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2naSalit

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5. None of that stuff works well in my part of the world...

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 01:00 PM

Sep 2021

Even though the insistence of smart phone use by providers is not an option but the only way you can have a phone anymore. GPS doesn't work well in the mountains so don't try to depend on it without an actual map to use when the device fails you.

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A "smartphone" is needed to view road maps on cars? [View all] question everything Sep 2021 OP

I have the iPhone/Nav set up in my Honda CRV. It is phenomenal. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #1

Thank you, yes. Obvious. It still bothers me that one cannot get what used to be basic question everything Sep 2021 #2

You don't need an iPhone... 3Hotdogs Sep 2021 #3

Yes but times have changed, as my daughter keeps telling me when I make the same complaint. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #4

Thank you for the detailed rationale question everything Sep 2021 #7

I hope it works out as well for you as it has for me. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #8

A few more great features of Apple Car Play. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #9

Thanks, again. Just curious: will Android work, too? question everything Oct 2021 #10

The internet seems to say there is a way to hook up an Android to Apple car play. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #11

None of that stuff works well in my part of the world... 2naSalit Sep 2021 #5

Screw it... Get an inexpensive GPS with lifetime maps.. Once paid for your done.. YMMV. nt mitch96 Sep 2021 #6