I am looking in to getting the droid. Does anyone have it? Is it any good for the internet? On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Regan Smith wrote: > DROID > > there are about 10000 applications for it now compared to the 100000 for > the iphone but give it time > > ptpenny@aol.com wrote: > > I am kinda sneaking in here to ask a question. I am a Verizon fan and > would be using an iphone if it was supported by Verizon. Will someone help > me with what I don't know and tell me if I have any viable options? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Wood > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > Sent: Fri, Nov 13, 2009 7:31 pm > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Geocaching App for the Droid > > I know that this is a little off topic, and has probably been discussed > here before, but we used the Iphone geocaching app for the first time today > to find and log a cache. No other GPSr with us. We found and logged 3 caches > at Water Ranch while doing some IR photography. It worked so well that I > suspect that the vast majority of my geocaching will just be with the > Iphone. If there is a Droid version that works as well as the Iphone one, it > will be a winner. > > As for the droid, I was an early adopter of the Iphone, and can't see > myself using any other phone unless something truly earth-shattering comes > out. I see nothing on the horizon that will be that phone yet, but if I > hadn't already jumped into the Iphone world, the droid would be very > interesting. > > Jim Scotti wrote: > > I got my very first cell phone last Friday morning - a Droid from > > Verizon. I haven't taken it out geocaching yet, but I did download two > > apps from the Android Market which I intend to try out (OpenGPX and > > GCDroid) when I can. The Droid has an app market that you can search > from > its home page and there's also a website with lots of apps at > > www.androlib.com - I searched for "geocache" and got 17 hits. Not > sure > which ones would work best, but lots of things to try even if > Groundspeak > doesn't offer an app for the Android platform. Whichever > one you get, you > probably want to get one that will load what it needs > (other than the GPS > signal) before going out into the boonies in case > the network is not > available. > > Being such a new machine, there are many things to learn about the > > Droid and I found a forum at www.droidforums.net that has been quite > > helpful in figuring out the various features and capabilities and > > limitations of the Droid. > > > > Jim. > > > > On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Jim & Jacquie Godfrey wrote: > > > >> We're Team Vegan from Surprise. We're seriously considering getting >> > the new Droid phone from Verizon. Does anyone know if Groundspeak is >> > going to be offering a geocaching app for it like they have for the >> > iphone? I've looked around at some of the forums but haven't found >> > anything about it. > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> > > > > Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. - Carl Sagan > > ---------- > > Jim Scotti > > Lunar & Planetary Laboratory > > University of Arizona > > Tucson, AZ 85721 USA http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/ > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > > * > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.508) > Database version: 6.13700 > http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > * > > ------------------------------ > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit:http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resourcehttp://www.azgeocaching.com > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.508) > Database version: 6.13700http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > -- Start your own business today and take charge of your future! Erika Manning Video Phone # 509-654-9132 www.emanning.acnrep.com Rep # 01955691 Solutions to simplify your life!