I am trying to understand the differences between the two and here is what I understand(please correct me where I am wrong and add further points):

1. Text to Speech: OCN6 does not support this, iGuidance does. This means iGuidance will speak out the street names. It also tells me which side of the street my target address is located.

2. Exclusive SD card usage: OCN6 requires me to use their SD card. The bundles sold on this site have at most 2GB SD card (that will leave me 150MB free space). iGuidance comes on a DVD which I will have to load onto a SD card(requires 1.3 GB). Therefore I can have a single 4GB card with iGuidance4 and still have about 2.5 GB for myself. With OCN6, I will practically end up switching between two SD cards. However, for iGuidance I will have to load 1.3 GB and there is no way around that. From what I gathered about OCN6 is that you can create a backup of the maps and remove the states that you do not need (add them later when required).

3. POIs: iGuidance4 has 6 million vs. 3.5 million in OCN6 regular version and with 12.5 million POIs in the OCN6 premium version.

4.Graphics Quality:Both have the same quality and smoothness. Although a sneak preview of OCN8 promises a significant enhancement.

5.Information about ETA, etc.: These displays come up with a single tap on the screen in OCN6 but in iGuidance it requires multiple to switch between various information.

6.User Interface: Both have very friedly user interface. It appears that entering an address is a somewhat easier in OCN6??

7.Laptop Usage:OCN6 does not work on laptops. iGuidance does.

8.Traffic situations alert: None supports it in a PDA. Weather report provide by iGuidance in smartphones.

Unless I am mistaken the only advantage of OCN6 is that in its Premium version it has more POIs and the fact there are a lot reviews available for OCN6. On the other hand iGuidance has TTS feature. Note that I have used neither. Comments from actual users would be really helpful.

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1) Correct.

2) Correct but you may free up up to 1GB or more space on the OCN6 pre-program 2GB card by removing maps you do not need, please see FAQs 11 on this link below on how to do it: http://www.oncoursenavigator.com/forum/default.aspx?f=10&m=5314 

3) Correct but I think you made a typo in your post. OCN6 Premium ver has 12.5 millions of POIs.

4) Incorrect, OCN6 3D / 2D view is actually better and updates more smoother than iGuidance 3/4.

5) Incorrect. OCN6 shows you Distance left before reaching destination, Time left, and ETA time. See review here for screen capture: http://discussion.buygpsnow.com/forums/thread/4243.aspx  These 3 info are user configurable and you could change any of these to something you prefer like replacing "ETA time" with "Speed", etc.

iGuidance, you have to tap on the bottom of the screen to toggel in btw the 3 pcs of info above and yes, you see only one info at a time.

6) I would said they are about the same but iGuidance allows you to enter Street first follow by City vs. OCN6 always needs you to select a city / zip code first follow by Street name. Both methods will get you to the same result/goal.

7) Correct.

8) Correct, but weather report is support in all compatible devices as long as you could / have a connection to the Internet.

 

NOTE: OCN6 pro's vs. iGuidance 4:

1) OCN6 allows you to search for a given POI right from the top POI category. But for iGuidance 4, you must know ahead of time which category of POI to search for. For example, if someone tell you to meet at "Restaurant ABC" without telling you the address and the kind of restaurant it is categorized under and you must search each sub categories of restaurant such as Italian, Chinese, Indian,etc before you could locate that POI.

2) Optimize all waypoints/ stopovers vs. iGuidance 4 which does not support this feature. Good for any multiple stop activities, such as delivery job, sales job, soccer mom and dads trying to stop my a few pickup or drop off locations.

3) Faster and smoother map scrolling than iGuidance 4.

3) OCN6 calculates route equally fast with major software in the market such as iGuidance 4 and TomTom 6.

4) OCN6 offers 30-day zero risk return policy for full refund. If you do not like it, you can pack it and send it back for a refund vs. no-return on all other software.

5) OCN6 supports the addition of customs POI and iGuidance do not allow this. For example, if you came across a nice restaurant that just opened up and it is not listed in the built-in POI, you could simply stand outside of the restaurant and mark the current GPS position to add that position to your customs POI list, and give them a Restaurant / Food icon.

If there is anything I missed out or not covered, please feel free to ask. It's Monday and we have a lot of activities here...Sorry.

 

Thank you very much  for the informative reply. You have almost convinced me towards OCN6, now only if you have a bundle which includes OCN6 on a 4GB SD card along with Qstarz 1000....

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