Originally Posted by
rdtompki
My smart phone is a Samsung Nexus, fairly large. The external battery is an Anker 3200mAh unit which will completely charge the phone twice from zero battery.
Capacity 3200mAh; Output 5V / 0.6A; Input 5V / 1A; Weight 92g / 3.2oz; Size 104 x 56 x 10mm / 4.1 x 2.2 x 0.4in.
I've recharged my 100+ times at least and haven't seen any decrease in capacity. It has a short, built-in mini-USB cord which I connect directly to my phone.
If that's the original nexus, it's not large at all and the battery life is the worst of any phone I have ever had the displeasure of using. I hated that thing. I stole one of my kid's eligible upgrades (ha ha, take that kids!) and got a Note 2, which IS large but the battery life is enormous too. YMMV. I think the stock battery for the N2 is 3200 mAh, compared to 1800 in the nexus (or 2100 in the not-very-extended battery)
So is the navigation feature something that you need to pre-program or is it more along the lines of what you'd expect in your car - turn it on, put in the address and go? Does it skew towards bicycle friendly roads? I've used google maps for that in the past, and just stream the turn by turn directions to a bluetooth headset, how is this different/better?
(NB - I only ever do it when my garmin 800 screws me over... sometimes that thing just loves to get me lost.)