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Written by Vince Marsters
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 10:52 |
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We are delighted to offer all our readers a special price on Sygic Mobile Maps 9 when purchased directly from the Sygic E-Shop , courtesy of Sygic themselves. For the first 1000 purchasers who buy Mobile Maps 9 for Europe, Australia & New Zealand or US, Canada & Mexico on Android, Windows Mobile or Symbian before 29th September 2009 using the code EARLY947689, their final purchase price will be reduced by 10%.
The code can only be used once per customer and will expire when either 1000 purchases have been made using it or on 29th September (whichever comes first).
We will have a full review of SMM9 Android available soon. A review of McGuider 2009 (which is a rebranded version of SMM) is available here. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 11:50 |
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Written by Vince Marsters
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 20:29 |
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 Finally Sygic Mobile Maps 9 was released officially today via the Sygic e-shop for €79.99 for the complete Europe version. It is a fairly hefty download at just under 2GB and my real world download on a 7Mb ADSL showed a download in just over 1 hour on the main opening day. Before I get stuck in with a full review later in the week I thought I would post up a quick first look.
The initial install was fairly quick with a Windows based installer allowing me to install which maps and voices I wanted - no need to install all 2GB when all I need is the UK at just over 200MB. It also revealed the maps supplied with SMM9 are nearly 12 months old, being dated 2008.10 - a shame more up to date maps haven't been supplied so far. Also no need for voices in language I can not speak wasting space on my SD card. Once copied over though I found I needed to run an installer that had been placed on the root of the SD card using a file explorer. Nothing was automatic (to be honest I do not know if Android supports autorun from an SD card) and the manual supplied in the installation package (which also includes the installers for Windows Mobile and Symbian) had no mention of Android. I guessed at the setup apk called SetupAndroid.apk - more because it appeared in the root of the SD card after the Windows installer had completed.
Running the application gives a setup and running interface that looks and operates in a very similar fashion to the ones in all other version of Sygic Mobile Maps/McGuider. In fact anyone who knows how to use one of the other versions would be able to pick up the new Android version very quickly. One annoyance (that was fixed in McGuider 2009 but also appears in the iPhone release) is that everytime you start the application you appear to get a warning about operating sat nav devices whilst driving.
I also tested adding custom POI files and these work as expected. I was able to install the latest speed camera database from PocketGPSWorld with custom alert sounds without any problems at all.
So far my quick testing has been very positive with no real 'deal-breakers' found and only a couple of minor niggles.
Over the next couple of days I will be putting Sygic Mobile Maps through its paces and plan to have a more comprehensive review up by the weekend.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 September 2009 21:33 |
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Written by Vince Marsters
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Tuesday, 08 September 2009 11:40 |
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After a few weeks of testing and getting used to the iPhone release of Sygic Mobile Maps, we now have a review available here. The review covers many of the differences and annoyances we found during testing but should be read in conjunction with the Windows Mobile review of McGuider 2009 as there are many similarities between the two releases.
Our general conclusion is that Sygic Mobile Maps offers a comprehensice turn-by-turn navigation solution for the iPhone and is excellent value for money when compared to the new TomTom releases which are generally £20-£30 more expensive and offer less functionality. |
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Written by Vince Marsters
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Monday, 14 September 2009 20:42 |
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A quick check of the Sygic website shows that they have now opened an e-shop to sell Sygic Mobile Maps for Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian direct. Currently they support Complete Europe, Australia & New Zealand and US, Canada & Mexico so there is no smaller regional versions. Prices are currently (14th Sept 2009) as follows
Central Europe - €79.99
Australia & New Zealand - €59.99
US, Canada & Mexico - €62.99
Payments are handled by RBS Worldpay so it is probably possible to pay in £GBP or other supported currencies (from my experience with Worldpay and $US transactions).
The advertised version is Mobile Maps 9 but the internal build is 7.71 - the same as McGuider 2009 and Mobile Maps 2009 so I suspect (no proof though) that MM9 is the new name for the 2009 version. |
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Written by Vince Marsters
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Saturday, 05 September 2009 10:48 |
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 Sygic Mobile Maps has finalled arrived on the Android platform, as long as you are buying a HTC Magic in Singapore on SingTel, StarHub or M1. This is the first turn by turn voice guided navigation application to be made available in the area and is based on the same code base used in the Windows Mobile, Symbian and iPhone applications.
With this news also comes another hint that the Android application will be made available in other regions soon. I am hoping to have more news early next week on when this will be and to have a review up soon after the final release is made available.
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