Never buy a TomTom gps...

[W1GUH]

Good point about the cost, Ron. Yep, when I had a smart phone it cost $$$. But my tablet doesn't use 3G or 4G or whatever...just plain ol' Wi-Fi. But that's irrelevant, the app doesn't use either. It's free to use.

[KB3LAZ]

With all due respect, no.

I don't want my cell phone to be a GPS unit, or web reader, or video camera. I want it to be a phone. Just a phone. I don't want the other stuff in my phone! (Especially since Verizon rip-offs charges $30 per month per line for the privilege to be able to do all that other stuff that requires Web or data access)

That said... having a GPS is nice. I don't normally need one, but you never know when there's been a sudden change due to an accident or construction or other issues. Now the boss, on the other hand... even with the GPS, she still gets lost. Go figure.

But that wasnt my point. Finding phones without these capabilities is getting harder. In due time smartphones will be not just popular, or the norm, but the only phone on the market. Even your pre pay and pay as you go companies are gravitating toward smartphones.

I dont need these things in my phone, and in fact do not use most of them. If it were up to me I still wouldnt have the phone.

On a side note. When I was using a phone in the US, I ditched verizon long ago. To costly. I used straight talk. Internet, text, talk unlimited for 45$ a month. Some people say that the internet usage really was not unlimited but I had never gone over.

[KB3LAZ]

Good point about the cost, Ron. Yep, when I had a smart phone it cost $$$. But my tablet doesn't use 3G or 4G or whatever...just plain ol' Wi-Fi. But that's irrelevant, the app doesn't use either. It's free to use.

I use wi-fi with my cellphone. Why, because the app I use to communicate with Pilar at work takes data usage (obviously) and I dont see a need to use my 3G which is not unlimited. Unlimited does not seem to exist in Spain.

[NQ6U]

I don't want my cell phone to be a GPS unit, or web reader, or video camera. I want it to be a phone. Just a phone.

How quaint! So...20th Century. ;)

[W1GUH]

BTW...I MUCH prefer paper maps to any gizmo.

[W4GPL]

Yeah, I much prefer to know where I'm going in advance rather than waiting on a computer to tell me to make a sharp left turn across 6 lanes of traffic. ;) But it sure is nice when you find yourself unexpectedly traveling in an unfamiliar area.

[K7SGJ]

How quaint! So...20th Century. ;)

No kidding. He probably wants a rotary dial on it, too.

[KG4CGC]

[W1GUH]

Oooohhh!!! I WANT one!

I DID see once a cell phone where the numbers were in a circle, like a dial.

[W1GUH]

Yeah, I much prefer to know where I'm going in advance rather than waiting on a computer to tell me to make a sharp left turn across 6 lanes of traffic. ;) But it sure is nice when you find yourself unexpectedly traveling in an unfamiliar area.

Exactly why I like it on a device. Use it to find out where the freak I am, then find a place to buy a map!