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| tookaphotoof Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: dordrecht Posts: 1279   
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That’s what I thought in the past, but for me nothing works better than an iPad. If buying one, make sure to go for the one you can install a sim card in it as it has GPS build in.
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23rd Oct 2017 4:20pm |
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| Theater Member Since: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Pisa Italy Posts: 514  
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" Old " Tablet Samsung Galaxy tab 4 10.1 Wi-Fi and http://osmand.net/
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Defender 110 "SW" SE Galway Green MY 2009 Ex Defender 90 "SW" S Santorini Black MY 2010 |
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23rd Oct 2017 4:43pm |
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| v8bobber Member Since: 26 Aug 2012 Location: pembrokeshire Posts: 448  
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Hell you haven’t got much windscreen left lol. That’s the type of thing though but I’d like it to mount on the passenger side and be big enough (10 inch?) that I can tilt it to watch from the drivers seat
Curry’s have a special offer on this http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/ta...0-pdt.html Which is a fair bit less than i was expecting. The memory can be expanded fairly easily too, with an SD card. No mention of GPS mind 🤔 |
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23rd Oct 2017 5:17pm |
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| wyvern Member Since: 13 Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2117 
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I have a tab 2 that is 7incch as my sat nav , view ranger and engine management thingy .. it all works well and does everything I ask of it .. plus its quite cheap!
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23rd Oct 2017 6:28pm |
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| 993porky Member Since: 01 May 2011 Location: sunderland Posts: 171 
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I have a tesco hudl (one not newer two) it has gps so use it as sat nav and memory maps for greenlaning plus expandable memory with micro sd cards.
I use ipad in house but prefer the hudl in car as you dont have to pay for sim as youd have to with ipad. These hudl are really cheap plenty on ebay |
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23rd Oct 2017 7:31pm |
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| v8bobber Member Since: 26 Aug 2012 Location: pembrokeshire Posts: 448
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Can you not have sat nav on a iPad without a SIM card then?
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23rd Oct 2017 8:31pm |
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| legin Member Since: 22 Jul 2017 Location: Chelmsford Essex Posts: 1004 
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Could you tell me more about the hudl you say the hudl 1 is better why? Are the map preloaded can you go on the internet the same as a phone ,I have a IPhone.I am thinking of a larger screen device but as it will be just left in the Defender don't want to spend to much and these are as cheap as chips.Sorry for all the question . |
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23rd Oct 2017 9:34pm |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2686 
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Course you can.
Used my iPad with Memory Map etc. numerous times. No SIM required. But only the SIM version has the GPS antenna, or at least that was the case when I bought mine. |
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23rd Oct 2017 9:35pm |
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| v8bobber Member Since: 26 Aug 2012 Location: pembrokeshire Posts: 448
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Sorry I didn’t word my reply accurately.
Whether you put a SIM card in it or not you still have to buy the cellular version with the SIM card slot..... Still costs a lot more. The cellular 128gb version is well over £500 |
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23rd Oct 2017 11:12pm |
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| tookaphotoof Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: dordrecht Posts: 1279
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It still is. Only the cellular version of the iPad has gps build in and you can use it without sim card installed.
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24th Oct 2017 7:09am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20583
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I did try recently to create a personal WiFi hotspot from my iPhone to IPad as the phone has GPS but the iPad is basic WiFi.
Using OS maps I found the phone to be 100% accurate, The iPad howeve, doing it this way was patchy and often inaccurate often 100m inaccurate. At least that was my experience. Another issue with iPads is getting GPS signal even if you have the Cell / GPS version. I’d be very careful sticking too much up in the window impairing view. My perfect solution would have been as I suggested above with phone dealing with the GPS in dash and iPad in a ram mount on passenger grab handle. Just a pity it doesn’t really work or it would be superb. In future I’ll probably tend to lean towards using and getting a large screen iPhone and use that. The practicality of finding room, a safe place and GOS signal on the iPad isn’t easy. Some of you might wish to give this a go, I tested it out quickly but didn’t seem to work all that well KEEP CALM AND Drill ON 🇬🇧ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ¥ó ®ó §ó ¿ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó ¿ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó ´ó ¿ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡ªðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¸â›½ï¸ðŸ›¢ï¸âš™ï¸ðŸ§°ðŸ’ª |
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24th Oct 2017 10:45am |
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| tookaphotoof Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: dordrecht Posts: 1279
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I use the ipad with Gaia GPS. Don’t have problems with the gps reception.
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24th Oct 2017 12:59pm |
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| ChrisCM Member Since: 10 Jun 2013 Location: Cornwall uk Posts: 572 
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I use a non cellular iPad Air in Survivor case on a Ram Mount to the grab handle. For the GPS I use a Navilock GNS 2000, this is 5v powered with an internal battery, I have it fixed to the rear of the Ram mount, it’s below the line of the windscreen and works perfectly via Bluetooth to the iPad. For nav software I use Maps.me, GPS HD or Wikiloc depending on what I’m doing.
One thing I would say about iPads is that they are great and just, well, work! but if you’re buying a new one buy the most memory you can afford, I’ve got 128gb and have never come near to running out of memory even with almost all of the Maps.me Western Europe maps installed. Having said that I think you can now get extra storage which plugs into the lightning connector, perhaps someone who knows more can comment? Chris 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black. |
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24th Oct 2017 1:10pm |
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| 993porky Member Since: 01 May 2011 Location: sunderland Posts: 171
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Hi legin
i use hudl one as tbh hudl2 wasnt out when i bought mind and didnt want to advice on the 2 without knowing its capabilities
The hudl i have my memory maps on sd card from previous purchases so was a case of just downloading the app, i also hav navman free sat nav app installed.you can have videos stored on hudl to watch if you spend time in defender waiting to pick people up. The screen is a nice size not to bulky but much clearer and easier to use while on the go using memory maps or satnav,a big improvement on iphone |
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24th Oct 2017 2:49pm |
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