Waze - Free satellite navigation for your smartphone

ElantraGT · 20th October 2010, 15:47

Okay I officialy a part of the group now.The good thing is that this map is accurate than Garmin and Nokia maps. I havent tried the step by step navigation yet.
The downside that I saw is that within 30 min of using Waze the battery lost 30% of its juice. I checked this and confirmed with my friends E71 too. If I use Nokia Maps the battery consumption for a 30 min drive will be not more than 7-10%.

devrajman · 20th October 2010, 16:10

This app to be used in the car with car charger.

Great app when travelling in group of cars and want to co-ordinate to know where fellow cars are and message each others for stopping/etc. Just create a new group and get a days GPRS ON!

kaushik_s · 20th October 2010, 17:43

joined the group, my id is same as here. Yes, this seems to be battery hungry but otherwise a great useful app. Not much worried about the battery as I'll be using with the car charger. But gonna need 3G sooner to use it properly. Going to use it a lot more I guess.

jav · 20th October 2010, 18:18

Today i made my phone display brightness low and switched from 3G to 2G and turned off all additional positioning methods only the internal gps enabled and my phone was still having over 70% charge after 3 hours of driving and it did not get very hot too

The app is quite sluggish in my nokia 5230 when zooming in or out and takes a while to respond when i touch the screen, but works perfectly on N95 8gb

shajufx · 20th October 2010, 18:48

Everything sounds good and I too installed it on my phone. Yet to check its potential in real-time driving. If muggers are tech-savy, days are not far where they will work as a group and give instant guidelines to lead you to an isolated place to rip you off

So be careful when you are visible in the map !

anilisanil · 20th October 2010, 18:54

I too am all ready for Wazing! Albeit I am the only Pune T-Bhpian here! Would love to see more from Pune joining there. But as an after thought, there aren't too many options as alternate routes for Puneites, like it or not one has to rot in the Jams :P

zteg · 20th October 2010, 19:13

Waze doesnt work on my E63. Thought it was due to GPRS speed. Tried on my home Wifi, yet screen is blank.

Ford_madhan · 20th October 2010, 19:35

I installed waze in my HD2. But i do not see any icon to start the app. The installation was successful though. Any idea guys?

IronH4WK · 20th October 2010, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Ford_madhan

I installed waze in my HD2. But i do not see any icon to start the app. The installation was successful though. Any idea guys?

Press "Start" and scroll down to the end. You'll find it there.

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devrajman · 20th October 2010, 21:05

Couple of tips to safe battery:

1) Disable 3D mapping and select 2D maps, its faster
2) Disable alerts which aren't required like Traffic alert, etc
3) Disable auto zooming wrt speed, that too saves battery

Ford_madhan · 20th October 2010, 21:14

Thanks for the tip IronH4wk. I am able to access the app now..

ByDesign · 20th October 2010, 22:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by devrajman

Couple of tips to safe battery:

1) Disable 3D mapping and select 2D maps, its faster
2) Disable alerts which aren't required like Traffic alert, etc
3) Disable auto zooming wrt speed, that too saves battery

I use point 1) from this. 2D is better. Secondly, its hard for me to keep looking at my phone while driving. Nor is it safe. I keep the voice volume up so I can hear the bot telling me where to turn and stuff. Otherwise I only look at my phone when someone pings, or leaves a report.

Can I urge all T-BHP members to drive safe and not get too addicted to Waze while driving. Just a friendly heads up from your fellow T-BHP member

akshay4587 · 20th October 2010, 22:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by zteg

Waze doesnt work on my E63. Thought it was due to GPRS speed. Tried on my home Wifi, yet screen is blank.

