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Belfastman1958

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Re: iPhone Apps for an Outdoorsy person
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2010 »
I don't like mine at all. Other than the phone bit, it's totally useless for my needs.

When my contract is due for renewal i'm going back to Nokia.

Alan.
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Re: iPhone Apps for an Outdoorsy person
« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2010 »
I don't own one - I'm Nokia all the way, though those HTCs look good.

I've a friend who's wrecked two.  he must like them though 'cos he went right back and got a third one.
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Re: iPhone Apps for an Outdoorsy person
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2011 »
Useful thread this one. I'll /bump it with a vote for Pocket Universe. The paid version is great and includes moon phases which is a useful thing to know.
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Re: iPhone Apps for an Outdoorsy person
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2011 »
I can only reccomend Motion-X GPS. I used it on my Mournes walk properly the other day and it was fantastic.

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Re: iPhone Apps for an Outdoorsy person
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2011 »
How did the battery last?

Quote from: matthewrblack on February 22, 2011
I can only reccomend Motion-X GPS. I used it on my Mournes walk properly the other day and it was fantastic.

Matthew
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Re: iPhone Apps for an Outdoorsy person
« Reply #20 on: February 22, 2011 »
Quote from: matthewrblack on February 22, 2011
I can only reccomend Motion-X GPS. I used it on my Mournes walk properly the other day and it was fantastic.

Matthew

When I got the iPhone for the first time, previously being a Nokia guy thru and thru, I absolutely loved it.  I have to say I keep forgetting to test out it's capabilities in the hills but where I'm living at the mo (Ballyhalbert) it is next to useless for everything but as a basic phone.

Don't get me wrong, I still love the iPhone when I'm areas of civilisation but, it's got me wondering about how useful it is in the Mournes.  

What were you able to do with Motion-X and is reception good enough for it to work like a normal GPS like Garmin?

P.S. Apologies to anyone I've just classed as uncivilised because they live in Ballyhalbert, but it's true.  There isn't even mobile broadband or Channel 5 down here!!!  ;)
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Re: iPhone Apps for an Outdoorsy person
« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2011 »
The battery was ok it did suck the power but I had my power monkey on hand to allow for a recharge.

What was it able to do?

I was really only playing with it, marking waypoints and points of interest and seeing information about speed for example.
Coverage was a bit patch in parts.

The best bit about it was using the pinpoint function, which allowed me to finally see where the campsite was on the main Mourne map. I would not be relying on it in place of a dedicated GPS but I would use it if it came to getting me out of trouble.

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Re: iPhone Apps for an Outdoorsy person
« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2011 »
Everytrail has worked well for me, plus you can instantly load it to face book and share it.
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