Re: Android apps: Sygic Aura?

On a recent Bushwalk in Blue Mountains, I found the HTC Desire HD, was not
as accurate as dedicated GPS (Garman 60Csx) in valleys and thick bush cover.
It had a lot more GPS wonder, adding nearly 2km to a 16km walk. In the open,
they were comparable.
On 25/04/2011 8:34 AM, "Voytek Eymont" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Sun, April 24, 2011 9:05 pm, Murray Waldron wrote:
>> GPS status & toolkit, by eclipsim, will tell you about satellites.
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>> Locus maps does offline maps, but not sure about navigation.
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> Muz,
>
> thanks
>
> yes, that toolkit does all that (plus I think some more)
>
> I eventually managed to d/l Sygic's Aura street nav, after many, false
> starts (d/l failing, corrupt, restarts, etc)
> then, on screen buttons didn't accept input, anyhow, now it works, yet to
> try it real life, it has 7 days time out;
> but it looks very good and seems promising
>
> (as long as GPS in my phone is comparable in performance and sensitivity
to
> my Holux GPS)
>
> I'm still to figure out how to get 'vibe before ring' as my old
> phone did; (but that's nothing to do with GPS)
>
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