pyroscott Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 It is certainly frustrating when you are using a navigation app and it shuts off because there is no data connection. Copilot is changing that, they are offering offline maps for free, so your cellphone virtually becomes a standalone GPS. If you want voice navigation and 3D maps, it is a one time $20 charge and real time traffic updates will tack on $10 per year. But it's pennies if you figure what you save on buying another GPS for when you drive into the non cellphone wasteland when you cant even call anyone to get directions. http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/26/copilot-gps-app-ios-android/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yeah. If I drive into a no signal area, I will scroll ahead in Google Maps to put the maps ahead in my cache to bridge through the dead zone. Posted via Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yeah. If I drive into a no signal area, I will scroll ahead in Google Maps to put the maps ahead in my cache to bridge through the dead zone. Posted via Forum Runner I remember using sprint's app before google maps and it would shut off as soon as you lost coverage for 5 seconds... It sucked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I remember using sprint's app before google maps and it would shut off as soon as you lost coverage for 5 seconds... It sucked That drove me nuts on my BlackBerry. I have never thought about scrolling the path ahead to cache the maps, I will need to do that the next time I'm up in the U.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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