another trucker gps app

The download went quickly but it took forever to install it and it's 13MB.

Going thru setup the last screen states:

You can activate TRIAL licneses or add license serioal number using "+" button. to buy new license use "Shop" Button below or go to www.beonroad.com

I pressed "+" and new screen appears "Add serial number" comes up for 3 options and the Trial license is assigned: All Maps/navteq + Truck, Czech Republic & Slovak republic + Truck, and All Maps Traffic.

I chose All Maps/Navteq + Truck and the free trial period is 7 days. From that screen I exited HOME, as there is no submenu. I moved the program to my microsd card (16 GB).

My entire Android home screen changed to a weird spacing of applications, looking a little worrisome to me as my phone is solid, not flaky or buggy till I saw this.... so I restarted the phone, that went fine and my Home screen is normal again.

I started the program and got a nag screen about purchasing a license, 7 days remaining on trial. Then it synched and gave a download menu showing all the maps... every state in USA. Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico also available.

I'm thinking "wow" so far, so good. Then I take a close look at the states and each one is many MB's. So I choose my state.... but I already know, now I'm starting to see this is not practical. I will have to download every state and just one state is taking several minutes..... Needed to turn off the battery saver. Several minutes later is still not half way downloaded and I'm thinking I want to throw it out the window. I stopped the download.

I'm not going to say it's not a good program but it's definitely not for me, too time consuming.

 

It just says unlimited license. Says nothing about how long or anything else:

USA and Canada $62
USA only $50
Canada only $50

 

I'm going to try to get be-on-road loaded to my tablet and see how it goes.

I've got two TomToms, as different as night and day. Forest Gump could say it better. My FIAT's "TomTom blue & me" is so bad I'm sending it back for a replacement this week. But the XXL 550 on my motorcycle works flawlessly in all temps.

It's time for Google to step up and put truck restrictions on the NAV gps that comes with cell phones.

 

I found an Android app called "Smart Truck Route". It's $79 for 3 years, $45 for 1 year, $19.95 for 1 month. I bought 1 month to try it.

You can try it for free from 1pm to 2pm daily.

My Android runs 2.3 and this is a very tiny app that installed in just a few seconds, is GPS based, accesses Google Maps - my favorite mapmeister.

Defaults are set for a 53' trailer, 13'6" h, 8'6" w, 80K, specifies hazmat or not, route type shortest/quickest/tolls/e. Main display will let you toggle between speed, ETA, time remaining to destination, odometer - so you can only see one of those at a time. Distance remaining, distance to next instruction, and banner tells you what road you're on. Very sparse. My phone already has free Nav (google) installed so now when it starts it offers to use either Nav or "Smart Truck Route". It's not possible to customize a route. If you tap the screen it will offer to take you to that address and then abandon the original route. There is a feature to locate a truck stop but doesn't tell you how far, shows a city, and they are listed in no particular order. It gives turn by turn instruction in case your signal is lost. It did accurately report a nearby low pass I emailed support with a couple of questions and got answers quickly.

Pro's: Fast response, small footprint, inexpensive.

Con's: Can't customize route

it's not bad at all for 3 years @$79.