Free Sat Nav for Windows Mobile

[-Ralph-]

I have a problem where by my wife keeps running off with our only sat nav and when I need it I open my glove box and it's gone (then she breaks it, hence me buying a new Tom Tom Rider today, which no doubt will end up in her car more often than I use it on the bike).

So for a while I've been looking for a proper Sat Nav for Windows Mobile touchscreen smartphones, as this is what I have and as it's a work phone I have no choice. I wasn't that desperate that I wanted to spend money on Tom Tom or CoPilot software.

There are a few apps out there for the various phone, but most download routes and maps off the web, which is no good when you are international roaming or have no signal, or just don't have a good data tariff.

Anyway I finally found one that is free, has all the functionality you'd expect of a Sat Nav, works perfectly well considering that it's free, installs easily on the phone including local storage of the maps (no messing with Java or configuring your GPS reciever), and you can download free maps for most of Europe. It is based on OpenStreetMaps, which is not perfect, but apply common sense at it's perfectly adequate.

So if you have a Windows phone with GPS, and want proper a Sat Nav for it, not just following a line on a google map, take a look

http://navigatorfree.mapfactor.com/en/download/