 Poster: A snowHead
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Seeing that Aer Lingus have cancelled the morning flight to Zurich, for our St Patricks Day trip we're gonna fly to Munich and drive to somewhere (St Anton, Soll, Ellmau...who knows??) What I want to know is, does anyone use their iPhone as a SatNav and does it work with the data roaming turned off??
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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dazman, I do with an app where all needed maps are downloaded in advance, there are a few but most cost a bit. Data roaming charges have generally been lowered following an EU intervention. Mine is £1.99 per day. You might want to check with your provider.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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dazman, turn all data off, then use google maps. I was flying home from Geneva last night and used it when in the air, it still worked 37,000ft up!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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snowskisnow My Nokia is a full blown sat nav (and for free) - turn by turn, works perfectly and has real-time traffic info..? Works without internet too, but for the £2 a day may as well use it.
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snowskisnow, Depends.. Sygic on my iPhone has more features than my Garmin.
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TomTom for iphone is brilliant - works offline (no live traffic)
Not very expensive either.
My one caveat with all satnav is to ignore their instructions for the last bit up the mountain. They tend to, in my experience, take you up some scary uncleared cart tracks for the last couple of miles if left to their own devices!!!
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Navfree is a proper satnav which uses no data. Android and Apple.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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snowskisnow, Simply because all the hire companies want an extra fifty quid off me for the hire of a SatNav...me and the wife both have iPhones, thought I might utillise them....and according to the other posters, that's what I'm gonna do.
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| dazman wrote: |
| snowskisnow, Simply because all the hire companies want an extra fifty quid off me for the hire of a SatNav...me and the wife both have iPhones, thought I might utillise them....and according to the other posters, that's what I'm gonna do. |
do you not have a UK sat nav?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I'm from Ireland and I drive a Land Cruiser with one built into the dash....
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| I'm from Ireland and I drive a Land Cruiser with one built into the dash.... |
and how often do you drive abroad in a hire car, for the £50/60 it would cost just buy one and update the maps? IPhone GPS is erratic at best.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Standee wrote: |
| dazman wrote: |
| I'm from Ireland and I drive a Land Cruiser with one built into the dash.... |
and how often do you drive abroad in a hire car, for the £50/60 it would cost just buy one and update the maps? IPhone GPS is erratic at best. |
Why spend £50/60 unnecessarily?
OK, my phone is Android, not iPhone, but I haven't found the GPS to be erratic.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Standee, Coming from someone who loves a jar in airport & on the plane....the last time I drove abroad was a sun holiday quite a few years ago, trust me the last thing I want do whilst on me holliers is drive!!...but Aer Lingus new schedule has forced me to do it.
I'm not going to but a SatNav purely for this trip and maybe never use it again, I'd print the directions off using google maps and then back it up with my phone, my original question was "does it work with the data roaming off"....the other posters have suggested certain apps so I'm going to try them.
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I've used my phone a couple of times(Andriod) and,yes,it works...but it aint a satnav,so lacks a certain amount of functionality IMHO. Save yourself some grief(and expense)....use a satnav to navigate,and your phone to text your mates how good the skiing is 
