Using a stand alone smart phone as a GPS
I still have a dumb phone but have been reading threads on here about how folks are using their smart phones(I phones and Androids) and downloading the Co Pilot APP for $10 and using it for a GPS. Fro...
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A smartphone does not need cell service for the GPS to work. It has a dedicated GPS chip for this. A lot of the free or cheap apps need data to load maps but the higher end TomTom or Garmin apps have pre loaded maps that work just fine without cellular access. I use my 3G ipad with TomTom app that works much better than my Ford Nav or stand alone TomTom gaps unit.
