Sunday, September 12, 2010

Navigating using my new HTC EVO.

I tried the Sprint navigation feature on my new Sprint HTC EVO (full review to come in the near future) for the first time. I set it to get me to a hotel in Pasadena that I had never been to before. To double check the route I printed a map of the hotel. The route the phone selected looked good, but as I got closer to my destination it looked like I should exit the freeway and the hotel would be near by. But the GPS had me take a different exit, make many funny turns and when the voice said "arriving at destination", I was in the middle of a residential neighborhood. So I called my friend's who I was meeting at the hotel for help, and after more driving around I finally got the navigation on the phone to take me to the hotel, which was right of interstate 210. I think what happened is I entered the wrong address in the phone. It took me to 2700 North Fair Oaks Ave. Instead of 180 North Fair Oaks. Lesson learned - trust old-fashioned maps over technology, and learn how to use a device before relying on it for directions.

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