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  1. jhpdx

    Tablets with built-in GPS function

    Yes, something strange did happen. Yesterday I did post a reply and within a minute realized I had made an error so I deleted my post (the one you pasted back in). I ran out of time to come back to it. I was writing about the lack of clarity in the specifications of the Galaxy Note 3 from...
  2. jhpdx

    Tablets with built-in GPS function

    This is correct.
  3. jhpdx

    Tablets with built-in GPS function

    My tablet is WIFI only. It has no sim and no cell phone capability. Once I left a WIFI zone, I would turn off the WIFI function to save power but I would have the GPS function running. I'm attaching a photo of what that looks like on my tablet. (I would also turn off the Bluetooth function...
  4. jhpdx

    Tablets with built-in GPS function

    I did not have or need a battery backup. My tablet had plenty of power to pull up a map whenever I needed it, run a tracking program all day long, and take as many photos as I wanted. I always found a place to recharge once I landed at a gite.
  5. jhpdx

    Tablets with built-in GPS function

    You've missed a couple ideas. There are times when the trail markings have disappeared, maybe because of a wrong turn. Further, there are times when you want/need to go off trail and need to figure out how to get back.
  6. jhpdx

    Tablets with built-in GPS function

    I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 in advance of traveling to SW France to walk 400 miles on the GR65 trail in September, 2013. I specifically wanted the GPS function. I wanted a live map. I can report that it worked beautifully in conjunction with Google Maps. I was finding free WIFI...
  7. jhpdx

    Favorite gites (private and municipal) Le Puy to SJPP???

    I want to put in a recommendation for "Le Lepadou Haut" near Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac ...about 7 days out of Le Puy. It is a separate part of a family home run by Philipe and Céline Andrieu. They are lovely people. I believe they only take 4 people. They left the hectic pace of Paris several...

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