It is really annoying when people say that it does not include turn by turn voice directions – that is due to Apple’s limitations on the iphone – not the developer of the application people!!

At first it wasn’t tracking my route very well and would often think I was on the wrong street even though I wasn’t. By putting the phone in a cradle which has a view of the sky it has fixed this and it actually tracks very well now, and seems to track better even than the built-in maps app.

One thing that NEEDS to be sorted, and BADLY: it is sometimes absolutely retarded with the directions it gives. For example, on a route where there is a highway available to get there, it sometimes opts for small side streets. And no I haven’t turned on highway avoidance, and yes I have it set for “Fastest Route” vs shortest route. Unlike most directions you will find (Google maps, name brand GPS units, etc), it doesn’t seem to understand that main roads and highways are usually the quickest way to get around. This leads me to believe it is not aware of speed limits on various roads. The way it gives directions, it would have you waiting at countless stop signs and long lights, waiting to cross or turn left onto a main road which you should have been on in the first place.

As for splitting into two halves of the country, yes it would be supremely annoying for anyone who lived near the split. I’d advise those people to look elsewhere for sure. For the rest of us, its not a big deal… I mean, if you are driving across the country, you can’t take 30 seconds to close one app and open another? Really? I drove from MA to CO using GPS guidance, and only really had the thing on about 5 mins before hitting a major city, then off again after through the city, just to be sure I stayed on the correct road. It isn’t necessary to have GPS guidance telling you to make a right turn in 863 miles.

Obviously voice guidance would be very helpful, but I know it’s not really the developer’s fault that it isn’t there.

Features NOT included which I would like to see:

-Improved routing
-Traffic awareness and avoidance
-Some kind of notification of an upcoming instruction, even a beep or something
-An option to disable sleep mode within the app, so I don’t have to do it in the settings each time I use the app. Is this also against Apple’s sandbox rules for official apps?
-Night mode (actually not sure if this is included as I haven’t tried it at night yet)
-ETA/ETE display

I am however from europe and travel often to the US for vacation. I am very glad that the maps are included in this app. Because For me, the roaming charges for internet connections outside my home contry are huge. So thumps up for this!