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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Fizz wrote:
I don't need or use a cell phone
I bought my Nokia 520 just for the GPS. For less than $100 I got a GPS that is more accurate than my Garmin and boots up a lot quicker.
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Unless youa re doing survey work or something similar, a cheap standalone GPS has plenty of accuracy.
Likewise the 20-30 seconds it takes to get a fix usually isn't a problem.
I suspect, you are adding complication for no benefit by trying to use a phone without a cell contract as a stand alone GPS.
