+The Yinnies Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 I am up for a new phone and was thinking about a smart phone. I am with Cellcom in Wisconsin and my choices are limited to what phone I get. It would be for on the go caching when I do not have my Delormes with me. I just would like to know the pros and cons on them. Thanks Quote Link to comment
+Y2KOTA Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Android. I have one EVO and it just might replace my Delorme. Joking about about the replacing part. But its dam close to it. The Android market has 3 apps That I know of that are as good as being on line with a lap top in the field. If not better. Quote Link to comment
+kwcahart Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 I just loaded cachesense on my blackberry curve 8310, and I couldn't get it to work at all. It doesn't recognize that the 8310 has a GPS, so it keeps asking for a manual lat/lon input to find caches. I would go with the Android type for sure. Quote Link to comment
+Y2KOTA Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Also there are apps that can be used as a metal detector or even a magnetic field detector for those hard to find nanos. Quote Link to comment
+northernpenguin Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Also there are apps that can be used as a metal detector or even a magnetic field detector for those hard to find nanos. The last few releases from Waterloo have been rather underwhelming (except the Torch). Grab yourself an EVO or an Incredible and you'll be better for it. Quote Link to comment
+EScout Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Thanks for the info here. I find myself being told my company wants us to upgrade to a phone that will interface with our email (Outlook through Good.) I can use iPhone, Droid, Blackberry, but I want to stay with Verizon. The good news is the company will pay for all. Most people have Blackberrys, but I am leaning to Droids. Which models are recommended, primary use is email, with geocaching second. Quote Link to comment
+derftegel Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 I am up for a new phone and was thinking about a smart phone. I am with Cellcom in Wisconsin and my choices are limited to what phone I get. It would be for on the go caching when I do not have my Delormes with me. I just would like to know the pros and cons on them. Thanks I have a HTC Desire with the (I think) c:geo app installed and it works great, so good I rarely use my Garmin 60 CSX. Quote Link to comment
+Redwoods Mtn Biker Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Android. I've got a Droid 1 and my wife just got a Droid X -- nice phone; I'm jealous! Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 As soon as the Android X came out I dumped my Blackberry Storm 2 and have never looked back. Quote Link to comment
+splashy Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Have a look at a Samsung Galaxy S I9000 This is an amazing droid phone Get Navdroyd navigation and you can load all you need free maps on your SD. Quote Link to comment
+mty55 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I've had my Droid X for a while now but only used it on a dozen or so traditional caches. It worked very well doing traditional caches using the official GS app. Still wating for an update to make it multicache friendly. I did one Wherigo with it and it performed very well using the Whereyougo app. You just can't upload the completed cartrige to the Wherigo site. whereyougo creates an .ows file that Wherigo.com doesn't recognize. Other than those issues its works great. Its a great device and you can make phone calls too. Quote Link to comment
+maggi101 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Im 100% in line witht he others in this thread. I started caching on the G1 (first Android phone to hit the market), and have found 90% of our caches with it. Usually my kids are the ones using the Garmin Legend HCx. The phone gets me there almost all of the time, save very dense brush conditions. Quote Link to comment
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