Maps, Logs & appropiate phone gadget

[Norm]

i use microsoft outlook, can it be synced with that? is that wot your on about?

Yes, it can, after a fashion and depending on what your Outlook connects with, which, in turn, depends on who you use for email.

BB devices can be made to work for personal use, just as you could commute daily in a Ferrari or take a Honda C90 to visit Australia.

But they are a long way from ideal and it's much easier, cheaper and more reliably successful to use a phone designed for personal use (running Microsoft, Nokia, Android or even **spit** iOS) in just the same way that most will find it better to commute in a Ford Focus and take a 747 if they want to go to Australia.

 

[RUTHIEBAV]

what do u think of the iphone ruthiebav?

lol
Was a bit unsure whether I was clear enough.
RuthieB

 

[RUTHIEBAV]

what do u think of the iphone ruthiebav?

lol
Was a bit unsure whether I was clear enough.
RuthieB
Omg now I've replied twice, sorry I'm getting a bit carried away.

 

[david k]

i just needed to make sure you liked the iphone, lol

norm, i get ya, prob is i like a phone with querty keyboard. the best deal for the features i want is a bb curve 3g on virgin my current supplier. i can simply walk into ls and pick one up no fuss. i considered the htc desire, i couldnt be bothered with the recharging, my nokia e63 lasts a week, going to a day wud kill me!
i want the endomondo app, maybe a couple of games when im bored in a waiting room or something, the rest is one touch txt and email on the go. i like the querty keypads, id like a lrger screen but unless i can afford a bb torch i aint getting it

on balance the bb curve 3g with gps seems the best option

 

[david k]

bought the bb 9300 with gps an 3g
wont let me register on bb yet, think it takes a day or 2

 

[david k]

cannot get it to work ARRHHH

 

[Glover Fan]

I use a forerunner 305 plus sporttracks software for 'recording' purposes and an etrex vista hcx plus bikehike for on bike navigation/mapping purposes.

old school but very useful and little of the built in obsolescence of the current crop of smart phones. just about to buy a foot pod and a cadence sensor for the 305.

i keep the smartphone for phone calls and texts, and the odd photo.

Hi,

I got the forerunner 305 last Friday for my birthday and it also does rudimentary navigation, you can plot a route on bikehike, put coursepoints on it for when to turn left or right and then upload it straight to the 305 from the website. Works remarkably well and am looking forward to giving it a proper run in on this coming weekends Audax.

I'm so glad I have something decent to log my rides now as whilst smartphones and their apps are good, the battery life is just so damn crap. Lucky to get 3 hours of GPS usage out of my HTC Desire.

 

[iZaP]

I've got nokia n97 mini and I use it only for endomondo

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Hi,

I got the forerunner 305 last Friday for my birthday and it also does rudimentary navigation, you can plot a route on bikehike, put coursepoints on it for when to turn left or right and then upload it straight to the 305 from the website. Works remarkably well and am looking forward to giving it a proper run in on this coming weekends Audax.

I'm so glad I have something decent to log my rides now as whilst smartphones and their apps are good, the battery life is just so damn crap. Lucky to get 3 hours of GPS usage out of my HTC Desire.

I'm a follow the line on the map kind of guy hence the etrex... autocoursepoints in bikehike are nigh on useless, and all go awol when you reduce the track points to less than 500 and I've not the patience to enter coursepoints on a route manually. So I just follow the line...

How have you got your 305 mounted on the bike?

I am not entirely sure that many smartphone apps sample the GPS co-ords often enough for accurate distance plotting based on experience of same in our running club.

 

[Glover Fan]

I'm a follow the line on the map kind of guy hence the etrex... autocoursepoints in bikehike are nigh on useless, and all go awol when you reduce the track points to less than 500 and I've not the patience to enter coursepoints on a route manually. So I just follow the line...

How have you got your 305 mounted on the bike?

I am not entirely sure that many smartphone apps sample the GPS co-ords often enough for accurate distance plotting based on experience of same in our running club.

I mount it with the official Garmin bikemount for the Forerunner 50 and 405, I used it for my old Forerunner 50, but the 305 sits on it perfectly as well.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Bike...1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304361495&sr=8-1-fkmr0

I just enter in the coursepoints manually, doesn't take too long and it worked alright on a test 3 mile walk the other night. Saturday will tell if it works well during a 100km audax.

 

[bigsi]

Hi, just thought I would mention Nogago which I use on my Blackberry, I think you can get it for Iphones too.

Its a free app, although you can buy maps, which I havent done as yet I just use 3G and stream them as needed for free, I have strapped the blackberry to my handlebars and I get Maps, Distances, speed etc, heres some screenshot from my phone.

I use this all the time as I walk quite a lot too.

Simon

 

[david k]

that looks pretty cool

 

[supercooper]

get an android phone then download endomondo for all your personal records ( times distance ect ) and download scobbler ( thats bike sat nav ) and they are both free

 

[supercooper]

get an android phone then download endomondo for all your personal records ( times distance ect ) and download scobbler ( thats bike sat nav ) and they are both free

 

[supercooper]

My link try this