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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Greg Goss  wrote   
   > Rod Speed  wrote   
   >> Robert Bannister wrote   
      
   >>> I haven't got a GPS, so I'm not up with these things.   
      
   >> You do actually, your ipad. It won't work very well if its   
   >> a wifi only ipad.   
      
   > I was startled to discover that the iPad that my wife's college   
   > program provides (most textbooks are provided electronically)   
   > has no GPS.   
      
   Sure, not all of them do, but if I am remembering which ipad   
   he has correctly, his does.   
      
   > We have a 3G hotspot to provide data, and I was expecting   
   > to use the nice big display rather than my phone.   
      
   > Both of my last two phones have had sucky GPS.   
      
   Both of my last two phones have excellent GPS,   
   one much better than the other, and better than   
   both of the dedicated GPSs too.   
      
   > (The one before that had none.)   
      
   Yeah, me too.   
      
   > I can expect that of the MotoLuxe, which was crappy, cheap   
   > and sucky all around (except for having a lanyard loop and   
   > the cool coloured LED indicators shining out behind the strap.)   
      
   I don't bother with crappy phones.   
      
   > I was disappointed that the G2 seems to have sucky GPS.  It keeps   
   > saying "signal lost" at various times during my journey, and then   
   > recovers silently.  Trying to use either one as a better speedometer   
   > on my motor scooter fails when the GPS loses lock.  (But they maintain   
   > lock long enough to establish that the scooter speedometer is wildly   
   > off at the top end.  My top speed of 65 MPH is really 55 MPH.)   
      
   > The G2 is supposed to be a top-end unit.  I wonder if the   
   > GPS in mine is just a lemon, or if the compromises to make   
   > it a comfortable fit in my shirt pocket limit the antenna design.   
      
   It can't be that because the iphone 5 has a much better GPS   
   than either of my dedicated GPSs which wont fit in a shirt   
   pocket or any pocket at all with the TomTom 710.   
      
   > I'm also disappointed that I can't tell it to download   
   > my local city and live without a data connection.   
      
   Mine works fine without one. You just have to follow   
   the route that it setup using wifi, or at least return to   
   it if you leave it and can't setup a new on without it.   
      
   > I use a wifi hotspot rather than buying a data plan,   
      
   I do both and leave the cellular data turned off   
   most of the time. Costs peanuts to use the GPS   
   using cellular data tho.   
      
   > and it's a pain to provide data to it   
   > when I want to use the phone as a GPS.   
      
   I just turn the cellular data on for that.   
   Costs peanuts.   
      
   > Especially when none of the household GPS units   
   > will fit into the phone pocket on the motor scooter.   
      
   I don't bother with mine now, just use the phone all the time.   
      
   Much more convenient being able to tap on an address   
   in an email and have it offer to route you there.   
      
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