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[quartz28]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

Hi...

I am using Garmin.

But i have also downloaded NAVFone on iphone...no data charges when using in m'sia...but map adequacy for M'sia can be better...

thus end of day...i'm still relying on my very old Garmin.

 

[avelc]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

Hi quartz,
For Navphone on iphone, how do you ensure there is no data charge in Msia? Turn off cellular data?

Hi...

I am using Garmin.

But i have also downloaded NAVFone on iphone...no data charges when using in m'sia...but map adequacy for M'sia can be better...

thus end of day...i'm still relying on my very old Garmin.

 

[quartz28]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

Hi quartz,
For Navphone on iphone, how do you ensure there is no data charge in Msia? Turn off cellular data?

Hmm....don't recall I turn off cellular data as typically I don't change any setting when I cross border..so far I did not have unforeseen data charges...u encounter charges before?

 

[avelc]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

Hmm....don't recall I turn off cellular data as typically I don't change any setting when I cross border..so far I did not have unforeseen data charges...u encounter charges before?

Will know after my trip this weekend and when mobile bill arrives :P

Assume u mean using SG simcard with roaming...

 

[Arowana88]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

How about those funny names, eg... Holux, papa something, shinco....?

But those no brand ones got bigger screens and some got mp3... How?? Garmin heard quite ex?

 

[crystal_tiong]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

I used to think Garmin is the best so i bought 1 last yr ....
Now its always hanged and navigate half way during the journey ! Feels like throwing the device away!!!
And although i have updated the maps for few times , until now , they still dun have msia new custom in the map!

 

[winners]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

Those using mobile phones with GPS capability and using Windows Mobile operating system can install the GARMIN Mobile XT at a shop in Danga City Mall for RM50. (No charge if it cannot work after installation). After that, it can use MFM (Malfree (Malaysia-Singapore)) Maps and they are updated very frequently at their website, FOC. I'm using this and it took me all the way to Penang with ease. However, GARMIN Mobile XT is an old GPS software and so some of the features (like street view, etc) are not available.

 

[quartz28]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

I used to think Garmin is the best so i bought 1 last yr ....
Now its always hanged and navigate half way during the journey ! Feels like throwing the device away!!!
And although i have updated the maps for few times , until now , they still dun have msia new custom in the map!

Hi Crystal...u got the update from Garmin officially? focu need to pay for it?

As for me, I brought Garmin 4yrs back in US with US maps only...for msia/s'pore map, i took from my friend who downloaded foc through some usergroup website...thus in terms of latest local location, i cannot expect much as i do not pay anything...

cheers...Quartz

 

[crystal_tiong]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

Hi Crystal...u got the update from Garmin officially? focu need to pay for it?

As for me, I brought Garmin 4yrs back in US with US maps only...for msia/s'pore map, i took from my friend who downloaded foc through some usergroup website...thus in terms of latest local location, i cannot expect much as i do not pay anything...

cheers...Quartz

i bought from www.eastgear.com , maps are free ....

 

[Arowana88]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

I used to think Garmin is the best so i bought 1 last yr ....
Now its always hanged and navigate half way during the journey ! Feels like throwing the device away!!!
And although i have updated the maps for few times , until now , they still dun have msia new custom in the map!

Dun throw away, can give me ma !!

 

[Arowana88]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

Can anyone teach me how to go to Malaysia immigration?

 

[abugumgum]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

Hi...

I am using Garmin.

But i have also downloaded NAVFone on iphone...no data charges when using in m'sia...but map adequacy for M'sia can be better...

thus end of day...i'm still relying on my very old Garmin.

I have NAVFone too. I think it uses the mobile phone signals to track location, similar to Google Maps on iPhone.
There is no data charge.
This is slower than an actual GPS like Garmin. I stop by the side of the road to check position when I am near to the destination. Used this at Muar, to locate the Assam Pedas Fish location and was able to navigate there but the dish was not to our liking :(

 

[nickyu]

Re: malaysia best 4 place to retire?

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[whoami]

Re: malaysia best 4 place to retire?

My sentiments exactly!

 

[EDTBA]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

Not sure about iphone ... but my Nokia E5 ovimap worked fine in malaysia (SG - Malacca driving) without needing to connect to a telco - used direct GPS signal, instead of AGPS provided by the telcos.

Similarly, I use Nokia 5800 which has OVI Map which I can download the map in advance and use off-line navigation. This is great when travelling overseas, no data roaming charges.

The newer Nokia smartphones like the N9 or Lumia series comes with Nokia Maps which is similar.

 

[Qube3]

Re: malaysia best 4 place to retire?

Thanks bro, good info to know. Survey is inherently skewed to /for anglo-saxon based audiences as base is to/for English-speaking not that I have any issues with it.

I think if "safety" was one of the criterias, a number of the top few wouldn't make it to the list. Drug cartels, cold-war nuclear war regions, anarchist developments, quake zones...

 

[Cestbon]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

IT show started. Still not decide?

 

[euphony]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

use malfreemaps, the map that comes with it is malsingmaps. the earlier is better in MY (coastal highway is updated already some time back), the latter better for SG. If you use city navigator together with your malsingmap it will hang bcos malsingmap doesn't have junction view or something like that should disable that especially if you are familiar with SG already.

i bought from www.eastgear.com , maps are free ....

 

[Arowana88]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

IT show started. Still not decide?

Will go this Sunday... Busy....

 

[Snooze]

Re: Which gps should I buy?

Hijack this.....

i am looking for a GPS too, hopefully one that can get free maps. I travel occasionally, and love road-trips holidays.