Mar 31, 2012

For the thirteenth installment of the GeoGearHeads we talk about some basics of caching with a smartphone. We listed some of the apps available for geocachers, including:

• Geocaching Live Apps
• • a:Drake (Android)
  • CacheBerry (Android & Blackberry)
  • CacheBox (Android & Windows Mobile)
  • CacheMaid (Android)
  • GeoBucket (iOS)
  • Geocache Navigator (Blackberry, Nokia, and other feature phones)
  • GeoScout (Windows Mobile)
  • Neongeo (Android)
  • Locus (Android)
  • PocketDrake (Windows Mobile)
  • Official Geocaching Apps (Android, iOS, & Windows Phone)
• Unofficial Geocaching.com Apps
• • GeoBeagle (Android)
  • Geocaching with Geosphere (iOS)
  • iGeocacher / iGeoPad / CacheLight (iOS)
  • c:geo (Android)
• Non-Geocaching.com
• • OpenCaching (Android & iOS)

We also provided some tips for getting the most out of you phone while caching. The highlights are:

• Turn off WiFi
• Turn off BlueTooth
• Disable 3G/4G (when not downloading or out of range of those services)
• Download all caches over WiFi before departure
• Close all background apps
• Carry a backup battery (check GGH Beta.2)
• Plug in while in the car
• CReduce brightness

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