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Post subject: Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Fri February 26, 2016 7:52 pm
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Yeah I'm enjoying this. I needed something big because I'm going to bring it to darts to use as a scoreboard, and it was one of the few 10 inch tablets under $200.
Post subject: Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Mon August 07, 2017 3:53 am
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Anyone know if you can use GPS on your smartphone without having data available? I've downloaded Iceland to use on Google maps offline, because I won't have data. But I'm not sure if I need to have data available to initiate the GPS usage.
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Anyone know if you can use GPS on your smartphone without having data available? I've downloaded Iceland to use on Google maps offline, because I won't have data. But I'm not sure if I need to have data available to initiate the GPS usage.
If you've downloaded the offline maps, then GPS will still work to show your current position. I believe you can still use navigation, however it won't know traffic or current conditions so it may not be the quickest route. i.e. it would route navigation based on the shortest distance.
You could also buy a pre-paid sim card in Iceland to pop in your phone, so you have some data.
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Post subject: Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Mon August 07, 2017 7:43 pm
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Sgt. Crackpot wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Anyone know if you can use GPS on your smartphone without having data available? I've downloaded Iceland to use on Google maps offline, because I won't have data. But I'm not sure if I need to have data available to initiate the GPS usage.
If you've downloaded the offline maps, then GPS will still work to show your current position. I believe you can still use navigation, however it won't know traffic or current conditions so it may not be the quickest route. i.e. it would route navigation based on the shortest distance.
You could also buy a pre-paid sim card in Iceland to pop in your phone, so you have some data.
Thanks. I'm trying to not have access to data while driving around the ring road, don't want any reason to have my phone except for navigation. I actually just found an offline map app for Iceland that got great reviews and works with the phone GPS, so I've downloaded that as well.
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