Why the smartphone is the new killer GPS
 15 years
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I recently took a cruise, and drove to the cruise port.
While en route, I encountered construction blockages. Using Google Maps, I quickly routed around the traffic / blockages in real time, all free.
Then I stopped at a town, and wanting to have a nice meal, looked up close restaurants with high ratings / reviews. Google Maps did the search, showed me the reviews, hours, and then gave me navigation to the place to eat.
After I ate I wanted to buy the cheapest gas, and using a Gas Buddy app, I found the closest cheapest gas station, and then again via Google Maps navigated to it to buy gas and save me money.
Finally I came up on some newer roads that were not in my Garmin or TomTom units. Using Google Maps it had the roads so I was able to navigate on the fly around the area.
Having the latest, live data, at the tip of your fingers, for researching, finding, navigating, traveling, make the smartphone (Android in my case) vastly superior to a stand-alone GPS that has very limited POI database and map database.
It was truly amazing. I still have my Garmin and TomTom units with me when I travel, but it's often the smartphone that saves the day when I need it most. Being in touch with the latest info is a life saver, literally.
And the Google Maps navigation is amazing. It will show me 3-4 alternate routes, with directions / route overviews, and I can switch between each route with a click of a button. Garmin / TomTom units could never offer something close to this with the ease of use.
Best of all, it's all free (on top of my regular cellular service fee)!! Never pay another map upgrade again! If I can only get my POI for red light cameras / photo cameras to work with it, I would rarely (probably never) need my Garmin or TomTom units.
too @#$% to say a GPS killer.... lol
it is not free..
i have google map on my BB. But, I choose to use nuvi as my primary navigation tool.
and, while some people said, the cost is not the only thing matter to him/her, I would have to say, since there is fee for data plan, many people choose not to use smartphone simply they do not run ANY apps on their phones. So, I have to disagree that smartphone is a GPS killer based on what it is performing now.
it will take a while, but
it will take a while, but smarpthones will do away with gps, mp3 and then even the camera.
so long as my wife still needs me
Unlimited Data ???
And just how long do you think "unlimited data" is going to be around? Not for long! Oh and remember your smartphone is Tx/Rx, BIG BROTHER is watching!
Unlimited is Coming for you
And just how long do you think "unlimited data" is going to be around? Not for long! Oh and remember your smartphone is Tx/Rx, BIG BROTHER is watching!
I think it will be around for a very long time. Don't you remember having to pay for time use when dialing long distance? That is gone now. Remember having to pay for time use for using the internet on your computer? That is gone now. Remember having to pay by the minute to call locally on your cell phone. This is almost gone now.
Sure they will try to squeeze every little penny they can out of us. Sure they may go to a pay as you use internet charge on cell phones for a while. But in the end, that too will go away and we will be at unlimited usage.
BTW... with Verizon, I am currently at unlimited usage. Is there a good possibility that Verizon will make me pay as I use soon? Sure. But that will only last a few years before competition drives everyone back to unlimited.
Garmin Nuvi 2699 with 2017.30 Maps
Android devices vulnerable via unsecured Wi-Fi
Android devices vulnerable via unsecured Wi-Fi networks, Google promises fix
Researchers at Germany's University of Ulm claim that 99 percent of Android devices are vulnerable to attack when they're used to log into a site on an unsecured Wi-Fi network.
The researchers said that devices running on Android 2.3.3 or older are vulnerable because of a faulty ClientLogin authentication protocol. ClientLogin is "meant to be used for authentication by installed applications and Android apps," the report said. "Basically, to use ClientLogin, an application needs to request an authentication (authToken) from the Google service by passing an account name and password via an https connection."
That means when a user logs into sites like Facebook, Twitter or Google Calendar, the information is saved for up to 14 days. As such, attackers can use that information to access their accounts.
In response, Google said it will change the way its Android services work to ensure the information isn't vulnerable when a user connects to an open Wi-Fi network.
"Today we're starting to roll out a fix which addresses a potential security flaw that could, under certain circumstances, allow a third party access to data available in calendar and contacts," Google said in a statement. "This fix requires no action from users and will roll out globally over the next few days."
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Can't Always Access The Cloud
Up in the Big Horn Nat. Forest last year in Wyoming(second tallest mt. in the state to the Rockies). My wifes gps on her phone didn't work, but good ole' faithful did. Garminita, it was nice to guide our way down the icy snow filled mt. nice and safely.
That's how I feel about smartphones.
I've had some similar experience with the smart phone not having map data. I've been far from the interstates and towns without data coverage. I'm asking around about apps that carry the data with you. I just need to find the right one. I know I'll be able to navigate with the Nuvi. I like to have both options available.
It's getting closer
GPSes are obsolete. get over it.
When I see pilots use one full time, and are standard on aircraft, I will.
Well it's getting closer.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/28/alaska-airlines-ditches-p...
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. - Yogi Berra
It's a flight manual, not a GPS
A flight manual is a far cry from use as an aviation GPS... I don't believe Apple would risk the product liability consequences. It would cost them too much per year.
nüvi 3790T | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable ~ JFK
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Presently, the FAA requires flight manuals and aero chats to be hard copy. What they are doing is working on allowing pilots to carry that stuff on iPads instead of hard copy. I believe one charter service has been cleared to go with aero charts on iPad only as a test. No one is talking about using iPads as GPS navigation appliances. And I think the liability for the data for those would fall on the app developer, not Apple.
*Keith* MacBook Pro *wifi iPad(2012) w/BadElf GPS & iPhone6 + Navigon*
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Liability would fall on the app dev, as well as Apple for approving it. Remember, Apple vets apps for the store.
nüvi 3790T | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable ~ JFK
Tolerances
A flight manual is a far cry from use as an aviation GPS... I don't believe Apple would risk the product liability consequences. It would cost them too much per year.
Doesn't an aviation GPS have to be more accurate than the GPSrs in our cars?
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Yes, as far as I know, aviation GPS' are a completely different animal, and are subject to stringent rules that do not come into play with automotive units.
I've looked at some of the Garmin units online, and marvel at the info they have. Wow. But then, I'm not a pilot so I have to profess ignorance on them.
nüvi 3790T | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable ~ JFK