[pct-l] IPhone and GPS

[Tortoise]

Does tour iPod touch have a built I GPS or are you using an accessory? If a accessory which one? How is battery life?

TIA 

Tortoise

Typed on my iPad.

On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:33, Thomas Jamrog <balrog at midcoast.com> wrote:

> iPhone GPS ability has nothing to do with getting a phone service signal.  I have used an iPod Touch ( which is an iPhone without the phone function) with Guthook's apps and they work fine that way. 
> By the way, this original email illustrates a cardinal rule of thru hiking- don't go out there to test gear- have it down before you hit the trails.  
> Uncle Tom 
> 
> 
> 
> "You have to keep the young adventurer inside your heart alive long enough for it to someday re-emerge. It may take some coaxing and some courage, but that person is in you always - never growing old."  Doris "Granny" Haddock, 1910 - 2010, walked across the USA at age 89 to raise awareness of  campaign finance reform.
> 
> On Jul 16, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Blanchard, Sym wrote:
> 
>> 
>> This has probably been answered many times.   How can I get GPS to work on my Verizon iPhone 4s?
>> 
>> I am using Guthook's and Half Miles's apps but I get a No Service Indicator even when I have a  clear view of the heavens.
>> 
>> Thanks, Symbiosis
>> Timberline Lodge, Oregon
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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