[sylpheed:35965] Re: sylpheed: Off Topic - GPS unit

[barul]

On 2014-01-30 13:57, Globe Trotter wrote:
> Don't you need to have susbscription/ access to wifi to use the phone 
> as a GPS?
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> On Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:48 AM, barul <barul at barul.info> wrote:
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> On 2014-01-29 04:04, cgw993 at aol.com wrote:
>> Sorry if this is too off topic - My TomTom gps unit broke, again.  I
>> have
>> been searching on and off for quite some time but have had not luck
>> finding
>> a dedicated portable device that will run a free software navigation
>> system.
>> Does anyone know of
>> 
>> - A device that can be used instead of the tomtom?
>> -What operating system could be used for navigation?
>> -Or where I might have the best luck finding this information?
>> 
>> I appreciate any input, thanks
> Hello,
> 
> I think pretty much every smartphone will make it, as long as you got
> signal.
> I've been using smartphones with Waze/Gmaps instead of my very old
> TomTom GPS, it's better in every point; bigger screen, uptodate, other
> users can make alerts in case of accidents, etc.
Uuuh no, as long as you got data access on your phone, even GPRS can be 
enough.
What would be the point to need to be connected to a wifi AP with a GPS?
-- 
barul