Quote Originally Posted by IGNATRON View Post
.................. Just remember if "YOUR OUT THERE" like I am and you rely on your GPS phone make sure it works when there is NO service. ^_^
Here's an idea for a handy standby. If you have an old working but unused Symbian S60 phone lying around, load [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] on to it. It uses onboard *.img files and works without a mobile signal or even without a sim card inserted. If you have a later model Nokia S60 phone that's entitled to free Ovi Navigation maybe you can use also that offline/sim-less, but i haven't checked that. Obviously the phone needs to either have a GPS receiver onboard or the capability to link to an external GPS receiver. Slower for TTFF if the GPS receiver is weaker than a dedicated Garmin device, 'coz without a phone signal there's no A-GPS from a base station/cell tower to assist with the fix.

It will get you out of trouble if your Garmin dies inconveniently or your (not so) Smart Phone can't get a signal to use Google Maps on line.