[pct-l] IPhone and GPS

[Bill Burge]

The iPod Touch does not have a built-in GPS chip…

SomeGuy
Bill Burge
bill at burge.com



On Jul 17, 2012, at 8:28 AM, Tortoise wrote:

> 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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