Brian,

Good idea. I'm sure that in a few years Smartphones, I-Phones and Blackberrys will be about as good, in terms of all features, as a dedicated GPS and thus combine many functions. My present Samsung/Verizon phone has road map GPS, if I want to pay the fees.

I'll look into this and if I'm not giving up too many GPS functions, may get one. I wonder if they are as good in forests & canyons at acquiring signals.

Eric
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