connecting a droid to a tablet

MrWizard wrote:
I did say

"unless you use an app than can pre-load and store the maps along your 'planned' route"

Google's Nav app that comes with Android devices can do exactly what MrWizard stated, it can store maps along your 'planned route'. However, there is a fairly small limit to how much map data it can store (can't handle long trips) and if there is a need to re-route it won't be able to do that without a data connection.

This is different from apps like Sygic and CoPilot which store all of their map data locally on your phone or tablet and are 100% functional without a data connection. Long trips and re-routing are not issues for these apps.

PDANet. $10. The Tab 2 will not be picky about its wifi input. At this point, I say wait 2 weeks for the 8" Tab 3. I'm not sure if the Tab 3 will be AllShare Cast enabled.

There are many differences with high capacity 12V DC chargers.

I did say

"unless you use an app than can pre-load and store the maps along your 'planned' route"

MrWizard wrote:
the tablet will need a 'data connection' to keep the route maps on the screen

Co Pilot and Sygic do not need data connections. All map data is pre loaded.

Bigdog wrote:

dan-nickie wrote:
But if the GPS/Maps are in the tablet memory, how does the DW check facebook, upload pictures, shop online, check campground websites, etc.?

DW gets kinda car sick when she's reading and that sort of thing. She does play games on her Razor, but not for very long at a time. She does make comments from time to time about my driving and reaches for the grab bar at other times.
36 years of accident free driving in an industrial laundry truck and 13 years of the same after that in a school bus and she still verbally does the driving. She refuses to even sit behind the wheel and do anything but the light check.

I know what you mean: The wife does all the driving, we just hold the wheel.

dan-nickie wrote:
But if the GPS/Maps are in the tablet memory, how does the DW check facebook, upload pictures, shop online, check campground websites, etc.?

DW gets kinda car sick when she's reading and that sort of thing. She does play games on her Razor, but not for very long at a time. She does make comments from time to time about my driving and reaches for the grab bar at other times.
36 years of accident free driving in an industrial laundry truck and 13 years of the same after that in a school bus and she still verbally does the driving. She refuses to even sit behind the wheel and do anything but the light check.

What you want to do is easily possible and very inexpensive IF you are not 100% stuck on just a tablet.......Motorola made a "Lapdock" for the Bionic......essentially turning your smart phone into a netbook computer.....just drop the phone into a slot on the back of the lapdock and you instantly have a large screen and keyboard to use......

But if the GPS/Maps are in the tablet memory, how does the DW check facebook, upload pictures, shop online, check campground websites, etc.?

There are GPS navigation apps that do not need data to function. They will load the maps to the tablet memory, including Google Maps when you preplan a route you can have it download all required maps before leaving. Also as stated above, Copilot and Sygic store the whole country's maps on the tablet like a standalone GPS. With any of these you are navigating with a map screen and moving vehicle icon also just like a standalone GPS.

None of the tablets are made to be used as a "monitor" display for another device.

the tablet will need a 'data connection' to keep the route maps on the screen

very few of us can navigate using only gps co-ordinates, i know i can't

the Native ipad or android gps, needs a data connection''

unless you use an app than can pre-load and store the maps along your 'planned' route