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Originally Posted by rockwallaby
Welcome JayEss,
I wonder what you have done with your old Zumo 550 then?
Not in a box collecting dust I hope :confused1:
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Paul
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Thanks for the welcome!
Nope...I'll hang on to the Zumo for when I get fed up of not being able to see the TomTom screen in bright light. The way the weather is, probably not very often!
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12 Jun 2013
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reallybigtruck wrote:
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So we're both saying the thing, really...
We are, aren't we? really?
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Yep, I guess we are.
I did say mention earlier that smartassphones (SAPs) don't generally have the same RF front end as dedicated GPSs holds true as it was never meant to be the important design feature of these phones. But, in saying that, I have played around with tracking apps, and have been blown away with how good they have recorded my tracks. I pop them up over googly mapies and hey presto, I can see my track right on the road, where I hope to be 
I've been playing around a little more in the past day with some of the mapping apps, to get to know and understand them better and they do pack a lot in there.
I guess people need to be willing to learn and to spend time with these SAPs and work out whether they can or want to work online with a real time data or do they want to organise and download maps beforehand, which can be tricky business if you're not sure how to go about it for all zoom levels.
Good to hear your input reallybigtruck, (I really like to use names, hint hint, reallybigtruck paints an image for me of log trucks with 25 Tonne of beautiful trees destined for the chipper )
JayEss, you'll hopefully get good riding weather soon.
Oh, I just noticed you're in the UK, oh, sorry to hear 
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