation photos	No	No

First step, first post!

Being my first post on this blog, but not my first one in the world of blogging, I didn’t know if to start “working” from the first minute or to take a minute tell you a little something about myself…

I guess that the most important thing anybody should know about the GPSreviewer (that’s me:) is that he likes gadgets, devices, phones, GPS and all other kind of navigation  systems.

So that’s why I’ve decided that it would be a good idea if I start writing about them also and do something useful for others in the process.. that’s where the reviews and comparisons come in.

So, if you need an opinion about one of the products mentioned above, you came to the right place.

LET THE REVIEWS BEGIN!

PS: I’ll try to be as professional and objective as possible