naturesbyte

I'm in, it's a great idea

Istanbul in Turkey, not only can you grab two continents with ease there are some great caches both earth and traditional, plus it's not too expensive to eat and sleep, the people are very friendly.

I too have a Meade LX90 but it's in the cupboard most of the time since we moved, but a small observertry is in the list of to-dos somewhere near the top

Any cache that gives up without a fight!

I second that, the Oregon 450 is a superb device very rugged, waterproof and easy to use, in the UK we get a version with 1:50,000 maps for the country and it makes paperless caching a snap

I second that, the Oregon 450 is a superb device very rugged, waterproof and easy to use, in the UK we get a version with 1:50,000 maps for the country and it makes paperless caching a snap

Geocachers aren't cool enough to own iPhones. I was hoping Groundspeak would come back and say don't worry we will be releasing one on a given date. Don't get me wrong I love the Android but don't have time to faf, so when I am away from home would like to say what's around here and do a quick bit of caching, there is an application for the Android who's name cannot be spoken but that is so slow it's a pain to use, to preload all of the UK caches would take huge amount of time and quickly go out of date, plus good pub guide makes it difficult to resist. They say the Devil always has the best music, in this case true OOPs, didn't notice that you are from the UK. I was trying to refer to and ad that played here in the US Microsoft's "I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person" ad tries to kick Apple where it hurts I guess my opinion is that "a Groundspeak brand on an app will make it better" almost as absurd as PC users are not cool. The thing I like about Android is that anyone can write an app. Apps with published source, like GeoBeagle, can easily be changed if you don't like it. The ad is unintentionally funny to British eyes which is why I guess we didn't get exposed to it , IMHO currently the problem with Android Applications for Geocaching is that (apart from the app whos name can not be spoken) they all are just aping standard GPS systems and don't leverage the massive potential of the device, the differentiator would be to enable the Android to retrieve, locate and enable direct recording of geocaches thereby simplifying the whole process and reducing the amount of time and technology involved, this would be worth a subscription for this service from me over and above my premier membership. I love my Android but not the complete lack of mainstream commercial applications which seem to have congregated to the Iphone, as an aside I could never be described as cool, the word would have to be redfined before I qualified

Geocachers aren't cool enough to own iPhones. I was hoping Groundspeak would come back and say don't worry we will be releasing one on a given date. Don't get me wrong I love the Android but don't have time to faf, so when I am away from home would like to say what's around here and do a quick bit of caching, there is an application for the Android who's name cannot be spoken but that is so slow it's a pain to use, to preload all of the UK caches would take huge amount of time and quickly go out of date, plus good pub guide makes it difficult to resist. They say the Devil always has the best music, in this case true

Much as I hate to say it it's time to go to Iphone, tired most of the apps in the Market place now and have been massively underwhelmed, I am fed up waiting for any sign of the fabled app. It's time to renew my contract on my G1 and change my mobile so, it's decision time, Android and a vague promise or a working app on Iphone. As Q2 turns to Q3 and not even a whisper or a screen shot I guess it's not going to happen anytime soon, as with most things Apple it's expensive non-refundable and proprietary but it just works and you pay more for the privilege, go figure......