GPS Why not a smart phone?
I am curious as to why a stand alone GPS still seems to be so popular. What with smart phones and tablets being readily available I would think that the stand alone units would sort of fade away. I me...
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aguablanco wrote:Not sure why you asked the question and started this thread. It seems you already had your mind made up on what works for you. Were you looking for validation?
So it seems that Droid phones/tablets are gaining popularity for navigation assistance. I have a phone plan that includes ~6GB of data and I use it for internet and GPS and share the data with my wife and we have never gone over our limit. And she is on it a lot!++ YMMV. I really like my Droid and would never consider going back to a stand alone unit. With GPS, internet, phone and other programs I have everything I need. I do, not so much when towing, have a radar detector and use it as much for traffic alerts as anything radar detection. Since we don't do much boondocking I find that my phone GPS is more than adequate for navigation and very rarely don't have a signal. From my perspective I have no trouble switching between programs while using the GPS, making/taking calls is almost seamless. While not passing judgement on anyone's choices, I have seen no reason to go back to stand alone GPS and forgo all of the features of my phone. I do appreciate all of the different points of view and hope everyone arrives safely at their destination no matter how they navigate there.
RichH
