I have no intention of becoming an appaholic, but I do find the GPS
capability very useful. The GPSTest app is more useful than my Garmin GPS
receiver as I can see GPS, Glonass (Russian), and Gallileo (ESA) satellites,
which speeds up the acquisition. Plus I can save waypoints to a text file.
It took me quite a while to hack Oruxmaps and restore the Google Maps that
they were forced to remove after Google cried foul over copyright infringement.
I managed to find a substitute directory file, but it accessed Google Maps in
Russian. Turns out Google has about 48 languages for the maps, which I learned
on an Android developers website. I've set mine for British (UK) english.
>
>Thanks, Chris. Mine is a couple of generations back, but serves me
>well. The camera is not as useful for closeups as I thought it might
>be, but the overall photo quality is fine. It has a lot of features
>that I will never make use of, but who cares. However, with iPhones,
>one must be wary of updates. Some are not ready for prime time, and
>others cause problems. Fortunately, my eldest son screens them
>carefully, so I wait for his advice.
>
>> I'm much impressed with the overall quality of the photos I've
>>seen recently from iPhones. The smartass phone that was thrown at me
>>has a 1.92M camera, which is pretty useless. But, I have managed to
>>make full use of the GPS for cycling. I'm using Oruxmaps, and I
>>edited the online maps file so I can have full access to Google Maps
>>which won't expire after three hours.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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