Thread: Which one are you using frequently : Smartphone vs. Dedicated Car GPS (PND) ?

Dedicated GPS.

Usually I use niether and plan my trip with google maps etc before leaving.

I have mobile and Garmin Oregon 600. In the car I use Google maps, it talks and is friendly. In the bike I use Garmin Oregon 600, a matter of toughness and batery life.

For a quick look at the map or routecalculation for personal use in car the smartphone.
The Michelin-app or apple-maps.
This is for use before the trip, not for guide while driving.

For use in truck Tomtom PNA to guide while driving.
Used to have Tomtom truck but dissatisfied about it due to uneconomical and timeconsuming routing,
frequent ignorance of truckprohibited streets and strange routes because of "ghost-heightrestrictions" (avoid 4.00 mtr tunnels while carheight is set at 3.90 mtr)
I am very satisfied about the Tomtom not-truck versions.

For spontaneous routing-needs my smartphone (Google Navigation), for planned trips TomTom XL or Oregon 600 with City Navigator.

For daily use my PNA and Primo. On holidays, a paper map (yes, I can use that) and when needed (like in cities) my android smartphone and Primo.
I experienced that a rental car doesn't always have a cigar lighter which make my PNA useless. Besides I don't need to pack the PNA nor the car kit, the phone I have it on me.

I usually use Sygic on smartphone. It is with me since almost 4 yars and I must say recently it got improved taking into consideration earlier bugs. It is offline gps so that is big adventage.

Same as hexon, I use Sygic on smartphone.

I'm using only CoPilot with my Motorola RAZR in a car hook-up. The best so far.
The Mercedes in-build Audio-Navi is a piece of .....
I also had a Garmin street pilot, not bad, but to much cables in the car.
G.

Android smartphone as the dedicated car GPS is always in the other car!