I am new to the world of tablets. Until a year ago I was a desktop person, until I purchased my first laptop.This week my DD gave me a Kindle Fire 8.9. Now I am learning how to use it.Is there a good App (I think that is the correct word) for GPS navigation to replace my 10 year old Garmin Streetpilot 2720 and BaseCamp.

The Kindle series don't have a built in GPS. They use WiFi and Google's geo-location database to estimate their location. You can certainly use it to plan a trip, check out furkot.com but it's no replacement for a Garmin.You'll need a more advanced tablet that has a built in GPS to come close to replacing a Garmin.Other than maybe being beat up around the edges, Garmin never really get old. You can put a memory chip in almost all of them and download the latest 2018 maps for free.

The Garmin style GPS will never be able to provide the live traffic info and POI data base available from an application like Google Maps or WAZE but neither will work on your Kindle. You will either need to hang in there with Garmin or buy a different small tablet. That's what I did. Best Buy had an 8" tablet for $89 with built in GPS and it has worked great as my primary GPS device in the RV.

Bill.Satellite wrote:The Garmin style GPS will never be able to provide the live traffic info and POI data base available from an application like Google Maps or WAZE but neither will work on your Kindle. You will either need to hang in there with Garmin or buy a different small tablet. That's what I did. Best Buy had an 8" tablet for $89 with built in GPS and it has worked great as my primary GPS device in the RV.Which app do you use with it?

I've never had trouble with live traffic on either my very old Garmin Nuvi or the newer 760. It's probably dependant on location and what traffic reporting services are available.Could be that lifetime traffic is not an option for every Garmin?

I have a Kindle Fire and it doesn't like displaying maps. I use Google Maps in my phone for navigation, live traffic, etc. Been all over the US with it. I've never found the need to pay big bucks for a Garmin

Replace Garmin Streetpilot 2720 with Kindle Fire 8.9

Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
Feb 13, 2018
The Garmin style GPS will never be able to provide the live traffic info and POI data base available from an application like Google Maps or WAZE but neither will work on your Kindle. You will either need to hang in there with Garmin or buy a different small tablet. That's what I did. Best Buy had an 8" tablet for $89 with built in GPS and it has worked great as my primary GPS device in the RV.
GordonThree
Explorer
Feb 13, 2018
The Kindle series don't have a built in GPS. They use WiFi and Google's geo-location database to estimate their location. You can certainly use it to plan a trip, check out furkot.com but it's no replacement for a Garmin.

You'll need a more advanced tablet that has a built in GPS to come close to replacing a Garmin.

Other than maybe being beat up around the edges, Garmin never really get old. You can put a memory chip in almost all of them and download the latest 2018 maps for free.

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