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Northam Saint said:I'm off to America, California to be exact at the end of March for nearly three weeks, all pleasure. I have been having a look in the ITunes Store for an App for the IPhone with maps of North America. It must be Offline as I don't want any expensive bills to come back too. Has anyone any recommendations ? I currently use Co Pilot UK which I find very good, is the USA one as good ?
Sikario said:Northam Saint said:I'm off to America, California to be exact at the end of March for nearly three weeks, all pleasure. I have been having a look in the ITunes Store for an App for the IPhone with maps of North America. It must be Offline as I don't want any expensive bills to come back too. Has anyone any recommendations ? I currently use Co Pilot UK which I find very good, is the USA one as good ?
Hmmm if you have wifi available google maps is an option if im not mistaken it only needs the data to search for locations etc. so it could work fine if you get it situated with wifi then just drag it around but it wont be able to give you any of the neat features like public transportation schedules, routing, etc.
hunnymonster said:The freebies like Google Maps download the map data as you move... Hence data. The location is done by GPS (perhaps given a helping shove by the MAC addresses of visible WiFi networks).
International roaming + data = kidney sized bill (possibly liver)
Can you get prepaid SIM cards for T-Mobile in the US? That would probably be the cheapest option for data over there.
http://prepaidwithdata.wikia.com/wiki/USA suggests its possible...
hunnymonster said:Can you get prepaid SIM cards for T-Mobile in the US? That would probably be the cheapest option for data over there.
http://prepaidwithdata.wikia.com/wiki/USA suggests its possible...
hunnymonster said:Jailbreak is not SIM unlock.
Jailbreak is the ability to load and run "unapproved" apps.
SIM lock is what prevents you from loading up a SIM for a network of your choice. It is generally evil
You can be jail broken and still SIM locked, you can be unjailbroken and SIM unlocked, or jail broken and SIM unlocked...
Should be able to talk your UK network op into SIM unlocking for free or at low cost by walking into one of their shops and telling them you're off to Japan and want to use a local SIM when there (Japan is important since no European operator has a local presence so they can't spin BS about EU roaming agreements and preferential rates with their sister operation)
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