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louiskathy
Explorer
Nov 20, 2015

Now that I have a smart phone..do I even need a GPS device?

Several years back I bought a LIVE 1535M TOMTOM for cheap... on sale for $89. It could connect wirelessly to a cell phone and play the incoming call over it's speaker. The reason it was so cheap was t...
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Grandpere
Explorer
Nov 20, 2015
There is no good app on a smart phone that will replace a dedicated GPS. Personally I would not be using TomTom either, Garmin Nuvi is one of the most accurate and has lifetime free map updates. Take the $60 add $90 to it and get a Garmin and you will be much better off in the long run. As 1492 said, the cell phone app is a backup and as all have said, it is far from accurate, mine has led me down the wrong path many a time so I do not trust it.

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