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Originally Posted by j.p.s
Seems kind of large for hiking.
Besides, I've been assuming this will run a kindle OS, which requires softwre installed to be signed by amazon. Why do you expect to be able to install apps or amazon to supply a hiking app or nebo (whatever that is)?
I bought a bluetooth GPS years ago. I don't know whether phones have killed them off or not.
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No, a traditional map case is actually maybe about 10". A phone is too small. I too have a BT GPS and also a TTL serial port GPS. Not used either for over 10 years and I never use GPS on the phone. I know where my house is
You don't actually need a GPS if you have good maps and know how to use them unless you are abducted and dropped off somewhere. You do need a navigator in a car because you can't be looking at printed, eink or GPS maps while actually driving. That's why the dashboard ones have a GPS and voice prompts as they are more navigation aids than useful maps, so one of those car dash units made portable are rubbish for hiking. They are orientated to giving driving directions on a road when driving (or I suppose possibly cycling).
You don't need annotation for maps on eink and 7.8" or more would do, but the black, white and 14 grey levels make using a real map hard, as I've used a photocopy on occasion and that is terrible compared to colour. I've used maps on laptop with a GPS but the screen resolution even on a 133 dpi 15" 4:3 screen is poor compared to a folded paper map in an approximately 10" map case.
There are no 300 dpi colour eink. Using a 300 dpi panel you either get 200 x 200 dpi or 300 x 100 dpi. On a OLED or LCD screen the subpixel colour addressing is only used to increase text sharpness in one direction, not for images (Cleartype etc).
Unless it's running the custom Android of the Fire it's not going to allow apps.