Going to England...what GPS app to buy?

Thanks for all the great info. I was about to buy a chunk of international data from AT&T but will opt for local service instead for much less. My wife has an iPhone 4 so we will probably activate her phone there as well.

I will look in to the recommend GPS apps.

I also installed Tapatalk to post photos on this forum of our trip with the iPad2.

Thanks again.

 

I got the iPad micro sim from Three today. I paid 20£ for 3GB. It works like a charm. The salesman thought it would take a day to work but it worked seconds after installing the sim. The map on the iPad is helping us navigate as well. I actually looked for a Three store at the mall in Watford to get it. I'm glad I did. I regret getting 3GB though. I better use it in the next week.

Thanks again for the tips everyone.

 

Thanks for your update. We're off to Scotland from the USA in two weeks and if the 02 prepaid micro-sim we purchased on eBay from a UK seller doesn't work, we'll definitely pop in a Three micro-sim. May even get one as a backup.

Does anyone know if they offer the same thing for the iPhone 4? We have a Factory Unlocked iPhone 4 and would like to purchase a micro-sim on arrival in Edinburgh, Scotland

 

You'll have no problems in Edinburgh and your O2 pre-paid will work without a problem. There are mobile 'phone stores all over Edinburgh and the coverage there is 100%. Plus, too, there are hundreds of available WiFi networks...in fact, you'll find it difficult to find anywhere in Edinburgh where you can't receive a WiFi signal.

I hope you enjoy yourself and have a great time.

Tim

 

You can download a free GPS app called NavFree UK. Slightly inaccurate for the smaller roads but very good for the major highways. It has vocal turn by turn directions also.

 

I have driven that route many times,you should not have any problems,just stay on the M-4 and it takes you to Bristol, If you are landing at Gatwick take the 25 to M-4. Having a GPS for Bristol would be nice to have, maybe our Brit members can help out.

Al

 

Get N Drive it's cheap easy to use and very accurate

 

I cannot find this app. Any ideas ???

I found Navfree UK free and mostly reliable.

 

new australian user!

I am still awaiting delivery of the iPad 2 [3G 64] and will have 2 days to
learn how to send e-mails and use internet before travelling to Europe for 10 weeks. I was also wondering how to get ONE sim card for use but seems that Vodafone has the cheapest [or less expensive!] option - my first
country of arrival is Germany and the Vodafone website for that is not
translatable to English and my limited German means I can't figure out if
the iPad plan on offer is reasonable! I think the individual telephone carriers are worried about iPad taking over from mobile [cellular] phones with the
VoP capacity of Facetime, Skype etc and that is why the charges are
so high. Any comment from you iPadForumteers??

J A Macp South Gippsland, Australia.

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