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TenOC
Nomad
Feb 13, 2018

Replace Garmin Streetpilot 2720 with Kindle Fire 8.9

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 ther...
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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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