[Az-Geocaching] Geocaching App for the Droid

[ptpenny at aol.com]

 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? 

 

 

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From: Scott Wood <scott at myblueheaven.com>
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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/ 

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