Originally Posted by
rm -rf
It does have a 10 hour run time, and a long standby time in sleep mode. It has a GPS and a compass, so the osmand maps can either line up to north or to the direction of travel.
I'd test out the 10-hour run time
before I needed to rely on it. I'm not convinced the Nexus 7 I use for software development would run for 10 hours; feels like I'm
always having to recharge the darn thing...
Originally Posted by
wphamilton
There's a device out now that might be useful with your Nexus 7, and I wonder what the reaction of experienced tourers is. It's a credit card sized mobile hotspot (search for Internet on the Go Mobile Hotspot (3G)) that simply connects up to a pay as you go mobile internet service and beams out wifi.
Might be cheaper to spend a few extra bucks and buy the LTE-enabled version of the Nexus 7, though in my experience there are plenty of places where you can't get any sort of cellular signal at all. Even in populated areas, there may be places where you get a connection but don't have enough bandwidth to support today's data-intensive applications and websites (ex: Google Maps).