dropzone

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The missus and I finally decided to make the break from apple and picked up a couple of Android tablets. I got a Pantech Element, 4G, supports a 32g card and is water resistent to 3 feet . Looking for some Android GPS recommendations.
One with topographic options down to 1:25000 would be cool-

Philbert

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Do they have 3G?

How do you do GPS without mobile network connectivity? Don't you need cell towers to triangulate your position?

Discombobulated

You traitor!!!!! Just kidding I have always paid for the full garmin interface but not sure if it's offered on the android store, just curious why the apple drop the iPad 3 is I guess coming suppose to go 4g and the network opened up.

dropzone

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A lot of the android tablets & phones have GPS built in so you don't need cell coverage. Plus this Pantech Element was only $250 and upgradeable to 4.0, the ice cream sandwich OS.

Almost 2 years with my iPhone, time for a change and Apple didn't have a smaller tablet (I like the portability) and fixed memory was kind of sucking. I had 10g of music, not a lot of room left.

Will be getting a Droid phone in April, being able to sync the two wirelessly is a big plus to me.

Philbert

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Built in GPS with no modem/radio antenna? Wow, that's cool. guess I'm behind the times....

dropzone

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We were down on the Oregon Coast this weekend and with a free positioning app I was getting 12 satellites and a good fix compared to my Garmin GPS in areas with out coverage...Funny thing is I was picking up better 4G coverage on the tablet than I was 3G on my iphone

here is one that I am going to try:
Back Country Navigator
seems to be pretty decent. Allows offline use so I am not constantly using Data. I have to figure out how to do screen caps on the Pantech and get a car mount but having the 8" screen is going to be nice
As I hear about more I am sure I will end up with several GPS apps.

Philbert

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thanks, I'll have to check those out!

Not sure if my ASUS Transformer has the hardware to sync to satellites....will have to check.

kevtek

Backcountry Navigator is excellent and one of the only apps I've ever paid for. I've only used it on my phone (DX2) for hiking but I imagine it would be pretty awesome on a tablet. Just download the maps your going to use on wifi before your trip. Congratulations to you sir for getting off apple products.