Originally Posted by
magohn
I tried various apps on my phone but found with all that the phone was dead after a few hours of constant GPS tracking. The 705 that I purchased has been used up to 12+ hours in one day (STP 2010) and still had battery life left. Also, I like my phone to be usable for the rare occurance where I may actually need it on my ride. Last point, on a phone, your obviously not going to get heart-rate, cadence and other "nice to have" features.
Interesting... I get over 6 hours on a standard battery with my LG Chocolate 3 (VX-8560) renting a Verizon app for $5/mo. called BiM (Bones In Motion). The data can be downloaded to a free web account and blogged, like this:
http://NoRacer.bimjournals.com
Sometimes, I export the file and post it to my free Trimble Outdoors account for a view like this:
http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewT...?tripId=835296
...or to embed an interactive Google map into the blog (BiM uses a static map for some reason).
Not to be a shill, but BiM also has live tracking where someone can view your bike ride in semi-realtime from a web page.