Sprint HTC Hero: GPS Navigation

[uzonigor]

do we have to pay an extra money while using the GPS, or is ti free?

[theInvigorate]

what happens to google navigation

[LordMerovingian]

@theInvigorate

What do you mean by Google Navigation? If you are referring to Google Maps, then that's still there. Google Maps doesn't give voice turn by turn navigation. Sprint Nav (or TeleNav) does.

[Hamking1]

@LordMerovingian

yeah, but Google Navigation DOES. I don't think it's available on the Sprint Droid phones because they already have sprint nav (which works well enough).

Google Navigation is what is running on the Motorola "DROID" phone. Youtube it, there's lots of videos.

[LordMerovingian]

@Hamking1 Wrong. Google Nav with Voice navigation is only available on Android 2.x phones. Sprint Hero and Moment are 1.6, so no voice Nav with Google Navigation.

So Google Nav on Sprint Hero and Moment don't do voice Nav NOT because "they already have sprint nav" but because they're not Android 2.x devices.

[inferno135]

well 2.1 is coming for both phones so yes, it will have good nav. sprint nav is so slow and buggy its disgusting.

[inferno135]

Google nav*

[LordMerovingian]

@theInvigorate

Be more specific. What about google navigation?

[Rixhard912]

This better not be the reason why I don't have Google Nav on my Cellular South hero!

[02baldwincc]

what about the htc hero, dose this not have sat nav?

[ryankhart]

Well, no there is an extra monthly charge for the turn-by-turn, but not for the gps. Even if you got the phone with no service at all, the gps would still work.

[LordMerovingian]

Like the name implies, the Simply Everything plan includes GPS, data, unlimited texts/pics/video, unlimited nights and weekends. So yes, GPS is included in the plan.

[SimplyBows]

does this cost anything? we are getting the simply everything plan

[jorge10928]

it comes included with the simply everything plan..