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I think this has something to do with it... haha, probably not referencing drugs, at least I never thought it was. http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Muggle

I'm confused about what you're saying about the iphone 4s battery life. From what you had said, it could last eight hours of use as a gpsr but you've had to recharge it twice in one day? I guess there are ways to minimize battery usage while caching vs playing a game. I guess from everything said here the only thing we can all agree on is that a dedicated gpsr will have superior battery life to the iphone. So, if battery life is critical to you for long days with continuous usage, buy a dedicated unit. So, Sinver, how long are your geocaching days? Do you need something that can run 15-20 hours continuously tracking you or can you get by with checking the iphone every once in a while to conserve battery (the way I imagine jesandtodd must do it to get the phone to last all day)?

Haha, gotcha. I was referring to the battery life comment though, I have a samsung windows phone and when using the geocaching live application the phone will die after six hours or so. I know that the new iphone has a much longer battery life so I didn't want to get yelled at, haha

I use a Dakota 20, I love it. I used to use a smartphone because I had an older GPS which did not allow for paperless caching, now that I upgraded to the Dakota, I just load up a pocket query on the unit and then I have 500 caches ready to go. I use the routable maps (openstreetmap - free) to drive to whichever cache I pick, then switch to the topographic maps (also found 24K maps free)to find the cache. It's pretty convenient. The battery life is miles above my smartphone, (I don't have an Iphone, so please don't yell at me for saying that, Iphone people) and when it rains or snows I don't have to shield the unit like I'm protecting a new born baby. I just take my time and look at the map. I didn't get an Oregon because I wanted something smaller with the best battery life I could get out of a touchscreen unit.

I've been using the Dakota 20 for about a month and I love it. I've only replaced the batteries twice so far, so the battery life is great. I got it for $200 from gpscity in a bundle package. If that's only a little more than the Dakota 10 you might enjoy the added hardware compass for geocaching. I've been able to find FREE 24k took maps for my area as well as free routable maps from openstreetmap so now when I am driving to a cache it gives me turn by turn directions. If you buy a Dakota you won't be disappointed, just be sure to update the firmware as soon as you buy it to get all of the bug fixes. The paperless geocaching works great by the way.

Okay guys. Do you all want the simple answer? We all agreed this this! Did you ever read the EULA for the software you are using? Do you read the EULA for anything you purchase? It was written in 2010 and even back then it says Groundspeak can discontinue your license to use the application at any time. I can understand that some people feel cheated, unfortunately you have no real argument. Maybe next time you'll read the eula. Three cache details a day for someone who finds 0.54 caches a month shouldn't be a problem. You'll still be able to see terrain and difficulty ratings so you'll still be able to find an easy one. Of course that won't be an issue for another year.

I had great support from Groundspeak over this issue. I wrote a polite email asking if there was any way to compensate me for the program which would become unusable. They said I could not receive a refund but they extended my premium membership by three months, which is ten dollars. I'm more than satisfied. I was on the fence about this whole thing but after that customer service experience I'm not really upset at all.

Does this mean, that with this new app, I can not even view multi caches on my mobile anymore if I'm not a premium user? Those restrictions are exactly what is already in place for Basic Members using the API. That applies to iPhone, Android, and PC software. Do Basic Members using WP7 get something different at the moment? We can view mutli caches and puzzle caches. This new "geocaching live" application has a lot more restrictions than the old one. A lot more.