Comments on: TiPb Answers: Why is There No Turn-by-Turn Navigation on the iPhone?

By: Tomtom

Tomtom — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:03:09 +0000

With google maps you still have to click next on the maps to jump to another page which is not good while driving, turn by turn is welcomed by me…

By: Robbie

Robbie — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:43:39 +0000

I will love turn by turn when it arrives, but I do not need it. What I do need is the ability to keep my present location in the middle of the screen as I move along the designated route in Google map.

Having to reach up and move the screen is not only distracting, but sometimes will reset the app if done as a tap rather than a sweep.

It is such a small change but why has it not been done?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:31:40 +0000

I don't fully get it. I have a crappy LG phone from Verizon and I use VZNav constantly for turn-by-turn directions. Seriously I use it all the time (I'm bad with directions)... What's that considered? A-GPS Or something? I know I pay $10 bucks a month for it, but it's more than worth it to me. I like to know that wherever I travel I will have that little thing in my pocket.

So how is it that the iphone doesn't have something like that? Didn't I read something about telenav creating an app for it? Isn't telenav the same kind of thing as vznav?

Honestly the fact that there is no turn-by-turn options on the iphone is preventing me from buying it. At least the blackberry storm has vznav on it.

By: Haxoff

Haxoff — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:44:04 +0000

I suspect that apple might team up with wayfinder.com to put it on iPhone v.3 , They already released powersearch for the iPhone and it seems like a popular app.

By: bob jones

bob jones — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:43:50 +0000

@ rpv.. I’m loving my Garmin Mobile XT on my symbian based Nokia N95 with the latest maps and all

By: Paul Kerton

Paul Kerton — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:03:26 +0000

As someone who has a Garmin GPS at the moment, and only ever take with me when I know I'm going somewhere I've never been before, an iPhone app would be most welcome for TBT directions. I could just leave the phone connected to my in car charger, and have a bluetooth ear piece in my ear, telling me the directions as I needed them.

It needs to happen to make the iPhone 3G the only device I carry in my pocket. I'll gladly pay a subscription, like I did with my N95, in order to use it. They could make it monthly, yearly, or a life time subscription to access turn by turn voice directions. Hell, they could make it daily for 20 cents / 30 pence for 24 hours access and I'd do that as and when I needed them.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:15:22 +0000

If they give you turn by turn now, what will they have to release with the iphone v3? It’s marketing pure and simple. Delay the roll out of features to keep up interest.

By: Randall

Randall — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:19:58 +0000

This seems like a nobrainer for someone like Garmin or TomTom to develop. I don’t know about the general public, but I’ld easily pay $50-$100 for an app to do Turn-by-Turn directions

By: Tunnelrunner

Tunnelrunner — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:53:20 +0000

I kind of echo Steffen's post. If it's a hardware/software issue an limitation, then fine, I get it. (although isn't the iPhone supposed to be the most powerful phone to date? Far less advanced phones already have TBT GPS)

But if it's a licensing/red tape issue, then that's another story. I'm just an average consumer, and I DON'T TO HEAR THE EXCUSES, APPLE. The average iPhone user doesn't care and doesn't want to hear about red-tape and SDK licensing issues. It's not our problem. More and more, Apple is starting to sound like the company that rationalizes short-comings. Make it happen, Apple.

I don't care what it takes but Apple better find a way to get TBT GPS and copy/paste on this phone or someone else will.

By: rpv

rpv — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:21:45 +0000

@Steffen Breitbach

I agree with most of your points, but recently TomTom hasn't been doing much in Mobile world, i.e. Symbian has not been updated for long time, they don't even support inbuilt GPS on Nokia devices.