When will other smart phones be supported?

[+MotorBug]

I'm almost 3 years out of contract with Verizon and have decided it's time to take the plunge and get a smart phone.

 

The iPhone is not under consideration, primarily as the phone part is the worst by far of the several smart phones I have tried. Everyone I have asked with an iPhone has said basically the phone function is poor. But clearly it has THE geocaching app. Additionally, AT&T is not very good even if available where I travel. That is why I am staying with Verizon.

 

It has been mentioned in other threads that Groundspeak is not yet going to develop apps for other than the iPhone. Could someone there be more definitive? Maybe order what phones will be supported and when?

 

I'm waiting for Verizon to release the Storm2. I read today that will be Oct 14th. But I will wait for the PalmPre rumored for 1Q next year on Verizon if Groundspeak has something for it in the pipeline-- or a different phone altogether for that matter.

 

Thanks for any info.

[+Walts Hunting]

You sound like a patient person. Being willing to wait for next years Palm Pre. I have the Storm with Geonavigator and it doesn't get any better than that for geocaching and the phone is great. I would suggest get the Storm2. I might trade mine in since the new one will have wireless.

[+GFaulds]

You sound like a patient person. Being willing to wait for next years Palm Pre. I have the Storm with Geonavigator and it doesn't get any better than that for geocaching and the phone is great. I would suggest get the Storm2. I might trade mine in since the new one will have wireless.

I emailed GS and asked if they were develping an app for the Palm Pre and they said not at this time. However a great new Homebrew app called Precaching is shaping up very nicely. You can see it over at Precentral.net: http://forums.precentral.net/homebrew-apps...precaching.html You can also try Goto Tool for the Pre as well.

 

Geonavigator is nice, I used in on my Curve.

[+TotemLake]

Fwiw the exlusivity contract AT&T has on the iPhone is about to expire. I for one will be looking at the Android when I'm ready to switch over.

[NordicMan]

I'd love to hear what Groundspeaks plans are for which smartphone O/S gets the spotlight next! But, that information may be kept a *secret* for various reasons...

[+Curioddity]

I'm carrying a Sprint Hero now (Android) and I don't think I'd be interested in an official GS app if it was no better than the iPhone app. Let me 'splain a little:

 

I'll never use my cell phone as a primary geocaching device. I have an Oregon 400t and a nuvi 500 which both work much better for that. The only reason I want a geocaching app in my phone for is to let me react to new cache notifications quickly from anywhere and with a minimum amount of digital calisthenics.

 

New cache notifications get pushed to my phone via Gmail so my phone makes that "new cache" sound just seconds after the cache is published. GeoBeagle, which is a free Android app, allows me to go from notification to a compass arrow pointing to the cache in just 3 taps. No copy and paste or manually entering a GC code or coordinates required... Tap tap tap and I'm on my way. Add one more tap and I can even view the cache on a map or in satellite view. Tap again and I'm back to the compass rose.

 

That's all I want out of a cellphone geocaching app and GeoBeagle on my Android device does it a lot quicker and easier than the official Groundspeak app on an iPhone.

 

Pete