gps systems

Rollnhome wrote:
App sounds good for route planning but I wouldn't want my phone tied up for days on a trip. I use phone to locate fuel, food, RV parks. My opinion you need a dedicated GPS. I use the phone as a quick route check, at night when traveling, for the nexts days journey or for quick locations in a strange town before I head out. When driving I have a dedicated GPS for car and RV.

Ok, I'm a bit confuse. Do you need cell or Wifi to use the GPS function while traveling?

If you do not need coverage, how does it receive satellite information?

Kidoo wrote:

Rollnhome wrote:
App sounds good for route planning but I wouldn't want my phone tied up for days on a trip. I use phone to locate fuel, food, RV parks. My opinion you need a dedicated GPS. I use the phone as a quick route check, at night when traveling, for the nexts days journey or for quick locations in a strange town before I head out. When driving I have a dedicated GPS for car and RV.

Ok, I'm a bit confuse. Do you need cell or Wifi to use the GPS function while traveling?

If you do not need coverage, how does it receive satellite information?

No...just GPS (satellite). You do not need Wifi and/or Data and/or Cell Coverage. The only time you need Wifi or data is when you download the app and/or maps. Once the app and maps are loaded locally on the phone it works just like any other stand-alone GPS.

stugpanzer wrote:

Kidoo wrote:

Rollnhome wrote:
App sounds good for route planning but I wouldn't want my phone tied up for days on a trip. I use phone to locate fuel, food, RV parks. My opinion you need a dedicated GPS. I use the phone as a quick route check, at night when traveling, for the nexts days journey or for quick locations in a strange town before I head out. When driving I have a dedicated GPS for car and RV.

Ok, I'm a bit confuse. Do you need cell or Wifi to use the GPS function while traveling?

If you do not need coverage, how does it receive satellite information?

No...just GPS (satellite). You do not need Wifi and/or Data and/or Cell Coverage. The only time you need Wifi or data is when you download the app and/or maps. Once the app and maps are loaded locally on the phone it works just like any other stand-alone GPS.

Ok, the reason I ask is because I do not have a Cell Phone. There is an Acer tablet on sale with Android in it. If I buy this tablet and get the pilot GPS, will it work without any service once I install the application?

Still kind of strange to me because on my computor when I use microsoft I need a satelite adaptor to plug in the computor in order to get GPS function.

Would this work with I Pad?

Kidoo wrote:

stugpanzer wrote:

Kidoo wrote:

Rollnhome wrote:
App sounds good for route planning but I wouldn't want my phone tied up for days on a trip. I use phone to locate fuel, food, RV parks. My opinion you need a dedicated GPS. I use the phone as a quick route check, at night when traveling, for the nexts days journey or for quick locations in a strange town before I head out. When driving I have a dedicated GPS for car and RV.

Ok, I'm a bit confuse. Do you need cell or Wifi to use the GPS function while traveling?

If you do not need coverage, how does it receive satellite information?

No...just GPS (satellite). You do not need Wifi and/or Data and/or Cell Coverage. The only time you need Wifi or data is when you download the app and/or maps. Once the app and maps are loaded locally on the phone it works just like any other stand-alone GPS.

Ok, the reason I ask is because I do not have a Cell Phone. There is an Acer tablet on sale with Android in it. If I buy this tablet and get the pilot GPS, will it work without any service once I install the application?

Still kind of strange to me because on my computor when I use microsoft I need a satelite adaptor to plug in the computor in order to get GPS function.

Would this work with I Pad?

I can't speak for the arrangement you are talking about nor can I speak on I-Pad. I am going to be getting a Sony 10" Android Tablet which has GPS that I know I can load the Copilot software on. I am not buying the tablet for that application but I know it will work just fine as I have had other Android tablets and can run the same apps I have on my phone on the tablets.

Kidoo wrote:
Would this work with I Pad?

It will if your iPad is a cellular capable model, as they come with a built in GPS receiver. You do not have to have the cellular service activated (this is how I use mine).

If your iPad is WiFi only then you will need a GPS receiver, such as the Bad Elf 1000 GPS Receiver

BobGed wrote:

Kidoo wrote:
Would this work with I Pad?

It will if your iPad is a cellular capable model, as they come with a built in GPS receiver. You do not have to have the cellular service activated (this is how I use mine).

If your iPad is WiFi only then you will need a GPS receiver, such as the Bad Elf 1000 GPS Receiver

Ok,if I buy an iPad it must be cellular model? But this one would also have Wifi? This would be two in one, buy an I pad and you get a Pad, a GPS and Wifi access if you wish?

Thanks.,

Kidoo wrote:
Ok,if I buy an iPad it must be cellular model? But this one would also have Wifi? This would be two in one, buy an I pad and you get a Pad, a GPS and Wifi access if you wish?

Thanks.,

Yes, that's correct. A cellular iPad will have WiFi and the internal GPS receiver. When you first set it up it will ask for your cellular carrier. Just skip that step and continue with the balance of the setup procedure.

I purchased a Verizon iPad just in case I should ever want to add it to my cell phone and MiFi data account. However I haven't found a reason to do that since I can connect my iPad to my MiFi device via WiFi.

BTW, I purchased a refurbished iPad from The Apple Store It came with a one year warranty and has been working fine for more than two years.

Thanks, the I pad option seems a good way to go!