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| 1166062 | 2011-01-04 22:08:00 | A couple of naff questions ,does Goggle maps use incur Phone company charges? and what is it like for off road navigation? Might upgrade in the near future,just wondering which way to jump |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1166063 | 2011-01-04 22:42:00 | A couple of naff questions ,does Goggle maps use incur Phone company charges?Only for data - there's no extra charge involved with using it, but it is a good idea to ensure that whatever data plan you're on can handle the usage. ...and what is it like for off road navigation?Fine - it's basically the same as Google Maps on a desktop PC, just with GPS integration - so that should give you some idea. However the turn-by-turn navigation is EXTREMELY battery hungry (in my experience) and sucks battery power even if plugged into the car charger. Phone gets damn hot too!I can't say I've experienced this. It's certainly battery-hungry (mainly on account of running the GPS (and possibly WiFi), the screen, the data connection, and the sound all at once) but in my experience it's never drawn enough power to discharge the battery while plugged in - it still charges fine, just a bit more slowly. I use a 400ma USB car charger. My experience running turn-by-turn from battery alone is that it's enough for a small number of hours, but more than that and you're really going to want some means of charging it in the car. You're right that it gets warm though; that's to be expected. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1166064 | 2011-01-05 00:19:00 | Especially if it's attached to the dash, in the sunlight. I use the car dock, well worth the small investment of USD$30 or whatever it was!! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1166065 | 2011-01-05 01:27:00 | I won't bother docking, I'll just build into the dash. Its a big car with a big dash. I did a custom build similar for a mate. not that hard however to keep costs on the low I though I'd go for a pre built setup (eg, an existing tablet) rather than build the whole computer system. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1166066 | 2011-01-05 07:54:00 | Go for something like the N1 that has contacts on the bottom that are easy to hook into | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1166067 | 2011-01-05 08:23:00 | Especially if it's attached to the dash, in the sunlight. I use the car dock, well worth the small investment of USD$30 or whatever it was!!Where'd you get that from? I've been looking for one, but nobody I've asked seems to sell them. Also, that price is insanely good - how'd you manage that? |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1166068 | 2011-01-05 10:09:00 | Google sold me it when I purchased my phone :P | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1166069 | 2011-01-05 11:02:00 | Google sold me it when I purchased my phone :PHow'd you manage to get it for 30 bucks? Google was selling it for $55 US when I got my phone... Edit: And does anyone know where I can get one of these in NZ (ideally new)? The only retailer I can find who carries them is Parallel Imported, who I'd really rather not buy from. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1166070 | 2011-01-05 18:46:00 | Ended up getting one of these www.trademe.co.nz The one I got was running CE 6 instead of 5 however with a bit of tweaking I *think* I could get 'droid running either as a standalone OS or running as a shell over Win CE |
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