Anyone use android tablets for navigation?

Just get a good GPS and get it over with. There's a reason they make them.

 

Just keep in mind that GPSes are great navigational aides, just be sure to use some common sense. There are too many stories about drivers out there just blindly following what their GPS told them and winding up in some pretty nasty situations.

 

I use my Google nexus 7 to help with route planning. I use 3 different GPS for navigation.

 

i'd prefer follloing mine blindly. as i haven't been doing very good picking a route i think would be faster then my unit tells me. local city streets that AREN'T on the atlas. and have weight restricted bridges. just did that today. instead of driving 15 miles of lights ALONG the freeway. i went straight for the freeway. good thing that bridge limit was a little higher then what my load weighs.

 

Have been using the Truckers Tablet for several thousand miles now. Previously had the Cobra and Rand McNalley 7" GPS units. This is by far better than either one of them. The re-routing is amazingly fast and I have experienced no crashes so far. I have been hauling HazMat and checking the GPS routing with my planned routing and, so far, it is spot on. Have only been using in the Southeast so far, so not much use in other areas yet. Will be going into Canada next week with a load so will see how it works up there. As an Android Tablet, it is mediocre but functional. Works well with Netflix, and Email. The supplied browser seemed to hang or crash quite often but downloaded Firefox and it performs very well. The battery life is limited so you want to keep it plugged in while using and the power jack is fragile. Sound is not as loud as I would like, especially if you are in a truck with a lot of road noise. All in all, you will be hard pressed to find a better unit for $270. Compare with stand alone 7" GPS units.

 

"android Tablets"??

I use Alka Selzer tablets.

sorry, had to say it.

 

if the sound is bad. you can always plug into the aux jack on your radio. if you have 2 devices you can buy a spliiter.

 

I am using Google navigation on a tablet at the moment also..Going through Cleveland the other day and the navigation actually popped up and asked me if I wanted to get routed around traffic backup...I made sure it was a truck route and accepted the alternative route..worked out good..just thought was pretty cool it did that