AFAIK,E63 doesnot have an inbuilt GPS,hence you cannot use it,you can purchase a separate GPS reciever for it.

devrajman · 21st October 2010, 08:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by ByDesign

Can I urge all T-BHP members to drive safe and not get too addicted to Waze while driving. Just a friendly heads up from your fellow T-BHP member

+1 to it

If someone is travelling as fellow passenger in car/bus/auto/etc you can actively use the app, else please use it primarily for navigation and receiving alerts.

amitoj · 23rd October 2010, 20:10

Was stuck in a traffic jam on Bannerghatta road. Exchanged pleasantries with another fellow wazer, vikram.

20th October 2010, 15:47	#61
ElantraGT BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 441 Thanked: 12 Times	Okay I officialy a part of the group now.The good thing is that this map is accurate than Garmin and Nokia maps. I havent tried the step by step navigation yet. The downside that I saw is that within 30 min of using Waze the battery lost 30% of its juice. I checked this and confirmed with my friends E71 too. If I use Nokia Maps the battery consumption for a 30 min drive will be not more than 7-10%.
	() Thanks

20th October 2010, 16:10	#62
devrajman BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 505 Thanked: 119 Times View My Garage	This app to be used in the car with car charger. Great app when travelling in group of cars and want to co-ordinate to know where fellow cars are and message each others for stopping/etc. Just create a new group and get a days GPRS ON!
	() Thanks

20th October 2010, 17:43	#63
kaushik_s Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,088 Thanked: 165 Times View My Garage	joined the group, my id is same as here. Yes, this seems to be battery hungry but otherwise a great useful app. Not much worried about the battery as I'll be using with the car charger. But gonna need 3G sooner to use it properly. Going to use it a lot more I guess.
	() Thanks

20th October 2010, 18:18	#64
jav BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 225 Thanked: 66 Times	Today i made my phone display brightness low and switched from 3G to 2G and turned off all additional positioning methods only the internal gps enabled and my phone was still having over 70% charge after 3 hours of driving and it did not get very hot too The app is quite sluggish in my nokia 5230 when zooming in or out and takes a while to respond when i touch the screen, but works perfectly on N95 8gb
	() Thanks

20th October 2010, 18:48	#65
shajufx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa Posts: 1,808 Thanked: 832 Times View My Garage	Everything sounds good and I too installed it on my phone. Yet to check its potential in real-time driving. If muggers are tech-savy, days are not far where they will work as a group and give instant guidelines to lead you to an isolated place to rip you off So be careful when you are visible in the map !
	() Thanks

20th October 2010, 18:54	#66
anilisanil Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Pune Posts: 1,420 Thanked: 291 Times	I too am all ready for Wazing! Albeit I am the only Pune T-Bhpian here! Would love to see more from Pune joining there. But as an after thought, there aren't too many options as alternate routes for Puneites, like it or not one has to rot in the Jams :P
	() Thanks

20th October 2010, 19:13	#67
zteg BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mangalore/Bangalore Posts: 331 Thanked: 91 Times	Waze doesnt work on my E63. Thought it was due to GPRS speed. Tried on my home Wifi, yet screen is blank.
	() Thanks

20th October 2010, 19:35	#68
Ford_madhan BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 148 Thanked: 25 Times	I installed waze in my HD2. But i do not see any icon to start the app. The installation was successful though. Any idea guys?
	() Thanks

20th October 2010, 21:05	#70
devrajman BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 505 Thanked: 119 Times View My Garage	Couple of tips to safe battery: 1) Disable 3D mapping and select 2D maps, its faster 2) Disable alerts which aren't required like Traffic alert, etc 3) Disable auto zooming wrt speed, that too saves battery
	() Thanks

20th October 2010, 21:14	#71
Ford_madhan BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 148 Thanked: 25 Times	Thanks for the tip IronH4wk. I am able to access the app now..
	() Thanks

23rd October 2010, 20:10	#75
amitoj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Windham, NH USA Posts: 3,405 Thanked: 3,503 Times View My Garage	Was stuck in a traffic jam on Bannerghatta road. Exchanged pleasantries with another fellow wazer, vikram.
	() Thanks