by dbadmin | Sep 30, 2025 | Deals, Garmin, GPS, News
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Signal is never as reliable outside of cities and towns. In fact, it can be nonexistent, depending on where you go. This is an issue many hikers, travelers, and adventurers often face. I see plenty of hikers where I live, and...
by dbadmin | Aug 3, 2025 | Features, Google Maps, GPS
Thanks to my extremely poor sense of direction, Google Maps is an essential travel app for me — for both short trips to different parts of the city, as well as longer routes that I have no chance of memorizing. I’ve come to love the traffic estimates, alternate route...
by dbadmin | Jan 8, 2025 | Features, Fitness, Garmin, GPS
On any typical day, I’m a “more is more” kind of guy regarding my GPS watch. I’ve been wearing Garmin’s incredible Fenix 8 AMOLED almost religiously since it launched a few months ago, and I’ve yet to find something that it can’t do. However, as a smaller guy with...
by dbadmin | Nov 23, 2024 | Garmin, GPS, Reviews, Wearables
Given my choice, I’m a small tech guy. I’d rather game on an Analogue Pocket or Lenovo Legion Go than on a PlayStation 5, and my preferred phone has a screen no larger than 6.3 inches. To me, it’s tough to beat the flexibility of having extra space in my backpack or...
by dbadmin | Nov 12, 2024 | Garmin, GPS, Reviews, smartwatches
When you see the word ultra in the name of, well, anything, you attach a particular set of expectations. You expect whatever it is to go above and beyond an average threshold and enter into some form of rarified air. The Galaxy S24 Ultra, for example, packs more...
by dbadmin | Sep 1, 2024 | Apple Maps, Features, Google Maps, GPS
I might not be old enough to remember my parents pulling out a paper map in the car when we got lost, but I’m old enough to remember when Apple Maps was the punchline of the navigational world. I remember it sending tourists to the middle of Australia in search of a...
