Originally Posted by
mtalinm
I wonder about this myself. Does it make sense to drop $400 on a gamin edge 705 vs $200 on a droid incredible. It would be great to get google biking directions instead of the basic gamin directions. I Guess the things that keep me with the garmin include
Battery life - no phone is going to last all days with the screen on.
Cadence and heart rate - maybe those attachments are coming some day, but right now i think gamin is the only way to get that
Pre-set courses - not sure how to tell the android phone where i want to go, and then have it prompt me how to get there
I've been riding with Android for about a month now and love it. Battery life does suck bananas. Velox Pro app that I'm using as my bike computer relies on GPS signal for speed and distance measurements and my poor original T-Mobile G1 can only manage about 3 hours of GPS. It's notorious for bad battery life though and I can't wait to upgrade it to newer Android toys with better battery life.
I don't know what battery life is like on any other bike GPS unit.
There is an Android app that measure Cadence but it requires strapping your phone to your thigh - no thanks.
Velox Pro also allows you to save/load tracks and shows them on a map - I haven't really used that feature yet but it's there.
Bottom line - I have my phone with me and it's a GPS unit and a pretty good GPS based bike computer for no extra money (except $10 for a phone holder from eBay)