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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SCVJeff wrote:
Two notes:
1- WAZE DOES use data! That is a streaming mapset and when you lose cell signal, you lose WAZE.
2...
waze uses very little data - also if you lose streaming you do not loose the Google Map used by waze unless you drive beyond the display range of the map being viewed at the time of the loss. I've driven from MD to Indianapolis and back thru the mountains of WV and western MD and never lost the map display.
You may want to read some of the posts in this thread to get a better understanding of waze.
Today is the 9th of this billing cycle for my phone. waze has used 4.1 MB - less than my Weather app.
YMMV
