Pocket PC Thoughts: Finding Your Voice - iGuidance 4 Reviewed

Setup Options


Figure 10: The Main menu.

All setup options can be accessed through the Main menu as displayed in Figure 10.


Figure 11: The Route Options menu.

Figure 11 shows the Route options. Some of these options are more robust than in some competitors. All of them have Quickest and Shortest options, but there were times when I would have appreciated the Major and Local options when using other programs. Ferries and Toll Roads are other common options, but the Carpool and Turns options are unique to iGuidance among programs I've used.


Figure 12: The Display Options menu.

A comprehensive set of Display options is also available. In addition to the common Day/Night and Orientation options, you can change the color scheme for the maps and select a level of standard zoom for 3D screens.

Rather than supporting complete itineraries, like OnCourse Navigator 6 and TomTom Navigator 6, iGuidance provides Stopovers, which are single intermediate destinations between your start and end points. You could use this to navigate to a hotel, restaurant or tourist attraction.

Another interesting feature is called Fog Driving. When driving in foggy weather, you can use iGuidance to alert you to an upcoming intersection that you may not be able to see until you're right on top of it. Sounds like this could be a very effective safety feature.