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Can the TBs spend an afternoon at Waikiki? I'm sure they would luv it !

I think you are offering a great service. I have just had four tags created for 4 coins that have disappeared. Since they have gone missing all over North America, I love the idea of releasing them in Hawaii. If I send them to you, would you be willing to release them for me ? Thank You

I've often thought that would be good. Unfortunately I don't think it's possible. You can get a better sized Google Maps with an overlay of the route your trackable has taken by using Geotribes. Thanks so much Yorkshire Yellow. I was not aware of geotribes/geotastic. I have since loaded up all my TB's on their site and am having fun trying to learn. It is not exactly what I wanted, but, it is going to help immensely. Thanks again.

Is there any way I can change the size of the map that shows the areas where my travel bug has been. I know I can zoom in and out, but I would like to make it fit the full screen if possible. Is there some user control that I am missing or is it just not possible? Thanx

Since reading and posting on this thread, I have decided that there is no comparison to the accuracy of my Blackberry and a dedicated GPSr. After taking some advice from this thread, I bought a used Etrex Vista H and started using it as a helper for some of the tougher finds. So far I have tried it on 9 of my DNF's and have been successfull 7 times. I had no idea my accuracy was that far off. There is no way, I will give up the features of CacheSense or Trimble Navigator c/w my Blackberry, but I will always keep my Etrex handy for the tough ones. I am fully aware of not placing too much store in the accuracy of the c/o's coords, but, in most cases they are quite good. It sure helps when your unit is accurate.

Frosty68 What do you think the GPS dongle would do to enhance your GPS accuracy ? I've seen other references to these, but don't understand what they might accomplish that the phone makers would not have already installed. Thank You

I'm not sure my Blackberry Bold even qualifies as a Smartphone, but, it is the only means I have used since I started in July and have 270 finds to date. I downloaded Geocache Navigator, and CacheSense, and use them alternately as I see fit. There are subtle differences in these apps that warrant having both loaded up. I have recently started researching stand-alone GPSr's simply for the numerous times when the blackberry simply won't hone in on g/z. I have read every post and every review I can find and there is simply nothing I can find that even comes close to what I have been doing with the phone. I agree with the reasons others have stated for NOT using the phone, even though some of them are more fly specks than cow-plops, but still valid. My question .... is there a way to improve the accuracy of the phones GPS or, is there a simple but accurate stand-alone GPS with no doodads, that I can punch coords into whenever my phone is bouncing the g/z from 0 to 65 feet away. I'm not trying to be a smart-a**, but I just love the Blackberry, even though I realize there are many better smartphones than mine. I guess my next question should be, are the others, iPhone, Droid, Samsung etc., any better at GPS locations than mine ? Thank You

Sure sounds to me by reading all these comments, that, the only ones that do not subscribe to the usefulness of a smartphone for geocaching, are the ones who have already invested in a dedicated GPSr.