Not quite. They had a major problem with iOS6 because it remove Google maps and replaced it with Apple maps, which was crap.

My old man has one (Coach driver) and he cannot recommend it enough. Especially with some of the places he has had to go to in his time.

Looks like Garmin has it! I've just ordered the Garmin Nuvi 2200T for £85 with free lifetime traffic. Thanks for your advice everyone

Traffic updates are free anyway mate, lifetime map updates cost £75

Downloaded Skobbler's SatNav2 for my iPhone and its pretty good, although not sure it has traffic info. It does have a speedcam facility which I guess most do, but its very up to date

Yep. The closest I've come to switching from an iPhone was when they did that. Google maps was excellent and Apple maps is just rubbish by comparison. Fortunately I think Google have produced their own free maps app now which seems just as good as before

The only problem when using your phones as sat navs, it eats into your data allowance and if you’re in an area with a poor 3g signal, well you might as well dig out the atlas!

Sat navs operate by satellite, so rarely loose signal, unless underground.
A sat nav will always give an approximate time of arrival, based on the distance and the average speeds in the settings.
Live traffic, is exactly what it says on the tin, live traffic, in usually in urban areas and motorways where traffic is monitored. Very useful for going long distances with a tight timescale.

Surely the benefit of the sat nav, no matter how old, is you can head in the wrong direction and it will automatically give you an alternative route. So if you’re facing the wrong direction, just carry on and it will autocorrect, providing its not a dead end or one way street?
Most sat nats, can be updated, by simply plugging into a pc. If it’s that old, then look here


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No it doesn't, it only uses push notices for traffic updates and they are tiny.
All you need to do is stop it using aGPS which you don't need anyway.

Just used the new one for the first time today, seems to be pretty good! Finds where I am straight away and even has the roads of the industrial estate I work in (the other one would tell me I'm on the motorway when I was in the car park). No idea how good it is at re-directing me to avoid traffic yet because I only took it up the road but we'll see

If you're using a smartphone and worried about using data, download 'Navfree' from google play. Takes a while to download - use wifi - but puts the map into your phone, then just uses satellites to navigate you. You dont need an internet connection to get about then.

I’m not worried as I have a live traffic sat nav. I also have an I phone, which on the odd occasion I use Google maps for live traffic checks, I find very useful. BVut always good to know there are other alternatives out there.